Risk and Technology in Air Toxics Control California and the Clean Air Act Amendments

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Clean Air at What Cost?

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 19901 ("Amendments") transform the federal statute which regulates air pollution into a behe-moth of over 700 pages in length. The Amendments add substantial new requirements to the Clean Air Act of 1970,2 as previously amended in 1977. 3 Even a cursory review of the Amendments demonstrates that their requirements will affect the cost and availability of many con...

Health issues in the Clean Air Act.

Major conclusions and recommendations of the National Commission on Air Quality on issues of health in the Clean Air Act are presented. The issues revolve mainly about the standard setting processes for ubiquitous pollutants, controlled through ambient air quality standards (Section 109), and for hazardous pollutants controlled through emission standards (Section 112). The conceptual difficulti...

I Transportation Provisions in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

The CAAA of 199(I will have a major impact on the transportation planning and project development processes and on the operation of the federal-air highway program. CAAA will substantially revise the federalair highway program in ozone and carbon monoxide nonattainment areas due to its provisions for sanctions, conformity, transportation/air quality planning, vehicle miles traveled (VMT). The c...

Is the Clean Air Act unconstitutional?