Understand the air-pollution laws that affect CPI plants

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Chemical Engineering Progress; (United States)

OSTI ID:5029581

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 promise to further refine and strengthen air-pollution control. The resulting Clean Air Act has a more direct and pervasive impact on our everyday lives than any other environmental law. The Act: establishes health-based air-quality standards; provides for the preparation, approval, and enforcement of state implementation plans to meet the air-quality standards; and provides for the control of new emissions that have the potential to endanger public health. It also provides for the control of new sources of emissions of hazardous air pollutants, for the prevention of significant deterioration of clean air areas, for the reduction of emissions from automobile and other mobile sources, and for the control of acid ran. Finally, the Act provides for permit programs and civil and criminal enforcement. Compliance with the Clean Air Act and the regulations and standards established under it must be integrated into the design and operation of every chemical process industries (CPI) plant. This article provides a brief overview of the Clean Air Act's various air-quality programs.

• OSTI ID: 5029581
• Journal Information: Chemical Engineering Progress; (United States), Vol. 88:4; ISSN 0360-7275
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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CHEMICAL PLANTS
AIR POLLUTION
US CLEAN AIR ACT
REVIEWS
AIR QUALITY
COMPLIANCE
EMISSION
LAWS
POLLUTANTS
STANDARDS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
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