Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§7515 General Savings Clause
Title 42 › CHAPTER 85 — AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER I — PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES › Part D — Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas › subpart 6 — savings provisions › § 7515
Summary
Regulations the Administrator issued before November 15, 1990 stay in effect unless revised or found inconsistent with the law. Pre‑November 15, 1990 control requirements for nonattainment areas cannot be changed after November 15, 1990 unless they ensure equivalent or greater emission reductions.
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Title 42, §7515
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Each regulation, standard, rule, notice, order and guidance promulgated or issued by the Administrator under this chapter, as in effect before November 15, 1990, shall remain in effect according to its terms, except to the extent otherwise provided under this chapter, inconsistent with any provision of this chapter, or revised by the Administrator. No control requirement in effect, or required to be adopted by an order, settlement agreement, or plan in effect before November 15, 1990, in any area which is a nonattainment area for any air pollutant may be modified after November 15, 1990, in any manner unless the modification insures equivalent or greater emission reductions of such air pollutant.
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42 U.S.C. § 7515
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102