Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States

The Clean Air Act authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate “emission standards” for hazardous air pollutants “at the level which in his judgment provides an ample margin of safety to protect the public health.” § 112 (b)(1)(B), 84 Stat. 1685, 42 U. S. C. § 1857c-7 (b)(1)(B). The emission of an air pollutant in *277violation of an applicable emission standard is prohibited by § 112 (c)(1)(B) of the Act, 42 U. S. C. § 1857c-7 (c)(1)(B). The knowing violation of the latter section, in turn, subjects the violator to fine and imprisonment under the provisions…