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Summary of the Clean Air Act

Summary

The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. Among other things, this law authorizes EPA to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect public health and public welfare and to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants.

 

Source: Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Summary of the Clean Air Act.