CAA Sections Flashcards
Section 108
Refers to criteria pollutants and is the ample margin of safety that regulates criteria air pollutants
Section 109
For each criteria pollutant, national primary and secondary air quality standards have to be regulated and imposed
Section 110
Refers to SIPs and FIPs in which states have to submit a plan on how they’re going to enforce, control, implement, maintain, etc air quality standards for criteria pollutants.
Section 111(b)
Requires federal performance standards for new/modified sources under PSD and NSR for all air pollutants
Section 111(d)
For emissions of pollutants that fall under the “other” category, EPA must establish regulations for existing sources for the correct category.
Section 112
Refers to the regulation of hazardous air pollutants based off of technology-based standards.
Section 202
New motor vehicle emissions must be regulated by EPA for potential public health endangerment
Section 209
If you were a state that had tailpipe emission standards before the federal government, you can apply for a waiver to apply your own standards aside from the federal government
Section 211
Has very similar standards to section wow but instead it’s for fuel and fuel additives
What does the CAA regulate?
Criteria pollutants, hazardous pollutants, other pollutants like GHGs, mobile sources, and stationary sources,
How does the CAA regulate?
It’ regulates through 4 programs such as the NAAQS, NSPS, Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Mobile Sources
What are the horizontal separation of powers?
Congress, executive branch, and courts
What are the vertical separation of powers?
The split between the states and national government
What is congress role?
Does legislation in terms of passing statutes, overseeing and investigating administrative agencies, and appropriating financial budgets
What is the executive branch role?
Although there is a list of roles, one of their main roles is to sign statues into laws and make sure they’re being carried out by congress.
What is the role of federal courts?
To review challenges to the constitution from different statutes, review challenges to agencies’ interpretation of statutes and whether implementation was necessary, and to review agencies enforcement of statutes
What is the role of administrative agencies?
To enforce/issue regulations to implement provisions, conduct/review research of their efforts, monitor conditions of statutes being regulated, enforcing statutes and regulations
What 3 sources of lead?
Food, lead paint, and ambient air
What are the ways we measure risk?
Epidemiology, toxicology, and exposure science
What is the new source review?
Pre construction review and program implementation for new/modified sources under PSD and no attainment for major stationary sources,
Does nonattainment programs apply to both existing and new/modified sources?
Yes
What are the steps for NAAQS?
- EPA lists criteria pollutants and preps criteria documents
- EPA establishes NAAQS for each criteria pollutant
- EPA reviews the NAAQS every 5 years
- EPA determines attainment/non-attainment status for the NAAQS of each criteria pollutant in AQCRs
- States prepare a SIP that states how they’ll afhiev NAAQS
- EPA either approves or rejects SIPs
- If it’s constantly rejected, EPA can issue a FIP
- Depending on their NAAQS status, ACQRs are either placed in a PSD or non-attainment programs.
What is the new source performance standard?
Consists of section 111(b) and 111(d). Section 111(b) refers to all air pollutants under new/modified sources. section 111(d) refers to only the “other” pollutants for existing sources.
