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21 Envtl. L. 1721 (1991)
An Overview of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

handle is hein.journals/envlnw21 and id is 1787 raw text is: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1990 By THE HONORABLE HENRY A. WAXMAN* I. INTRODUCTION ..................................... 1723 II. BACKGROUND: THE CLEAN AIR DEBATE THROUGH THE 19 8 0 s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 3 III. THE 101ST CONGRESS: LEGISLATION BECOMES LAW .. 1733 IV. MAJOR THEMES OF THE 1990 AMENDMENTS ......... 1742 A. Specific Mandatory Requirements ........... 1742 B. Availability of Citizen Lawsuits ............. 1747 C. Technology Forcing to Provide for Health and Environmental Protection ................... 1748 D. Reliance on Market-Based Control Strategies. 1752 E. Control of Unregulated Sources ............. 1753 V. THE 1990 AMENDMENTS: A TITLE-BY-TITLE OVERVIEW 1755 A. Title I: Attainment of Ambient Air Quality, Standards, Stationary Source Controls ....... 1755 1. Ambient Air Quality Standards and the Structure of the Clean Air Act ......... 1756 2. Ozone Air Pollution .................... 1758 a. Graduated Control Program ....... 1758 b. Milestones and Sanctions .......... 1760 3. Nitrogen Oxides Control ............... 1761 4. Federal Control Measures .............. 1763 5. Interstate Ozone Transport Regions ..... 1764 B. The Program for Carbon Monoxide and Small Particulate M atter ......................... 1766 1. Carbon M onoxide ..................... 1766 * Representative Waxman (D. Cal.) is Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, which has jurisdiction over the federal Clean Air Act. Mr. Waxman was a central archi- tect of the Clean Air Act. J.D. 1964, University of California at LosAngeles; B.A. in Political Science 1961, University of California at Los Angeles. This Article is dedicated to the late Representative Mickey Leland in recogni- tion of his efforts to protect the public health from hazardous air pollution. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Gregory Wetstone, Philip Bar- nett, and Philip Schiliro in preparation of this Article.

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