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Canada-United States: Agreement on Air Quality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Treaties and Agreements
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1991

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* [Reproduced from the text provided by the U.S. Department of State. The Canada-U.S. Memorandum of Intent concerning transboundary air pollution, done at Washington, August 5, 1980 appears at 20 I.L.M. 690 (1981).]

1 Applies only to reductions in emissions in the forty-eight contiguous States and the District of Columbia.

2 1 ton =0.91 tonnes (metric tons).

3 All references to the Clean Air Act refer to the Act as amended November 15, 1990.

4 Applies only to reductions in emissions in the forty-eight contiguous States and the District of Columbia.

5 This standard does not apply to diesel-fueled LDTs (3751 to 5750 lbs LVW)

6 As set forth in EPA regulations in effect as of the entry into force of this Agreement.

7 The Government of Canada will propose this effective date; the final effective date is subject to the procedures and outcome of the regulation development process.