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• Clean Air Act — (CAA) USA A federal law designed to control emissions of air pollutants throughout the US with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQSs) (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 7661). The CAA creates health based standards to determine safe pollutant levels and …   Law dictionary

• Clean Air Act — A Clean Air Act is one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of airborne contaminants, smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human… …   Wikipedia

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• Environmental law — is a complex and interlocking body of statutes, common law, treaties, conventions, regulations and policies which, very broadly, operate to regulate the interaction of humanity and the rest of the biophysical or natural environment, toward the… …   Wikipedia