Clean Air Protection Problems at National Parks and Wilderness Areas
Clean Air Protection Problems at National Parks and Wilderness Areas

Author: U. S. Committee On Governmen Operations

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780656483334

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Excerpt from Clean Air Protection Problems at National Parks and Wilderness Areas: Hearing Before the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, April 29, 1994 Finally, 4 years ago we criticized epa for having failed - since 1980 - to issue regional haze regulations, the only effective method for controlling visibility problems. Well, here we are 4 years later. What has changed since 1990? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Clean Air Protection Problems at National Parks and Wilderness Areas: Hearing Before the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Th
Clean Air Protection Problems at National Parks and Wilderness Areas: Hearing Before the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee of Th

Author: United States Congress House Committe

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-03-04

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781379243182

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Air Pollution
Air Pollution

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781289144944

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed federal and state efforts to maintain clean air in national parks and wilderness areas, focusing on: (1) the extent to which the Clean Air Act regulated stationary sources located near areas designated Class I, the highest protection level; (2) how federal land managers protected Class I areas from stationary source emissions; and (3) why states have not designated other federal lands as Class I. GAO found that: (1) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Program requirements covered very few air pollution sources around Class I areas; (2) 99 percent of the stationary sources near the Class I areas reviewed, accounting for 90 percent of local pollution, were exempt from PSD requirements because they either were in existence before the program went into effect or were considered minor sources and did not need permits; (3) although the act provided for installation of retrofit technology on exempt sources, the provision only applied in cases where the facilities adversely affected visibility in Class I areas; (4) although federal land managers improved the PSD permit review process, lack of information about the resources they tried to protect and the effects of air pollution on those resources continued to hamper reviews; and (5) although federal agencies recommended 14 states and territories with areas for Class I designation, state officials believed that the areas already had adequate protection, they lacked the resources to conduct the necessary studies prior to redesignation, and Class I designations hampered economic development in their states.