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Agriculture | The primary federal law governing efforts to control air pollution. Federal legislation addressing air pollution was first adopted in 1955 (Air Pollution Control Act, P.L. 84-159) to provide research and technical assistance. Subsequent amendments, most notably the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 (P.L. 91-604), 1977 (P.L. 95-95), and 1990 (P.L. 101-549), strengthened the federal role. The Clean Air Act seeks to protect human health and the environment from emissions that pollute the air. The Environmental Protection Agency is required to establish minimum National Standards Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), while states are assigned primary responsibility for developing compliance. Areas not meeting the standards (nonattainment areas) are required to implement specific control measures. There is no direct federal regulation of agriculture under the Clean Air Act. Two of the NAAQS (for particulates and ozone) could affect agriculture: particulates, because certain agricultural practices, such as prescribed burning and tilling, create airborne particles that might be targeted for control in State Implementation Plans; and ozone, because concentrations of ozone above the standard can adversely affect crop yields. Ozone is formed in the atmosphere when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds (from manufacturing, transportation, and utilities) react in the presence of sunlight (agriculture rarely if ever represents significant sources of ozone precursors). (references) |
Environment | Originally passed in 1963, our current national air pollution control program is based on the 1970 version of the law. Substantial revisions were made by the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. See also Clean Air Act pages. (references) |
Mining | U.S. law: 42 USC Sections 7401-7428 (1979) and resulting regulations in 40 CFR51, administered by USEPA. Its objective is to reduce atmospheric pollution to acceptable limits. Inter alia, it empowers local authorities to declare smoke control areas in which the emission of any smoke from chimneys will constitute an offense. The act became part of Great Britain's national legislation in July 1956, although its main provisions did not become effective until June 1, 1958. See also:coal smoke;smoke. (references) |
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Economic History | Philippines | The signing of the Clean Air Act into law in 1999 and the approval of its implementing rules and regulations in 2000 is expected to increase the market for air pollution control and monitoring equipment as well as motor vehicle inspection and maintenance related equipment. (references) |
Philippines | Philippine engineering firms and equipment distributors remain hopeful that the market will improve as we implement the new Clean Air Act and as we put in place the ambient air quality monitoring stations and the motor vehicle inspection systems (MVIS) as part of the Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Project. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We look forward to the enactment of a responsible Clean Air Act to increase jobs while continuing to improve the quality of our air. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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clean air act | 182 |
clean air act of 1990 | 13 |
federal clean air act | 5 |
amendment of clean air act | 4 |
clean air act amendment of 1990 | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "CLEAN AIR ACT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | lei do ar limpo. (various references) | |
Spanish | limpieza del aire. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-i-l-n-r-t" | |
-3 letters: acentric, analcite, analecta, calcanea, calcanei, calcaria, canticle, carcanet, carinate, clarinet, craniate, laitance, tailrace. | |
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-5 letters: acacia, accent, acetal, acetic, acetin, acinar, aecial, aerial, alcaic, aliner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-c-e-i-l-n-r-t" | |
+5 letters: antihierarchical. | |
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