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| | Clean Air Act |
 | | The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) aim to control pollutants that may reasonably be anticipated to result in either an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating, but reversible, illness. |
 | | Under previous federal law, construction permits were required only for new sources; existing sources were left largely unpermitted, unless the state elected to require an operating permit. |
 | | The CAA Amendments allow the Administrator to impose administrative penalties of up to $25,000/day for the violation of any requirement, prohibition, permit, rule, or order (up to a maximum penalty of $200,000 in most instances). |
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