Opinion ID: 2630606
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Hazardous Material Under the Clean Air Act

Text: ¶ 65 Similarly, 42 U.S.C. § 7412, which deals with hazardous air pollutants, is also inapplicable. In 42 U.S.C. § 7412(r)(3), the statute requires the creation of a list of hazardous air pollutants containing substances that are known to cause or may reasonably be anticipated to cause death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health or the environment. Although the statute originally required [t]he initial list [to] include ... hydrogen sulfide, id., in 1991, Congress deleted Hydrogen sulfide from this Act's list of hazardous air pollutants. Act of Dec. 4, 1991, Pub.L. No. 102-187, 105 Stat. 1285. Because hydrogen sulfide no longer meets the statutory definition of a hazardous air pollutant, the federal statute does not support a conclusion that it constitutes a hazardous material.