A federal law enacted to ensure that air quality standards are attained and maintained. Initially passed by Congress in 1963, it has been amended several times. 

Legislation that was introduced in Britain in 1952 after smog killed many people. Mentioned in the YPM episode The Smoke Screen by Jim Hacker.

This act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish air-quality standards based on considerations of public health.

(1955) set of rules and regulations to control air pollution in the United States. Originally called the Air Pollution Control Act, most recently updated in 1990.

The law that defines the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) responsibility to protect and improve the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer. Among [..]

UK legislation to control the amount of smoke produced in urban areas in response to the smog that commonly afflicted them, often for days on end.

The Clean Air Act (CAA) was last amended on November l5, l990. Of eleven titles, Title I - Provisions for Attainment and Maintenance of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, Title 3 - Hazardous Air [..]

Federal legislation that sets national air quality standards.

Long standing federal legislation that is the legal basis for the national clean air programs, last amended in 1990.

The Clean Air Act is a strict air pollution control law that was passed in 1970.

The Clean Air Act of 1970 is a U.S. federal law intended to reduce air pollution and protect air quality. The act—which underwent major revisions in 1990 and 2003—deals with ambient air pollution (tha [..]

 A national law passed in 1963 and amended several times since, giving the U.S. government broad powers to limit air pollution.

Federal statute that gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to regulate emissions of air pollutants from all sources in the United States. The purpose of the statute is to protec [..]

A national law passed in 1963 and amended several times since, giving the U.S. Government broad powers to limit air pollution.

Effective December 31, 1970; the regulatory vehicle that sets and monitors airborne pollution hazard…

The original Clean Air Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963, was considered to be the first modern environmental law enacted by the United States Congress. The Clean Air Act of 1970, reviewed and amended by Congress in 1975, 1977, and 1990, has formed the basis of the currrent federal air pollution control program.

A federal law passed in 1955 and extensively modified in 1970.  It is enforced by the California Air Resources Board and the local air quality management or air pollution control districts, as well as by U.S. EPA nationally.

Federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. It requires the EPA to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to be hazardous to huma [..]

A federal law that established nationwide standards for various air pollutants and provided for the regulation of polluting emissions via state implementation plans. The original Clean Air Act was pas [..]

1963 Congressional act designed to protect air quality.

Long standing federal legislation that is the legal basis for the national clean air programs, last amended in 1990.

US federal legislation (42 U.S.C. 7410 et seq.) to protect the health and welfare of the public by controlling air pollution, passed by the US Congress in 1963, with major amendments in 1967, 1970, 19 [..]

The original Clean Air Act was passed in 1963, but our national air pollution control program is actually based on the 1970 version of the law. The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments are the most far-reaching revisions of the 1970 law. In this summary, we refer to the 1990 amendments as the 1990 Clean Air Act.

The Clean Air Act passed in 1970 and later in November of 1990 made into law established nationwide levels of acceptable air pollution from automobiles, individuals, and industry. The Environmental Pr [..]

long standing federal legislation that is the legal basis for the national clean air programs, last amended in 1990

A federal law passed in 1970 and amended in 1977 and 1990, which forms the basis for the national pollution control effort. Basic elements of the act include national ambient air quality standards for major air pollutants, air toxicity standards, acid rain control measures, and enforcement provisions.

A federal law passed in 1955 and extensively modified in 1970. It is enforced by the California Air Resources Board and the local air quality management or air pollution control districts, as well as [..]