Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§8904 Implementation of comprehensive plan; new or existing regulatory authorities, etc., not granted or modified

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 97— - ACID PRECIPITATION PROGRAM AND CARBON DIOXIDE STUDY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ACID PRECIPITATION › § 8904

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Carry out the comprehensive plan for the nine fiscal years after the fiscal year when the final plan is filed. The plan must meet the program goals listed in the plan and be managed the way the plan says. It must be paid for with yearly appropriations. Each program year needs an annual authorization, and those authorizations come only after a Task Force progress report is filed. That progress report must be sent by January 15 of the calendar year in which the fiscal year begins. Nothing in this law gives new regulatory power. It does not change or add rules, standards, or authorities that already exist.

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Title 42, §8904

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(a)The comprehensive plan shall be carried out during the nine fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the comprehensive plan is submitted in its final form under section 8903(c)(3) of this title; and—
(1)shall be carried out in accord with, and meet the program objectives specified in, paragraphs (1) through (11) of section 8903(b) of this title;
(2)shall be managed in accord with paragraphs (12) through (14) of such section; and
(3)shall be funded by annual appropriations, subject to annual authorizations which shall be made for each fiscal year of the program (as provided in section 8905 of this title) after the submission of the Task Force progress report which under section 8903(e) of this title is required to be submitted by January 15 of the calendar year in which such fiscal year begins.
(b)Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to grant any new regulatory authority or to limit, expand, or otherwise modify any regulatory authority under existing law, or to establish new criteria, standards, or requirements for regulation under existing law.

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42 U.S.C. § 8904

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73