The main purpose of the Clean Air Act is to control air pollution at the national level.
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Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. As with many other major U.S. federal environmental statutes, it is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with state, local, and tribal governments.
The 1955 Air Pollution Control Act was the first U.S federal legislation that pertained to air pollution; it also provided funds for federal government research of air pollution. The first federal legislation to actually pertain to "controlling" air pollution was the Clean Air Act of 1963. The 1963 act accomplished this by establishing a federal program within the U.S. Public Health Service and authorizing research into techniques for monitoring and controlling air pollution.
The 1990 amendments addressed acid rain, ozone depletion, and toxic air pollution, and increased enforcement authority. The amendments also established new auto gasoline reformulation requirements, set to control evaporative emissions from gasoline
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What is the main purpose for the Clean Air Act?
To control airways and prevent airplane crashes.
To form agreements between other countries around clean air.
C To allow each state to control air pollution regulations.
To control air pollution at the national level.
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