Opus Inspection

Clean Air Act

The following EPA table of contents provides links to the 1990 Clean Air Act explained in plain English. Please click on the link for additional details on the selected subject:

EPA-400-K-93-001
April 1993

Table Of Contents

• Why should you be concerned about air pollution?
• Features of the 1990 Clean Air Act
  • The role of the federal government and the role of the states
  • Interstate air pollution
  • International air pollution
  • Permits
  • Enforcement
  • Deadlines
  • Public Participation
  • Market approaches for reducing air pollution; economic incentives
• Cleaning up air pollution: the programs in the 1990 Clean Air Act
  • Smog and other “criteria” air pollutants
  • Smog
  • Other criteria pollutants: carbon monoxide and particulates
  • 1997 Changes to the Clean Air Act
  • Offsets
  • Criteria air pollutants in gasoline and consumer products
  • Hazardous air pollutants
• Mobile sources
  • Cleaner fuels
  • Cleaner cars
  • Inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs
  • Cleaner trucks and buses
  • Non-road vehicles
  • Transportation policies
• Acid rain
• Repairing the ozone layer
• Consumer products
• Home woodstoves
• How do you know the Clean Air Act is working?
• Glossary
• The Common Air Pollutants