Clean Air Act Title I - Air Pollution Prevention and Control, Parts A through D

On this page:

• Part A - Air Quality and Emission Limitations
• Part B - Ozone Protection (replaced by Title VI)
• Part C - Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
• Part D - Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas 

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Part A - Air Quality and Emission Limitations 

Clean Air Act Section	U.S. Code	Title
101	7401	Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
102	7402	Cooperative activities
103	7403	Research, investigation, training, and other activities
104	7404	Research relating to fuels and vehicles
105	7405	Grants for support of air pollution planning and control programs
106	7406	Interstate air quality agencies; program cost limitations
107	7407	Air quality control regions
108	7408	Air quality criteria and control techniques
109	7409	National primary and secondary ambient air quality standards
110	7410	State implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards
111	7411	Standards of performance for new stationary sources
112	7412	Hazardous air pollutants
113	7413	Federal enforcement
114	7414	Recordkeeping, inspections, monitoring, and entry
115	7415	International air pollution
116	7416	Retention of State authority
117	7417	Advisory committees
118	7418	Control of pollution from Federal facilities
119	7419	Primary nonferrous smelter orders
120	7420	Noncompliance penalty
121	7421	Consultation
122	7422	Listing of certain unregulated pollutants
123	7423	Stack heights
124	7424	Assurance of adequacy of State plans
125	7425	Measures to prevent economic disruption or unemployment
126	7426	Interstate pollution abatement
127	7427	Public notification
128	7428	State boards
129	7429	Solid waste combustion
130	7430	Emission factors
131	7431	Land use authority

Part B - Ozone Protection

The 1990 Amendments of the Clean Air Act repealed Part B and replaced it with Title VI - Stratospheric Ozone Protection.

Part C - Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality

Subpart	Clean Air Act Section	U.S. Code	Title
1 - Clean Air	160	7470	Purposes
1 - Clean Air	161	7471	Plan requirements
1 - Clean Air	162	7472	Initial classifications
1 - Clean Air	163	7473	Increments and ceilings
1 - Clean Air	164	7474	Area redesignation
1 - Clean Air	165	7475	Preconstruction requirements
1 - Clean Air	166	7476	Other pollutants
1 - Clean Air	167	7477	Enforcement
1 - Clean Air	168	7478	Period before plan approval
1 - Clean Air	169	7479	Clean Air Definitions
2 - Visibility Protection	169A	7491	Visibility protection for Federal class I areas
2 - Visibility Protection	169B	7492	Visibility

Part D - Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas

Subpart	Clean Air Act Section	U.S. Code	Title
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	171	7501	Nonattainment Definitions
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	172	7502	Nonattainment plan provisions
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	173	7503	Permit requirements
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	174	7504	Planning procedures
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	175	7505	Environmental Protection Agency grants.
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	175A	7505a	Maintenance Plans
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	176	7506	Limitation on certain Federal assistance
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	176A	7506a	Interstate transport commissions
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	177	7507	New motor vehicle emission standards in nonattainment areas
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	178	7508	Guidance documents
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	179	7509	Sanctions and consequences of failure to attain
1 - Nonattainment areas in general	179B	7509a	International border areas
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	181	7511	Ozone classifications and attainment dates
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	182	7511a	Ozone plan submissions and requirements
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	183	7511b	Federal ozone measures
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	184	7511c	Control of interstate ozone air pollution
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	185	7511d	Enforcement for Severe and Extreme ozone nonattainment areas for failure to attain
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	185A	7511e	Transitional areas
2 - Additional provisions for ozone nonattainment areas	185B	7511f	NOx and VOC study
3 - Additional provisions for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas	186	7512	CO classification and attainment dates
3 - Additional provisions for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas	187	7512a	CO plan submissions and requirements
4 -Additional provisions for particulate matter nonattainment	188	7513	PM Classification and attainment dates
4 -Additional provisions for particulate matter nonattainment	189	7513a	Plan provisions and schedules for plan submissions
4 -Additional provisions for particulate matter nonattainment	190	7513b	Issuance of RACM and BACM guidance
5 - Additional provisions for designated nonattainment for sulfur oxides, nitrogen dioxide, or lead	191	7514	Plan submission deadlines
5 - Additional provisions for designated nonattainment for sulfur oxides, nitrogen dioxide, or lead	192	7514a	Attainment dates
6 - Savings provisions	193	7515	General savings clause

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