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decision was made to stay with the 1975 interim standard, 1.5%
hydrocarbon as opposed to .9%, the California standard. This
of course caused considerable problems. The health services
industry was not happy, the auto people were not happy, and the
mayors and governors were not happy.
Secretary Weinberger I might add in Russ' defense that the in-
formation, which our health services people provided, was very
serious. It was a significant health problem as we saw it,
and HEW supports Russ' position and we have put out considerable
information about it. However, the press has seen fit not to
use it. The long term effects are unknown at this time, but it
is a typical problem in showing the Congressional approach of
mandatory short term standards which have forced technology
faster than we could really respond.
Vice President Rockefeller Mr. President, I fear that this
could really become a serious political problem and perhaps
a liability next year. If the acid content is high, then I
know we will have examples of garages catching on fire and
people burning to death; cars catching on fire, gas stations
exploding all because of the catalytic converter. If some-
one wanted to make this a political issue in 1976 and brought
out these gruesome details and stories, they would put the
burden on your back and they would be asking why you didn't
tell them that this was a problem.
The President Congress should not establish standards with-
out adequate information. In late December we got an agree-
ment from the manufacturers that they would produce cars that
would be 40% better in terms of fuel than the ones that they
are currently producing and that they would do this by the 1979
model. Now it seems that whether the interim standard or the
California standard is used, that they are both very dangerous.
Frank Zarb We are meeting with the auto people to reassess the
standards. The auto people are having a problem because they
can't seem to believe that the Government now wants to establish
another standard because of this new information which Russ has
just presented. It changes the standard. We need to give the
auto people a real firm set of standards so they can make neces-
sary capital investment to meet those standards.
GERALD
as
Secretary Coleman Manufacturers will still try to meet the
FORD
standard.
The President Will they pursue revision in the arbitrary
LUBRARY
standard established five years ago?
Secretary Coleman Yes, Sir. The automobile industry will not
back off the original commitment that was made.
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