Clean Air Act

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United States federal law environmental law

The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.

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All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
Clean Air Act canonical 40
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 4
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
abbreviation National Ambient Air Quality Standards ⓘ
surface form: NAAQS

NESHAP ⓘ
NSPS ⓘ
SIPs ⓘ
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
aimsTo control air pollution ⓘ
protect public health ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ
authorizes citizen suits ⓘ
federal enforcement actions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
establishes Acid Rain Program ⓘ
National Ambient Air Quality Standards ⓘ
NESHAP ⓘ
surface form: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

New Source Performance Standards ⓘ
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program ⓘ
Title V operating permit program ⓘ
focusesOn air quality monitoring ⓘ
ambient air quality standards ⓘ
emission limitations ⓘ
technology-based standards ⓘ
includesTitle Title I – Air Pollution Prevention and Control ⓘ
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources ⓘ
Title III – General Provisions ⓘ
Clean Air Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Title IV – Acid Deposition Control

Title V – Permits ⓘ
Title VI – Stratospheric Ozone Protection ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legalCitation 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq. ⓘ
primaryGoal to achieve and maintain healthy air quality levels ⓘ
providesFor federal implementation plans when states fail to act ⓘ
regulates air emissions ⓘ
mobile sources ⓘ
stationary sources ⓘ
requires best available control technology for major new sources in attainment areas ⓘ
lowest achievable emission rate for major new sources in nonattainment areas ⓘ
state implementation plans ⓘ
secondaryGoal to protect public welfare from adverse effects of air pollution ⓘ
shortName CAA ⓘ
targets carbon monoxide ⓘ
criteria air pollutants ⓘ
hazardous air pollutants ⓘ
lead emissions ⓘ
nitrogen oxides emissions ⓘ
ozone precursors ⓘ
particulate matter ⓘ
sulfur dioxide emissions ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Great Society → hasPart → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act amendments of 1963–1967
Clean Air Act → includesTitle → Clean Air Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title IV – Acid Deposition Control
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act → relatedTo → Clean Air Act ⓘ
National Ambient Air Quality Standards → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
National Ambient Air Quality Standards → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Section 109
Environment and Natural Resources Division → appliesLaw → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Washington State Department of Ecology → implements → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act (state implementation) in Washington
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance → enforces → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → relatedTo → Clean Air Act ⓘ
National Air Toxics Assessment → regulatoryContext → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Title 42 of the United States Code → includes → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act codified sections
Johnson administration → environmentalLegislation → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act amendments of 1967
CAA → expandsTo → Clean Air Act ⓘ
CAA → title → Clean Air Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Clean Air Act
New Source Performance Standards → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
New Source Performance Standards → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Section 111 of the Clean Air Act
New Source Performance Standards → firstPromulgatedUnder → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1970 Clean Air Act amendments
NSPS → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
NSPS → sectionOfLaw → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Section 111(b)
NESHAP → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
NESHAP → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Title I
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Part C
Prevention of Significant Deterioration program → establishedBy → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977
Title V – Permits → partOf → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Title V – Permits → authorizedBy → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title V of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
101st United States Congress → passedLegislation → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Integrated Science Assessments → regulatoryContext → Clean Air Act ⓘ
New Source Review → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
New Source Review → establishedIn → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments
New Source Review → strengthenedBy → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
New Source Review → relatedTo → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title I of the Clean Air Act
ENRD → enforces → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Acid Rain Program → partOf → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
NATA → relatedTo → Clean Air Act ⓘ
91st United States Congress → passed → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation → implements → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act (in Alaska)
Donora, Pennsylvania → inspired → Clean Air Act ⓘ
subject surface form: 1948 Donora smog
this entity surface form: United States federal air pollution legislation
Donora, Pennsylvania → preceded → Clean Air Act ⓘ
subject surface form: 1948 Donora smog
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act of 1963
Air Quality Program → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal Clean Air Act
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources → partOf → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources → authorityFrom → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act section 202
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources → authorityFrom → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act section 213
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources → authorityFrom → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act section 211
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources → amendedBy → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977
Title II – Emission Standards for Moving Sources → amendedBy → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
Nonattainment New Source Review program → basedOnStatute → Clean Air Act ⓘ
Nonattainment New Source Review program → legalBasis → Clean Air Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title I of the Clean Air Act