Federal prescription versus state discretion: Recommendations of the FACA subcommittee regarding control strategies
- EC/R Inc., Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
- Washington Dept. of Ecology, Lacey, WA (United States)
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Global Environment
Through the 27-year history of the Clean Air Act, there has been a trend towards more federal prescription and less state discretion in the choice of air pollution control strategies used to meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards. In the early years, states were given virtually complete discretion to plan their air pollution control strategy. Unfortunately, very few of these plans were successful. Under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, control measures were federally prescribed based on the severity of an area`s air quality problem. Still today, over seven years later, many areas remain out of attainment. This paper summarizes the work of stakeholders brought together as a part of the FACA Subcommittee for Ozone, Particulate Matter, and Regional Haze Implementation Programs to examine the relative merits of federal prescription versus state discretion in the development of attainment plans. The group concluded its work in November 1997, with a two part recommendation. The group recommended that states should be given complete discretion in the development of an attainment plan tailored to address an area`s specific needs, provided that the plan include backstops, in the form of pre-adopted contingency measures, to ensure timely attainment should the plan prove to be deficient.
- OSTI ID:
- 361993
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980632-; TRN: IM9933%%377
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 91. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA (United States), 14-18 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 91. annual meeting and exhibition. Bridging international boundaries: Clean production for environmental stewardship; PB: [5000] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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