Clean Air Act Vocabulary

Passed in $1970$ as a federal law designed to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
Authorizes the US Environmental Agency (EPA) to establish and enforce national air quality standards limiting emissions from industrial sources and motor vehicles.
Helped pollutants drop by $78\,\%$ from $1970$ to $2022$ and reduced lead levels by $98\,\%$ by enforcing non-leaded gas.
Key Amendments:
- $1977$ Amendment: Added newer compliance guidelines.
- $1990$ Amendment: Regulated acid rain, ozone depletion, and sulfur dioxide, while increasing toxic chemical regulations to $189$ substances.

Passed on October, 18th $1972$ , created by David Zwick, and enacted by the $92\text{nd}$ United States Congress.
Establishes regulations for pollution into United States waters to improve pollution control, preserve wildlife, protect clean drinking water, and benefit public health.
Amended to make it unlawful for any person to place pollutants into navigable bodies of water.

Passed on March 3rd $1973$ as an international treaty to prevent species extinction caused by international trade.
Regulates plant and animal trade between countries, protecting over $3500$ species.
Enacted new trade rules in $2017$ regarding $500$ species of plants and animals, including devil rays and timber.
Authorizes Parties at regular or extraordinary meetings to review implementation, support Secretariat duties, and establish financial provisions.

Enacted in December of $1980$ by President Jimmy Carter in response to growing concern over waste site pollutants.
Created a Federal superfund to clean up uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites, emergency spills, and environmental accidents.
Successfully cleaned up over $400$ contaminated sites over three decades.
Includes the BUILD act, which increases funding for brownfield redevelopment grants.

Passed in $1987$ to protect Earth's ozone layer by stopping the production and import of ozone-depleting substances.
Successfully decreased global emissions, consumption, and production of ozone-depleting substances.
Includes the Kigali Amendment, an agreement to reduce the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (greenhouse gases) by more than $80\,\%$ over the next $30$ years.