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What is California SIP?

What is California SIP?

SIPs are comprehensive plans that describe how an area will attain national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). The 1990 amendments to the federal Clean Air Act set deadlines for attainment based on the severity of an area’s air pollution problem.

What does Naaqs stand for?

The Clean Air Act, which was last amended in 1990, requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (40 CFR part 50) for six principal pollutants (“criteria” air pollutants) which can be harmful to public health and the environment.

What is SIP requirements?

2) The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires states to develop State Implementation Plans (SIPs): a general plan to attain and maintain the NAAQS in all areas of the country, and a specific plan to attain the standards for each area designated nonattainment for a NAAQS.

What is an infrastructure SIP?

Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) Requirements and Guidance. The Clean Air Act requires states to submit state implementation plans (SIPs) that implement, maintain, and enforce a new or revised national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) within 3 years of EPA issuing the standard.

What are the 6 Naaqs pollutants?

EPA has established national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for six of the most common air pollutants— carbon monoxide, lead, ground-level ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide—known as “criteria” air pollutants (or simply “criteria pollutants”).

Why do parts of California have such bad air pollution?

Why do parts of California have such bad air pollution? Sources of air pollution in California include vehicular emissions, demand for energy production through fossil fuels, and household energy consumption as well as wildfires as a prominent natural cause.

What ZIP Code is 90011?

ZIP Code 90011

Post Office City: Los Angeles, CA (View All Cities)
County: Los Angeles County
Timezone: Pacific (4:36pm)
Area code: 213 (Area Code Map)
Coordinates: 34.01, -118.26 ZIP (~2 mile radius)