California Health and Safety Code

§ 42501

HSC § 42501 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 26 · Part 4 · Ch. 4.5

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)For over 25 years, the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401, et seq.) has required major new and modified sources of air pollution to be subject to a new source review program for nonattainment areas and for the prevention of significant deterioration, in order to ensure that those sources use the requisite level of emission control, offset any new emissions, and comply with other requirements, as a means of ensuring that those new and modified sources do not adversely affect air quality.

(b)Requiring controls and emission offsets for new and modified sources ensures that industrial growth does not result in unacceptable levels of air pollution and that existing sources operate more cleanly over time by applying emission controls when those sources are overhauled or upgraded. Without these limits, air quality would degrade over time, and industrial growth, critical to the economic health of the state, would be foreclosed.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 476, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.