Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/816

 91 STAT. 782 Ante, pp. 691-696.

PUBLIC LAW 95-95—AUG. 7, 1977 quality monitoring system required under any applicable implementation plan under section 110 shall, as soon as practicable following promulgation of regulations under this section, utilize the standard criteria and methodology, and measure air quality according to the standard index, established under such regulations.". MODELING

Conference.

SEC. 310. Title III of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "STANDARDIZED AIR QUALITY MODELING

42 USC 7620. .it- •

Ante, p. 731.

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Transcript.

"SEC. 320. (a) Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, and at least every three years thereafter, the Administrator shall conduct a conference on air quality modeling. In conducting such conference, special attention shall be given to appropriate modeling necessary for carrying out part C of title I (relating to prevention of significant deterioration of air quality). "(b) The conference conducted under this section shall provide for participation by the National Academy of Sciences, representatives of State and local air pollution control agencies, and appropriate Federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Bureau of Standards. "(c) Interested persons shall be permitted to submit written comments and a verbatim transcript of the conference proceedings shall be maintained. "(d) The comments submitted and the transcript maintained pursuant to subsection (c) shall be included in the docket required to be established for purposes of promulgating or revising any regulation relating to air quality modeling under part C of title I.". EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS

Evaluations

SEC. 311. Title III of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS

42 USC 7621.

Investigation request. ' •"
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"SEC. 321. (a) The Administrator shall conduct continuing evaluations of potential loss or shifts of employment which may result from the administration or enforcement of the provision of this Act and applicable implementation plans, including where appropriate, investigating threatened plant closures or reductions in employment allegedly resulting from such administration or enforcement. "(b) Any employee, or any representative of such employee, who {Q discharged or laid off, threatened with discharge or layoff, or whose employment is otherwise adversely affected or threatened to be adversely affected because of the alleged results of any requirement imposed or proposed to be imposed under this Act, including any requirement applicable to Federal facilities and any requirement imposed by a State or political subdivision thereof, may request the Administrator to conduct a full investigation of the matter. Any such request shall be reduced to writing, shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the request, and shall be signed by the employee, or representative of such employee, making the request.

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