State Implementation Of Federal Standards The Clean Air Act

This report summarizes the Clean Air Act and its major regulatory requirements. Contents: Introduction; Overview; National Ambient Air Quality Standards; State Implementation Plans; Non-Attainment Requirements: Requirements for Ozone Non-Attainment Areas (NAA); Requirements for Carbon Monoxide NAA; Requirements for Particulate NAA; Transported Air Pollution; Emission Standards for Mobile Sources; Hazardous Air Pollutants; New Source Performance Standards; Solid Waste Incinerators; Prevention of Significant Deterioration/ Regional Haze; Acid Deposition Control; Permits; Enforcement; Stratospheric Ozone Protection. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Examines the successes and failures of the Clean Air Act in order to lay a foundation for future energy policy.

Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, and other pollutants emitted from livestock and poultry farms, and for determining how these emissions are dispersed in the atmosphere. The committee calls for the EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a joint council to coordinate and oversee short - and long-term research to estimate emissions from animal feeding operations accurately and to develop mitigation strategies. Their recommendation was for the joint council to focus its efforts first on those pollutants that pose the greatest risk to the environment and public health.

Managing the nation's air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources. The authors identify what has worked and what has not, and they offer wide-ranging recommendations for setting future priorities, making difficult choices, and increasing innovation. This new book explores how to better integrate scientific advances and new technologies into the air quality management system. The volume reviews the three-decade history of governmental efforts toward cleaner air, discussing how air quality standards are set and results measured, the design and implementation of control strategies, regulatory processes and procedures, special issues with mobile pollution sources, and more. The book looks at efforts to spur social and behavioral changes that affect air quality, the effectiveness of market-based instruments for air quality regulation, and many other aspects of the issue. Rich in technical detail, this book will be of interest to all those engaged in air quality management: scientists, engineers, industrial managers, law makers, regulators, health officials, clean-air advocates, and concerned citizens.