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The Clean Air Act of 1963 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–206) was the first federal legislation to permit the U.S. federal government to take direct action to control air pollution. It extended the 1955 research program, encouraged cooperative state, local, and federal action to reduce air pollution, appropriated $95 million ...
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]
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1963. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues. Events December. US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Clean Air Act of 1963. References
A State Implementation Plan (SIP) is a United States state plan for complying with the federal Clean Air Act, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The SIP, developed by a state agency and approved by EPA, consists of narrative, rules, technical documentation, and agreements that an individual state will use to control and clean up polluted areas.
Pollution prevention (P2) is a strategy for reducing the amount of waste created and released into the environment, particularly by industrial facilities, agriculture, or consumers. Many large corporations view P2 as a method of improving the efficiency and profitability of production processes through waste reduction and technology ...
In 1977, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that amended the Clean Air Act of 1963 to require any project that would create a major "stationary source" of air pollution to go through an elaborate new approval process conducted by the EPA called "new-source review". [3]
Clean Air Act of 1970. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Clean Air Act may refer to: Clean Air Act 1956, in the United Kingdom. Clean Air Act (United States), 1963, with later amendments. Clean Air Act 1972, in New Zealand.