The U.S. vehicle pollution control under the Clean Air Act is a major success story by many measures: New passenger vehicles are 98-99% cleaner for most tailpipe pollutants compared to the 1960s.

The Clean Air Act

A scrubber is a device or process for removing pollutants from industrial exhaust streams. It is an air-stream pollution control device which uses liquid spray to remove solid and liquid particulate matter (which washes out) and gaseous pollutants (which are either absorbed or chemically neutralized).

After the Clean Air Act’s first 20 years, in 1990, it prevented more than 200,000 premature deaths, and almost 700,000 cases of chronic bronchitis were avoided. Through continued innovation and successful implementation, the Clean Air Act will deliver even more benefits over the next 40 years.

The Clean Air Act has proven a remarkable success. Bush signed amendments that toughened emission standards for nearly two hundred of the most toxic, cancer-causing air pollutants, the Clean Air Act became an even better tool for protecting human health.

This chart shows the health benefits of the Clean Air Act programs that reduce levels of fine particles and ozone….In 2020, the Clean Air Act Amendments will prevent over 230,000 early deaths.

The Clean Air Act “has survived, but it has been damaged because of the constant attacks,” Ali said. Particularly devastating has been the administration’s effort to undermine the law’s most important pillar, its grounding in science.

Pollution reduction under the Clean Air Act will cost too much and hinder economic recovery. The Clean Air Act will ship jobs overseas, harm our trade balance or put us behind China and other developing countries who aren’t limiting their greenhouse gas pollution.

The annual costs of the regulations analyzed in the study increase from $20 billion in the year 2000 to $65 billion by 2020. Summarizes the process of tabulating the costs and benefits of the Clean Air Act and forecasting its impacts into the future.

POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS Section 105 of the Clean Air Act authorizes the federal government to provide grants equaling up to 60 percent of the cost of the state and local programs, while state and local agencies must provide a 40-percent match.

160,000 lives

The Clean Air Act has the greatest effect on power plants.

Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to regulate emission of pollutants that “endanger public health and welfare.” State and local governments also monitor and enforce Clean Air Act regulations, with oversight by the EPA.

As principal author of RA 8749 Clean Air Act of 1999, RA 9275 Clean Water Act of 2004, RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2001, Sec. Neric Acosta proudly highlights posters calling for support for RA 8749 and RA 9003.

The act establishes federal standards for mobile sources of air pollution and their fuels and for sources of 187 hazardous air pollutants, and it establishes a cap-and-trade program for the emissions that cause acid rain. It establishes a comprehensive permit system for all major sources of air pollution.

Every year, EPA awards more than $4 billion in funding for grants and other assistance agreements. From small non-profit organizations to large state governments, EPA works to help many visionary organizations achieve their environmental goals.

EPA is called a regulatory agency because Congress authorizes us to write regulations that explain the technical, operational, and legal details necessary to implement laws. Regulations are mandatory requirements that can apply to individuals, businesses, state or local governments, non-profit institutions, or others.