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The six criteria air pollutants were the first set of pollutants recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as needing standards on a national level. [5] The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to set US National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for the six CAPs. [6]
EPA Fact Sheet: May 2012 EPA will issue final GHG standards for powerplants. EPA Settlement Fact Sheet: June 2012 On June 26, 2012, the U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules in Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. EPA upholding the Tailoring Rule and the LDV Rule. U.S. D.C. Circuit Court ruling: November 2012
The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) is a state cabinet-level agency within the government of California. The mission of CalEPA is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality.
California came in 50th place in a ranking of the US states by quality of life. The rankings considered metrics like air quality, pollution, community engagement, and voter participation.
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA / ˈ s iː. k w ə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.
The enforcement of these standards is designed to prevent further degradation of air quality. States may set their own ambient standards, so long as they are lower than the national standard. [21] The NAAQS regulates the six criteria for air pollutants: sulfur dioxide (SO 2), particulate matter (PM 10), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O 3 ...
The Bay Area Air District (BAAD), formerly Bay Area Air Quality Management District or BAAQMD, is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma ...