Herbert L. Misch, vice president, engineering, Ford Motor Co. Olga Madar, executive board member and director, United Automobile Joseph M. Callahan, engineering editor, Automotive News, accompanied Tour by subcommittee and staff of Ford Service Research Center. Page 483 512 533 535 542 555 589 619 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Air pollution control district, County of Los Angeles, rules and regulations_ Air pollution from aircraft in Los Angeles County-A report of the engi- Simplified control system for nitrogen oxides in vehicle exhaust, by Arco Automobile Club of Southern California-Compulsory periodic motor Chronological list of General Motors contributions to air pollution studies. Combustion chamber surface area, a key to exhaust hydrocarbons_- Design and development of the General Motors air injection reactor 369 Effectiveness of exhaust controls in public use. 134 Effectiveness of exhaust controls on 1966 vehicles by the State of California 275 Exhaust emission control by Chrysler-The cleaner air package. 411 155 Present approach to control of motor vehicle exhaust emissions, by B. W. 453 Recommendation for conforming and consolidating the rules and regu- 336 Resolution of the Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles, Calif. 215 143 Vehicle exhaust control-Problems and solutions, by C. M. Heinen, 425 Bogan, B. W., vice president of engineering, Chrysler Corp. - Caplan, John, General Motors research laboratories_ Carberry, Peter S., executive vice president, Independent Garage Owners Coston, Dean, Deputy Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel- Dorn, Warren, supervisor, board of supervisors, County of Los Angeles, Edelman, Edmund D., councilman, Fifth District, City Council, Los Fisher, Harold W., director and vice president, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey); accompanied by Dr. Neil V. Hakala, executive vice president, Esso Research & Engineering Co., and Dr. Norman Alpert, Esso Re- Fuller, Louis J., air pollution control officer, Los Angeles County, Calif. Hahn, Kenneth, supervisor, board of supervisors, County of Los Angeles, Hart, Hon. Philip A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan: Letter Havenner, Joseph E., executive vice president, Automobile Club of Kuchel, Hon. Thomas H., a U.S. Senator from the State of California.. Maga, John, chief, Bureau of Air Sanitation, Department of Public Health, Mann, Thomas, president, Automobile Manufacturers Association; ac- companied by Herbert L. Misch, vice president of engineering, Ford Motor Co.; B. W. Bogan, vice president and director of engineering, Chrysler Corp.; Harry F. Barr, vice president of engineering, General Motors Corp.; and John F. Adamson, vice president of automotive engineering and research, American Motors Corp. Misch, Herbert L., vice president, engineering, Ford Motor Co.. Page 408 542 533 351 105 216 118 392 8 535 483 2 5 326 284 ORGANIZATIONS Sullivan, Harold W., commissioner, California Highway Patrol, accom- Correspondence between Kenneth Hahn, Los Angeles County Supervisor, 353 318 332 155 Independent Garage Owners of California, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif General Motors research plant, Detroit, Mich... Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District.. Los Angeles County, Calif., Board of Supervisors__ Los Angeles, Calif., Chamber of Commerce_ Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey)___ Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, River- 351 216 11, 148 352 264 326 AIR POLLUTION-1967 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1967 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR AND WATER POLLUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS, Los Angeles, Calif. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 9:30 a.m., in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, Hall of Administration, Los Angeles, Calif., Senator Edmund S. Muskie presiding. Present: Senators Edmund S. Muskie (presiding), Jennings Randolph, Joseph D. Tydings, Howard H. Baker, Jr., George Murphy, William B. Spong, Jr. Senator MUSKIE. The Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution. today opens a series of four field hearings which will take us this week to Denver and St. Louis and next week into the automobile capital of the world. It is fitting we begin here in Los Angeles where the effort to control pollution emanating from automobiles began. I want to thank each and every one of you for taking time out from your holiday today to attend this hearing. I assure you that had there been another alternative the committee would not have interfered with this occasion. However, one of the prices paid for being a leader, such as Los Angeles and the State of California have been, must be a sacrifice of this sort. As you know, the Federal Government is requiring 1968 automobiles to meet automobile emission standards which the State of California provided for all 1966 cars sold in your State. These standards have been the subject of considerable controversy, the most recent of which has been the suggestion by segments of the auto industry that they are a "hoax." I expect our hearings will take care of that charge. We acted because control of automobile exhausts, beginning in 1967 throughout the Nation, is essential if we are to hold our own in the fight against air pollution. It is, as we have noted before, only a beginning. This conviction anticipated not just that the job should be done, but that the job had to be done. In light of this the members of the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution were disturbed when we received the November 10, 1966, report of the Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District. The statistics presented in Mr. Fuller's report indicate that the exhaust devices have failed to meet the California standards. This committee has an obligation to authorize legislation and to see that the intent of that legislation is implemented. We, therefore, have asked today for expert testimony from the State of California and the county of Los Angeles regarding the effectiveness of the pollution control devices. 1 We have also asked several witnesses on related matters, all of which are of concern to the committee. We recognize that in the near future standards may have to be promulgated on other automobile emission such as oxides of nitrogen. The question of inspection and maintenance of the devices has been raised. We are interested in the progress of the State of California in meeting this problem. We hope on the basis of the testimony we receive today to be able to discuss intelligently when we arrive in Detroit the future prospects for improved control of exhaust emissions, and when we return to Washington to be able to better analyze the recently transmitted proposal by the President which, among other things, would provide for official inspection of emission control devices. In Washington during the National Conference on Air Pollution, I met with representatives of the State of California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board who are deeply concerned by the question of whether or not the Federal standards on automobile emissions preempted the right of the States to set higher standards. Because of that concern we have asked the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide an opinion on this subject and that the opinion be delivered here in Los Angeles for your benefit. I would like now to invite the ranking minority member of the committee, your own Senator George Murphy, to make a statement. STATEMENT OF HON. GEORGE MURPHY, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Senator MURPHY. Thank you, Senator Muskie. On behalf of the State of California and its wonderful people, it is a very great pleasure for me to welcome the Senate Public Works Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution to Los Angeles and to California. Since coming to the U.S. Senate, one of my most rewarding experiences has been the opportunity I have had to serve on this subcommittee. I personally believe that the problem of air and water pollution is the greatest domestic issue confronting our Nation. I should point out that Los Angeles has become a "regular stop" for this subcommittee in connection with its important assignment from the Congress to gather all available facts regarding air and water pollution problems. I, nevertheless, feel that the committee elects to turn to California at every opportunity not only because they recognize the pioneering effort in the air pollution field that has been done in California, the fact that we in California have accumulated experts in the field of air pollution not equalled elsewhere in the Nation, but also I am confident that the committee and my colleagues, like all Americans, love California and Los Angeles. Mr. Chairman, I therefore say welcome to California and I am confident that as a result of these field trips and other hearings that will take place throughout the country and later in Washington, we will come up with a bill that will be effective and fair, while at the same time recognizing the urgency of the pollution problem facing our Nation. Naturally I am very proud of the leadership that California has demonstrated in the field of air pollution and I regret that the other |