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Clean Air Act 1993 Description English: An Act to consolidate the Clean Air Acts 1956 and 1968 and certain related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the EPA to establish standards "applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from…new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in [her] judgment cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare" (emphasis added). [3]
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide. Initially enacted in 1963 and amended many times since, it is one of the United States' first and most influential modern environmental laws .
Based on this report (1977 Lead AQCD), the EPA established a "1.5 μg/m 3 (maximum quarterly calendar average) Pb NAAQS in 1978." [9] The Clean Air Act requires periodic review of NAAQS, and new scientific data published after 1977 made it necessary to revise the standards previously established in the 1977 Lead AQCD document. An Addendum to ...
1965 – National Emissions Standards Act; 1965 – Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act; 1965 – Solid Waste Disposal Act (amended by RCRA in 1976) 1967 – California Air Resources Board established; set emissions standards predating EPA. 1967 – Air Quality Act (amendment to CAA) 1969 – Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Coastal Zone Management Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund) Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; Endangered Species Act; Energy Policy Act of 1992; Energy Policy Act of 2005; Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Federal Land Policy and Management Act
The law was initially enacted as the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955. Amendments in 1967 and 1970 (the framework for today's U.S. Clean Air Act) imposed national air quality requirements, and placed administrative responsibility with the newly created Environmental Protection Agency. Major amendments followed in 1977 and 1990.
The Clean Air Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2.c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted principally in response to London's Great Smog of 1952.It was sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in England and the Department of Health for Scotland, and was in effect until 1993.