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That statute is the product of multiple acts of Congress, one of which—the 1963 act—was actually titled the Clean Air Act, and another of which—the 1970 act—is most often referred to as such. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the U.S. Code, the statute itself is divided into subchapters, and the section numbers are not clearly related to the subchapters.
The Clean Air Act of 1963 (CAA) was passed as an extension of the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, encouraging the federal government via the United States Public Health Service under the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to encourage research and development towards reducing pollution and working with states to establish their own emission reduction programs.
The 1970 amendments, also known as the Clean Air Act, completely rewrote the 1967 act. In particular, the 1970 amendments required the newly created The United States Environmental Protection Agency to set technology-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards for major new stationary sources and state air quality management programs to ...
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; 1969 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1970 – Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Presidential Executive ...
Eight pending California clean air rules were expected to prevent 11,000 premature deaths and provide $116 billion in health benefits over three decades.
Toxic Substances Control Act: 1963 Clean Air Act (1963) 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act: 1977 Clean Water Act Amendments 1965 Water Quality Act: 1980 CERCLA (Superfund) 1967 Air Quality Act: 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments: 1969 National Environmental Policy Act: 1986 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments: 1970
The National Environmental Policy Act was the first in a series of environmental laws signed by President Richard Nixon in the early 1970s, which also included the creation of the Environmental ...
California's Advanced Clean Fleets rule aimed to set timelines for operators of trucks carrying everything from U.S. mail and UPS packages to 40-foot containers of goods and other cargo, to switch ...