Old, the new, the states, the evolution of the regulation of air toxics. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Sun Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6007210

Vecera, D R

The activism associated with America in the 1960s spilled over into many areas, one of which was a new environmental movement. A product of that movement was the Clean Air Act passed in 1970. The new law included a selection aimed specifically at controlling emissions of hazardous or toxic air pollutants. However, over the next 20 years there was very little government regulation of air toxics, and this section of the Clean Air Act was considered to be a resounding failure. What went wrong. How did this lofty goal to protect human health and the environment end up on the back burner. The article will address the idealism that led to the Clean Air Act legislation, in particular the air toxics program, and explore the realities that scuttled those ideals when it came time to implement the law.

• Research Organization: Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6007210
• Report Number(s): AD-A-267493/5/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-93-003
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Master's thesis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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