Air pollution meteorology and the clean air act amendments of 1976

Although the 94th Congress did not finalize and adopt these amendments, it is important to evaluate the implications associated with them since, in all likelihood, these or very similar amendments will be adopted in the coming year. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate various aspects associated with the suggested Clean Air Act amendments and to put them in perspective from the view point of air pollution meteorology. In particular, this paper includes a discussion of: air pollution dispersion modeling and meteorological issues and their relationship to the suggested amendments and enforcement issues related to the suggested amendments through ambient air quality monitoring