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construction ban

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can establish a construction ban by disapproving an area's planning requirements for correcting nonattainment. A construction ban prohibits the construction or modification of any major stationary source of the pollutant for which the area is in nonattainment.

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construction ban

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can establish a construction ban by disapproving an area's planning requirements for correcting nonattainment. A construction ban prohibits the construction or modification of any major stationary source of the pollutant for which the area is in nonattainment.