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Air Pollution: Status of Implementation and Issues of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

RCED-00-72 Published: Apr 17, 2000. Publicly Released: May 17, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, focusing on: (1) the status of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementation of the requirements established by the 1990 amendments; and (2) views from state governments, local programs, industries that are regulated under the act, and environmental advocacy groups (collectively referred to as stakeholders) on the issues that have either helped or hindered the implementation of the 1990 amendments.

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Air pollution controlAir qualityEnvironmental lawEnvironmental policiesstate relationsNoncomplianceOzonePollution monitoringReporting requirementsInternal combustion enginesDiesel engines