MCC-UE 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Clean Water Act, National Ambient Air Quality Standards, Food Quality Protection Act
11 Oct 2016
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Ozone standard in air pollution 75 ppb (versus 70 ppb recommended by epa science advisory board) Standards should allow adequate margin of safety requisite to protect the public health . Commerce clause (article i, section 8 of constitution) Broadly interpreted by supreme court to include environmental protection. 1948: air pollution cloud lingered for five days formed above the industrial town of. Donora, pennsylvania killed 20 and sickened in 6,000 of the town"s 14,000 people. 1970: regulates stationary and mobile sources of air pollution, establishes epa"s authority to implement national ambient air quality standards. Originally, states were to meet standards; now they are goals with requirements for state plans to achieve them for nonattainment areas. Permits for new air pollution sources in areas that meet standards (new. Source review), with more stringent standards for nonattainment areas. 1990 amendments required maximum achievable control technology standards for control of hazardous air pollution.
