According to the White House Office of Management and Budget Watch (OMB), an agency that promotes governmental accountability, the EPA has removed risk management plans (RMPs) from the EPA site that are collected under Section 112(r) of the
Clear Air Act.
As time passed and pollution awareness grew, Congress significantly amended the
Clear Air Act in 1990 in an effort to reduce "routine" emissions that had not been addressed previously.
For example, the
Clear Air Act requires states to develop implementation plans that meet national ambient air quality standards.
Under the new regulations, known as Tier 2 of the 1990
Clear Air Act, by 2004 the sulfur level in gasoline is not to exceed 300 parts per million (ppm).
Weakened the US
Clear Air Act to allow dirtier fuel to be sold in US markets,
2] regulations on its current
Clear Air Act sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide standards, that would mean that any company that emitted more than 100 pounds of C[O.
The first national Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970, followed by the 1990
Clear Air Act.
The City Council measure, effectively extending the reach of a current Indoor
Clear Air Act that also limits smoking, contains broad signage requirements but no maintenance provisions and could go into effect before the end of this year.
Bush has promised to propose
Clear Air Act amendments that would include specific measures for reducing the pollutants that cause acid rain, chiefly the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from coal-fired power plants.
Major components of the rate case include costs associated with
Clear Air Act compliance investments, higher operating and maintenance expense, and Consumers' AMI program.
Crittenden County is the first area in the country to receive the special EPA designation, identified under the 1990
Clear Air Act.
Prospects High for Clean-Air Action Despite the high level of public concern last year about acid rain, smog, ozone depletion, and global warming, Congress was again unable to pass
Clear Air Act amendments.
