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Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Table of Cases xxi
Table of Statutes and Regulations xxv
PART I
AN INTRODUCTION TO AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER 1 DEFINING THE AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM 1
National Air Quality and Emissions Trend Report, 1995 1
CHAPTER 2 MARKET APPROACHES TO THE AIR POLLUTION
PROBLEM 15
Stavins & Whitehead, Market-Based Incentives for
Environmental Protection 15
Ackerman & Stewart, Reforming Environmental Law: The
Democratic Case for Market Incentives 27
CHAPTER 3 AIR POLLUTION AND THE COMMON LAW 35
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Company 35
Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Company 44
International Paper Company v. Ouellette 46
PART II
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
CHAPTER 4 THE BIG PICTURE: A SUMMARY OF
THE CLEAN AIR ACT 55
CHAPTER 5 NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS 71
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Train 71
Lead Industries Association v. EPA 77
CHAPTER 6 STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 93
A. Approval and Disapproval of State Implementation
Plans 95
State of Texas v. EPA 95
Kennecott Copper Corporation v. Train 102
B. Economic and Technological Feasibility 108
Union Electronic Co. v. EPA 108
C. Nonattainment Areas 118
National Air Quality and Emissions Trend Report, 1995 118
1990 Amendments: Ozone Nonattainment Areas 122
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. EPA 124
Citizens Against Refinery's Effects, Inc. v. EPA 138
D. Nonattainment Area Plans 143
National Steel Corporation v. Gorsuch 144
State of Ohio v. Ruckelshaus 149
E. Transboundary Disputes 156
State of Connecticut v. EPA 156
Air Pollution Control District of Jefferson County,
Kentucky v. EPA 168
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario v. EPA 177
F. Enforcement of State Implementation Plans
185
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Browner 185
G. Judicial Review of State Implementation Plans 192
Kennecott Copper Corp. v. Costle 193
H. The Right to be Heard 198
Anaconda Co. v. Ruckelshaus 198
CHAPTER 7 PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION 203
Alabama Power Company v. Costle 203
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. v. U.S. Department of the
Interior 218
Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA 223
Visibility Protection 231
State of Vermont v. Thomas 231
Proposed Regional Haze Regulations 236
CHAPTER 8 MONITORING AND MODELING 248
PPG Industries v. Costle 251
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. v. EPA 257
State of Ohio v. EPA 261
CHAPTER 9 PERMITS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR
STATIONARY SOURCES 267
A. New Source Performance Standards 267
National Asphalt Pavement Association v. Train 267
B. New Source Review 275
Wisconsin Electric Power Company v. Reilly 276
C. The Permit Program for Stationary Sources 285
Permitting and Enforcement Under the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990 285
Western States Petroleum Association v. EPA 288
Hawaiian Electric Co. v. EPA 293
D. Hazardous Air Pollutants 299
National Mining Association v. EPA 301
Cross, Byrd & Lave, Discernable Risk--A Proposed
Standard For Significant Risk in Carcinogen Regulation 311
E. The Emissions Trading Program 318
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council
318
Emissions Trading Policy Statement; General Principles for
Creation, Banking, and Use of Emission Reduction Credits 328
F. The Acid Precipitation Program 338
Acid Rain Program: General Provisions and Permits,
Allowance System, Continuous Emissions Monitoring, Excess
Emission and Administrative Appeals 340
American Municipal Power-Ohio v. EPA 342
Alabama Power Co. v. EPA 345
CHAPTER 10 INSPECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT OF STATIONARY
SOURCES 351
A. Inspections and Recordkeeping 351
Stauffer Chemical Co. v. EPA 351
Dow Chemical Co. v. United States 356
B. Enforcement 361
City of Seabrook v. Costle 364
Union Electric Company v. EPA 368
Sierra Club v. Public Service Company of Colorado, Inc.
372
United States v. Buckley 378
American Cyanamid Company v. EPA 381
CHAPTER 11 STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION 391
Ozone Science 391
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer,
1987 394
Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) 404
OZ Technology Inc. v. EPA 408
CHAPTER 12 REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FUELS 413
A. Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles 413
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Ruckelshaus 415
Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA 419
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Reilly 429
American Automobile Manufacturers Association v. Cahill
435
Center for Auto Safety v. Ruckelshaus 444
B. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives 450
Ethyl Corporation v. EPA 450
CHAPTER 13 JUDICIAL REVIEW AND RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS
463
A. Petitions for Review and Rulemaking Proceedings 463
Harrison v. PPG Industries, Inc. 465
B. Citizen Suits 471
Environmental Defense Fund v. Thomas 472
Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA 479
CHAPTER 14 GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE 485
"Climate Change" and "A Global Warming"
Are Not the Same Thing 485
A Brief History of the Climate Change Convention United
Nations Environment Program 487
Global Warming: Difficulties Assessing Countries' Progress
Stabilizing Emissions of Greenhouse Gases 492
The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change 495
The Economics of Carbon Taxes United Nations Environment
Program 499
Climate Change and Its Consequences 500
CHAPTER 15 INDOOR AIR POLLUTION 505
An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality 505
Regulation of Indoor Air Quality: The Last Frontier of
Environmental Regulation 508
Glossary 519
Index 525
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