Luật và Quy chế Chất lượng không khí Trong khi đó, các cột và Clowds Smoake, ợ ra từ Throates muội của những công trình, dày đặc và phong phú. . Tôi đề nghị do đó, rằng một đạo luật của Quốc hội hiện nay, điều này Nuisance địa ngục được cải tổ, enjoyning, rằng tất cả những công trình được gỡ bỏ năm hoặc sáu dặm xa xôi từ London dưới sông Thames. Fumifugium, Phần II (1661) | 9 Air Quality Laws and Regulations Whereas the Columns and Clowds of Smoake which are belched forth from the sooty Throates of those Works are so thick and plentiful. . I propose therefore that by an Act of this present Parliament this infernal Nuisance be reformed enjoyning that all those Works be removed five or six miles distant from London below the River of Thames. Fumifugium Part II 1661 Historically a general law approach to air quality concerns has been taken. Outright prohibitions against certain activities generating air contaminants have been adopted for centuries beginning as early as the 13th century see Chapter 1 . These prohibitions were for those actions that harmed or that potentially harmed the health or safety of the citizenry. At present many international efforts are being attempted to control criteria emissions as well as hazardous air pollutants utilizing treaties among nations. GENERAL LAW APPROACHES The legal framework for air quality management in the United States consists of dual federal and state statutes case law including common law and regulations. These laws and regulations are at the heart of our air quality management strategies even as health and environmental effects are the justification for those laws and regulations. Public Nuisance One approach has been to allow for lawsuits as a result of public nuisance complaints. In general public nuisance complaints originally based on the principle of discomfort to the sovereign have been among the oldest legal approaches used to abate air pollution emissions. Today these complaints are still used when odors or emissions occur that may affect more than one person. Nuisance is defined in the common law as anything injurious indecent or offensive to the senses and that obstructs or otherwise interferes with the free use or enjoyment of life or property. The legal concept of a public nuisance as developed in the common law refers to a nuisance that affects the entire community or any .
