An Institutional Assessment of the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air Act, Summary of EPA SIP and Enforcement Procedures

摘要

This report summarizes a series of interviews which supplement five case studies examining and evaluating the capabilities and effectiveness of the institutions charged with enforcing the Clean Air Act requirements. These interviews with members of the Justice Department and EPA staffs were designed to focus on institutional issues from the Federal perspective. Among the sections of the Act addressed are those concerning Federal grants (Sec. 105, 175 and 176), designation and planning (Sec. 107 and 110), enforcement issues (Sec. 113, 114 and 120), nonattainment areas (Sec. 171-178), and citizen suits (Sec. 304).