Air Pollution: EPA Data Gathering Efforts Would Have Imposed a Burden on States
AIMD-95-160
Published: Aug 07, 1995. Publicly Released: Aug 07, 1995.
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GAO reviewed selected data collection and reporting requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, focusing on whether: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) planned state emissions reporting requirements exceed its program needs; and (2) states use the EPA Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) to monitor emissions data.
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Air pollution controlDatabasesData collectionEnvironmental lawEnvironmental monitoringstate relationsInformation systemsMotor vehicle pollution controlReporting requirementsPollutants