Protecting Parks and Wilderness from Nearby Air Pollution Sources

Abstract

The PSD program was authorized, in part, to ensure that new development would not cause any significant deterioration of air quality in relatively clean air areas. Although the Clean Air Act established minimum air quality standards for the entire country, the PSD program went beyond this to maintain the quality of air that was already cleaner than required by the standards. The act gave the highest level of protection to 158 national parks and wilderness areas, designating them Class I areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 09, 1990
Accession Number
ADA280817

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Congress
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Emission
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • House Of Representatives
  • National Parks
  • Natural Resources
  • Organic Compounds
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Wilderness
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.