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Clean Air Act Overview

1990 Clean Air Act Amendment Summary: Other Titles

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 continue the federal acid rain research program and contain several new provisions relating to research, development and air monitoring. They also contain provisions to provide additional unemployment benefits through the Job Training Partnership Act to workers laid off as a consequence of compliance with the Clean Air Act. The Act also contains provisions to improve visibility near National Parks and other parts of the country.

Full text of the amendments is available on the govinfo website Exit