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September 1993, No. 73
Last Updated: 08/19/1993

How Regions Can Benefit from Flexible Environmental Compliance

Thomas H. Klier, Rick Mattoon

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 set forth strict air quality standards for the nation. In addition, they layout a schedule for meeting these standards and specify costly penalties for any nonattainment areas that fail to meet their designated deadlines.