BASC198-SI Air Quality Management Under the Clean Air Act

This air quality overview course is intended for new hires within state, local, and tribal air agencies. After completion of the course, learners will be able to explain and define each of the components of the air quality management cycle in the United States under the Clean Air Act and the basic scientific concepts that support them.

This course consists of 27 modules, and it takes approximately 16.5 hours to complete.

BASC198-SI: Air Quality Management
Under the Clean Air Act

Air Quality Management Cycle

The History of Air Pollution Control Legislation

Clean Air Act Progress

Structure and Key Provisions of the Clean Air Act

What are Criteria Pollutants?

What are Air Toxics?

What are Greenhouse Gases?

Health Effects of Air Pollutants

Environmental Effects of Air Pollutants

Health and Environmental Effects of Criteria Pollutants

Health and Environmental Effects of Air Toxics

Sources of Air Pollution

What is an Emissions Inventory?

Purposes and Types of Emissions Inventories

National Emissions Inventory

What is Ambient Air Monitoring?

Transport and Fate of Air Pollutants

Introduction to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards

What are Area Designations?

What is a State or Tribal Implementation Plan?

Timeline and Roles for SIP/TIP Submittal and Review

Controlling Air Pollution

New Source Review Program

Title V Permitting Program

Regulatory Framework for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) from Stationary Sources

Compliance and Enforcement

Tribal Air Quality under the Clean Air Act

BASC198-SI Course Exam