The following EPA table of content provide links to the 1990 Clean Air Act explained in plain english. Please click on the link for additional details on the selected subject:

EPA-400-K-93-001
April 1993

Table of Content

• Why should you be concerned about air pollution?
• Features of the 1990 Clean Air Act
  • The role of the federal government and the role of the states
  • Interstate air pollution
  • International air pollution
  • Permits
  • Enforcement
  • Deadlines
  • Public Participation
  • Market approaches for reducing air pollution; economic incentives
• Cleaning up air pollution: the programs in the 1990 Clean Air Act
  • Smog and other "criteria" air pollutants
  • Smog
  • Other criteria pollutants: carbon monoxide and particulates
  • 1997 Changes to the Clean Air Act
  • Offsets
  • Criteria air pollutants in gasoline and consumer products
  • Hazardous air pollutants
• Mobile sources
  • Cleaner fuels
  • Cleaner cars
  • Inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs
  • Cleaner trucks and buses
  • Non-road vehicles
  • Transportation policies
• Acid rain
• Repairing the ozone layer
• Consumer products
• Home woodstoves
• How do you know the Clean Air Act is working?
• Glossary
• The Common Air Pollutants