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1 to be prescribed by paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection) 2 to emissions of carbon monoxide or hydrocarbons (or both)

3 from such vehicles and engines manufactured during model 4 year 1977."

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(d) Section 202 (b) (5) (B) of the Clean Air Act is 6 repealed and the following subparagraphs redesignated ac

7 cordingly.

8 SEC. 204. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

9 (a) (1) Section 113 (a) (3) of the Clean Air Act is 10 amended by striking out "or" before "112 (c)", by insert11 ing a comma in lieu thereof, and by inserting after "hazard12 ous emissions)" the following: ", or 119 (f) (relating to 13 priorities and certain other requirements)".

14 (2) Section 113 (b) (3) of such Act is amended by 15 striking out "or 112 (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof 16", 112 (c), or 119 (f)".

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(3) Section 113 (c) (1) (C) of such Act is amended 18 by striking out "or section 112 (c)" and inserting in lieu 19 thereof ", section 112 (c), or section 119 (f)".

20 (4) Section 114 (a) of such Act is amended by insert21 ing "119 or" before "303".

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(b) Section 116 of the Clean Air Act is amended by

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3 (a) Any allocation program provided for in title I of 4 this Act or in the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 5 1973, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include measures to assure that available low sulfur fuel will be dis7 tributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country 8 designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Pro9 tection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or mini10 mize adverse impact on public health.

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(b) In order to determine the health effects of emissions 12 of sulfur oxides to the air resulting from any conversions to 13 burning coal to which section 119 of the Clean Air Act 14 applies, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 15 shall, through the National Institute of Environmental 16 Health Sciences and in cooperation with the Environmental 17 Protection Agency, conduct a study of chronic effects among 18 exposed populations. The sum of $3,500,000 is authorized 19 to be appropriated for such a study. In order to assure that 20 long-term studies can be conducted without interruption, 21 such sums as are appropriated shall be available until 22 expended.

23 (c) No action taken under this Act shall, for a period 24 of 1 year after initiation of such action, be deemed a major 25 Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the hu

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1 man environment within the meaning of the National Envi2 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 856). However, 3 before any action under this Act that has a significant impact 4 on the environment is taken, if practicable, or in any event 5 within 60 days after such action is taken, an environmental 6 evaluation with analysis equivalent to that required under 7 section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy 8 Act, to the greatest extent practicable within this time con9 straint, shall be prepared and circulated to appropriate Fed10 eral, State, and local government agencies and to the public 11 for a 30-day comment period after which a public hearing 12 shall be held upon request to review outstanding environ13 mental issues. Such an evaluation shall not be required 14 where the action in question has been preceded by com15 pliance with the National Environmental Policy Act by the 16 appropriate Federal agency. Any action taken under this 17 Act which will be in effect for more than a 1-year period (other than action taken pursuant to subsection (d) of 19 this section) or any action to extend an action taken under 20 this Act to a total period of more than 1 year shall be subject

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to the full provisions of the National Environmental Policy 22 Act of 1969 notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, 24 in order to expedite the prompt construction of facilities for 25 the importation of hydroelectric energy thereby helping

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to reduce the shortage of petroleum products in the United

2 States, the Federal Power Commission is hereby author3 ized and directed to issue a Presidential permit pursuant to 4 Executive Order 10485 of September 3, 1953, for the con5 struction, operation, maintenance, and connection of facili6 ties for the transmission of electric energy at the borders of 7 the United States without preparing an environmental im8 pact statement pursuant to section 102 of the National En9 vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 856) for facilities 10 for the transmission of electric energy between Canada and 11 the United States in the vicinity of Fort Covington, New 12 York.

13 SEC. 206. ENERGY CONSERVATION STUDY.

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(a) The Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration shall conduct a study on potential methods of energy conservation and, not later than 6 months after 17 the date of enactment of this Act, shall submit to Congress a report on the results of such study. The study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

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(1) the energy conservation potential of restricting exports of fuels or energy-intensive products or goods, including an analysis of balance of payments and foreign relations implications of any such restrictions;

(2) federally sponsored incentives for the use of public transit, including the need for authority to require

penses incurred because of increased service;

(3) alternative requirements, incentives, or disincentives for increasing industrial recycling and resource recovery in order to reduce energy demand, including the economic costs and fuel consumption tradeoff which may be associated with such recycling and resource recovery in lieu of transportation and use of virgin materials;

(4) the costs and benefits of electrifying rail lines in the United States with a high density of traffic, including

(A) the capital costs of such electrification, the oil fuel economies derived from such electrification, the ability

of existing power facilities to supply the additional power load, and the amount of coal or other fossil fuels required to generate the power required for railroad electrification, and (B) the advantages to the environment of electrification of railroads in terms of reduced fuel consumption and air pollution and disadvantages to the environment from increased use of fossil fuel such as coal; and

(5) means for incentives or disincentives to increase efficiency of industrial use of energy.