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42 USC § 7504 - Planning procedures

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s7504"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 7504 - Planning procedures"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7504"
section_name: "Planning procedures"
chapter_number: 85
chapter_name: "AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, § 174, as added Pub. L. 95–95, title I, § 129(b), Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 748; amended Pub. L. 101–549, title I, § 102(d), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2417.)"
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# § 7504. Planning procedures

**(a)** **In general** November 15, 1990section 134 of title 23November 15, 1990

For any ozone, carbon monoxide, or PM–10 nonattainment area, the State containing such area and elected officials of affected local governments shall, before the date required for submittal of the inventory described under sections 7511a(a)(1) and 7512a(a)(1) of this title, jointly review and update as necessary the planning procedures adopted pursuant to this subsection as in effect immediately before , or develop new planning procedures pursuant to this subsection, as appropriate. In preparing such procedures the State and local elected officials shall determine which elements of a revised implementation plan will be developed, adopted, and implemented (through means including enforcement) by the State and which by local governments or regional agencies, or any combination of local governments, regional agencies, or the State. The implementation plan required by this part shall be prepared by an organization certified by the State, in consultation with elected officials of local governments and in accordance with the determination under the second sentence of this subsection. Such organization shall include elected officials of local governments in the affected area, and representatives of the State air quality planning agency, the State transportation planning agency, the metropolitan planning organization designated to conduct the continuing, cooperative and comprehensive transportation planning process for the area under , the organization responsible for the air quality maintenance planning process under regulations implementing this chapter, and any other organization with responsibilities for developing, submitting, or implementing the plan required by this part. Such organization may be one that carried out these functions before .

**(b)** **Coordination** section 7408(e) of this titlesection 134 of title 23

The preparation of implementation plan provisions and subsequent plan revisions under the continuing transportation-air quality planning process described in  shall be coordinated with the continuing, cooperative and comprehensive transportation planning process required under , and such planning processes shall take into account the requirements of this part.

**(c)** **Joint planning** In the case of a nonattainment area that is included within more than one State, the affected States may jointly, through interstate compact or otherwise, undertake and implement all or part of the planning procedures described in this section.

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**Source Credit**: (July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title I, § 174, as added Pub. L. 95–95, title I, § 129(b), Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 748; amended Pub. L. 101–549, title I, § 102(d), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2417.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which related to: in subsec. (a), preparation of implementation plan by designated organization; and in subsec. (b), coordination of plan preparation.