The Clean Air Act is the federal law designed to make sure that all Americans have air that is safe to breathe. Public health protection is the primary goal, though the law also seeks to protect our environment from damage caused by air pollution
The main goal of the Clean Air Act is to reach national ambient air quality levels in order to protect public health and welfare, through limitations on air pollutant emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to achieve this goal by developing primary and secondary quality standards, being the primary ones necessary to protect public health and the secondary ones to protect the environment.
