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  2. Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations - Wikipedia

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    Title 40 is a part of the United States Code of Federal Regulations. Title 40 arranges mainly environmental regulations that were promulgated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), based on the provisions of United States laws (statutes of the U.S. Federal Code). Parts of the regulation may be updated annually on July 1. [1]

  3. Exemptions for fracking under United States federal law

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    In December 1978, the EPA issued its proposed RCRA regulations. For RCRA Subtitle C (hazardous waste management), the EPA defined six categories of "special wastes," which were generated in high volumes and were believed to be less hazardous than the other wastes for which RCRA Subtitle C was designed.

  4. National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

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    The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.

  5. Clean Air Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Rather than create a solely national program, the CAA imposes responsibilities on the U.S. states to create plans to implement the Act's requirements. EPA then reviews, amends, and approves those plans. EPA first promulgated SIP regulations in 1971 and 1972. [46] The 1970 Amendments imposed eight criteria that an implementation plan must meet. [47]

  6. Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

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    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]

  7. New Source Performance Standards - Wikipedia

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    These standards are authorized by Section 111 of the CAA [2] and the regulations are published in 40 CFR Part 60. [3] NSPS have been established for a number of individual industrial or source categories. Examples: Air emissions from chemical manufacturing wastewater [4] Boilers [5] Landfills [6] Petroleum refineries [7] Stationary gas turbines ...

  8. Code of Federal Regulations - Wikipedia

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    A few volumes of the CFR at a law library (titles 12–26) In the law of the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States. The CFR is divided into 50 titles that represent ...

  9. National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Wikipedia

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    40 CFR 50.7: Primary and Secondary 35 μg/m 3: 24-hour 98th percentile, averaged over 3 years 40 CFR 50.18: Carbon monoxide (CO) Primary 35 ppm (40 mg/m 3) 1-hour Not to be exceeded more than once per year 40 CFR 50.8: Primary 9 ppm (10 mg/m 3) 8-hour Not to be exceeded more than once per year 40 CFR 50.8: Ozone (O 3) Primary and Secondary 0.12 ...