Please refer to the glossary on the BERâs website for. explanations of technical terms. Executive summary. This report presents a broad statistical overview of the Small, Medium and Micro. Enterprises (SMMEs) of South Africa. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) published a comprehensive report on the SMME. sector of South Africa in 2008. Since then, the.
Congress passed the first legislation to address air pollution with the 1955 Air Pollution Control Act that provided funds to the U.S. Public Health service, but did not formulate pollution regulation. However, the Clean Air Act in 1963, created a research and regulatory program in the U.S. Public Health Service.nder the Clean Air Act states are required to submit a plan for non-attainment areas to reach attainment status as soon as possible but in no more than five years, based on the severity of the air pollution and the difficulty posed by obtaining cleaner air.
In order to compel people to do so, in 1970, Congress created the Environmental Protection Agency to help protect our shared planet.They also created a number of different environmental protection policies and regulations. In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act Extension, which was followed by the Clean Air Act Amendments in â77 and â90. 2  These updated clean air acts gave greater control to the Environmental Protection Agency, and addressed acid rain, ozone depletion, toxic air pollution and emissions trading.