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Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 2 P47

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P47 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 448 CLEAN AIR ACT John Middleton Clayton. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Legislature and in 1826 he served as Delaware secretary of state for a two-year period. In 1829 Clayton entered the federal political system and represented Delaware in the U.s. Senate until 1836. During his tenure he served on the Judiciary Committee and directed an inquiry concerning scandalous activities in the U.s. Post Office. Clayton was a member of the Senate twice more from 1845 to 1849 and from 1853 to 1856. Between his senatorial duties Clayton acted as U.S. secretary of state during 1849 and 1850. He formulated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty in 1850 with British emissary Sir Henry Bulwer which settled a dispute concerning an isthmian canal in Central America by providing for neutrality by both countries in the use of the canal. Clayton died November 9 1856 in Dover Delaware. CLEAN AIR ACT The Clean Air Act regulates the release of air pollutants and establishes the Environmental Protection Agency as the entity responsible for overseeing the act s requirements. The Clean Air Act CAA 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. regulates the release of air pollutants. The CAA is enforced by the environmental protection agency EPA . Since its enactment in 1963 the CAA has been amended by Congress several times to strengthen the EPA s regulatory powers. The regulation of power plant emissions has been a major component of EPA oversight because coal has been the fuel of choice for most power plants. Despite statutes and regulations that seek to define the scope of environmental oversight energy producers sometimes run afoul and trigger legal controversies. Thus the courts have been called upon on numerous occasions to resolve dispute regarding air pollution. The original 1963 enactment of the CAA was followed by the Clean Air Acts Extension of 1970. The 1970 statute directed the EPA to establish national standards for air quality including pollution control standards and emissions standards. Under the 1970 statute the EPA .