[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MILTON FELDSTEIN

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a 
remarkable man who is retiring have after a career of leadership and 
public service spanning 38 years. Milton Feldstein has been a leader in 
air pollution control since the l950's, well prior to national 
consciousness about this issue and passage of the Clean Air Act.
  He began work at what is now the San Francisco Bay area air quality 
management district in the late 1950's and published several papers 
which led to the first industrial controls on smoke in the San 
Francisco Bay area in l960. He became director of technical services in 
l961, deputy air pollution control officer in l973, and rose to the top 
position of air pollution control officer in l979, in which he has 
served ever since. During the course of his tenure he has authored more 
than 80 papers on analytical methodology and air pollution control 
techniques.
  Milton Feldstein has repeatedly developed innovative comprehensive 
and workable air pollution control strategies that have successfully 
reduced air pollution emissions in the bay area and which have served 
as models for improving air quality throughout the State of California, 
the Nation, and in other countries.
  Throughout his career, he has always had as his primary focus the 
protection of the health of the 6 million-plus people of the San 
Francisco Bay area. In l995 the bay area became the largest 
metropolitan area in the Nation to attain the national air quality 
standard for ground-level ozone, complying with all Federal standards. 
The air quality improvement resulting in attainment of such a standard 
is particularly significant considering the fact that population and 
motor vehicles have doubled as the air has become cleaner.
  Milton Feldstein has made a truly national contribution to the cause 
of environmental protection during his almost 40-year career as an air 
pollution control pioneer. He represents the best in public service and 
deserves to be congratulated and recognized for his achievements which 
have provided a better environment for millions of people.

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