The Legislature, therefore, declares that this public interest shall be safeguarded by an intensive, coordinated state, regional, and local effort to protect and enhance the ambient air quality of the state. Since air pollution knows no political boundaries, the Legislature declares that a regional approach to the problem should be encouraged whenever possible and, to this end, the state is divided into air basins. The state should provide incentives for such regional strategies, respecting, when necessary, existing political boundaries.

Added Stats 1975 ch 957 § 12.

Former Sections: Former § 39001, similar to present § 39053, was added by Stats 1967 ch 1545 § 5 and repealed by Stats 1975 ch 957 § 11.

Historical Derivation: (a) Former § 24346.1, as added by Stats 1955 ch 1797 § 1.
(b) Former § 39011, as added by Stats 1967 ch 1545 § 5.

Collateral References: Am Jur 2d (Rev) Pollution Control §§ 50 et seq.

Air control quality regions under Federal Clean Air Act: 42 USCS § 7407.

Attorney General's Opinions: Authority of air pollution control districts to regulate complex sources of air pollution in order to deny authority to construct such sources where emissions indirectly generated by the sources would prevent attainment or maintenance of federal or state air quality standards. 56 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 531.