Clean Air ActLaw42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq. | (1970) established air pollution control standards and gave citizens' groups the right to sue alleged violators. Most notably, it set auto emission standards and required manufacturers to drastically reduce the amount of pollutants discharged from...
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Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) Basic Objective TheClean Air Actof 1970, which amended theAir QualityAct of 1967, was established “to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its po...
The Clean Air Act was passed in 1963 and significantly amended in 1970 and 1990. It is listed under the 42 U.S.C. § 7401. The Clean Air Act is significant in that it was the first major environmental law in the United States to include a provision for citizen suits. Numerous state ...
We examine whether counties designated as out of attainment with the NAAQS under the 1970 CAA experienced larger reductions in TSP during the 1970s than attainment counties. We answer this question using the official designation of nonattainment status which, between 1972 and 1978, was by Air Qual...
The 30th anniversary of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990 is a noteworthy milestone to examine retrospectively the benefits and effectiveness of regulatory programs implemented to reduce emissions of multiple pollutants from coal-fired power pla
Through the 1970s, companies offered conflicting praise for the social objectives of environmental laws while pleading for policy makers to temper their regulations. The case studies in the chapter illustrate an overall trend from resistance to Clean Air Act requirements to ongoing corporate ...
…British government ultimately passed the Clean Air Act four years later, in 1956, as a direct response to the lethal fog. The act established smoke-free areas throughout the city and restricted the burning of coal in domestic fires as well as in industrial furnaces. Moreover, homeowners wer...
The Impacts of Environmental Regulations on Industrial Activity: Evidence from the 1970 & 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Census of Manufactures This paper estimates the effects of environmental regulations on industrial activity. The analysis is conducted with the most comprehensive data available...
Five areas of the Clean Air Act have become particularly controversial. The first four date from the 1970 amendments: EPA's national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), its emissions standards for new or substantially modified sources, the system of local control of air polluters under state ...