Chapter 3: Air
The Clean Air Act is the federal law passed in 1970, and last amended in 1990, that forms the basis for state and national air pollution control efforts. Basic elements of the act include national ambient air quality standards for major air pollutants, hazardous air pollutants standards, state attainment plans, motor vehicle emissions standards, stationary source emissions standards and permits, acid rain control measures, stratospheric ozone protection, and enforcement provisions.
§ 3.1 Federal Clean Air Act
§ 3.1.1 State Responsibility
§ 3.1.2 Regulated Pollutants
§ 3.1.3 Point or Stationary Sources
§ 3.1.4 Permit Program
§ 3.1.5 Mobile Sources
§ 3.1.6 Enforcement
§ 3.1.7 Market Approaches
§ 3.2 Colorado Air Quality Control Act
§ 3.2.1 Colorado Air Quality Control Commission
§ 3.2.2 Air Quality Control Division
§ 3.3 Air Pollutant Emission Notices (APENs)
§ 3.4 Fugitive Particulate Emissions
§ 3.4.1 Control Plans
§ 3.4.2 State Regulated Sources and Activities
Roadways
Construction Activities
Storage and Handling of Materials
Mining Activities
Haul Roads
§ 3.5 Radon
§ 3.6 Lead-Based Paint
§ 3.7 Asbestos
JAMES “SKIP” SPENSLEY, ESQ.
Spensley & Associates
Skip Spensley is an environmental lawyer, engineer, and consultant who has worked in the environmental and air quality area for over thirty-five years. He has specialized in environmental policy and assessment, regulatory compliance and strategic planning with a focus on air quality issues. He has represented numerous clients before the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on air regulatory and compliance issues. Mr. Spensley served as the Governor’s appointee on the Denver Regional Air Quality Council for six years in developing air quality implementation plans for the Denver metro area. He has also been an adjunct professor and lecturer on environmental policy and law at the University of Denver and the University of Colorado for the past twenty-five years.
