S. 4823
would amend the CAA to create a national zero emission vehicle standard.
would amend the CAA to create a national zero emission vehicle standard.
would amend the CAA to establish a tradable performance standard covering emissions from the electricity generation and industrial sectors.
Over the past 50 years, tremendous progress has been made in reducing air pollution under the Clean Air Act. Nevertheless, while air quality has improved greatly for much of the nation, there are still places where the goal of attaining national standards has still not been reached. This is often true in urban locations that are affected by multiple pollution sources; typically, these areas are also environmental justice communities. Recent events have called attention to the urgent need for concrete action to address the many problems of these communities. This Comment presents a legal framework for action at the community level that represents a departure from the current statutory model. It outlines an approach that works from the bottom up, addressing a wide range of local issues in an integrated way, driven by community priorities and informed by community-generated data.
would provide supplemental appropriations for the cleanup of legacy pollution, including NPL sites, certain abandoned coal mining sites, and formerly used defense sites, replace lead drinking water service lines, provide grants under certain programs, and amend the CAA to prohibit the issuance of new major source air pollution permits in overburdened communities.
would amend the CAA to prohibit the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from any new electric utility steam generating unit.
would protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, require immediate toxic air monitoring at the fenceline of facilities with pollution linked to local health threats, ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require fenceline air monitoring in communities with air polluting industrial source categories, expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, and deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution.
would protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, require immediate toxic air monitoring at the fenceline of facilities with pollution linked to local health threats, ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require fenceline air monitoring in communities with air polluting industrial source categories, expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, and deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution.
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