THE RELEVANCE OF THE NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, PART 1 - An NAAQS Primer and What the Standards Mean to Engine-Centric Industries

摘要

For almost four decades, the continued improvement in the nation's air quality can most significantly be attributed to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, or NAAQS, as administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The ambient standards resulting from the Clean Air Act have driven the implementation of a host of air quality regulatory programs at both the state and federal level. How the trickle-down effect of the NAAQS impacts environmental requirements specific to stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) is a topic of concern for RICE owners and operators across many industries, most notably for oil and natural gas operations.