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The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, ... Clean Air Act as amended (PDF/details) in the GPO Statute Compilations collection;
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]
US counties that are designated "nonattainment" for the Clean Air Act's NAAQS, as of September 30, 2017. The U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, pronounced / ˈ n æ k s / naks) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards. [1]
In response to the Great Smog of 1952, the British Parliament introduced the Clean Air Act 1956. This act legislated for zones where smokeless fuels had to be burnt and relocated power stations to rural areas. The Clean Air Act 1968 [29] introduced the use of tall chimneys to disperse air pollution for industries burning coal, liquid or gaseous ...
The United States Clean Air Act authorizes California to set and enforce emissions standards more strict than the federal standard, but only if the Environmental Protection Agency grants the state ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. The Clean Air Act may refer to: Clean Air Act 1956 , in the United Kingdom; Clean ...
California established the country's first tailpipe emissions standards in 1966 and is the only state eligible for a waiver to the federal Clean Air Act of 1970, giving the EPA the authority to ...
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