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Specifically, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 and
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act were the laws that
required the addition of new equipment. It is suspected that
since there is such a close similarity between the answers
to the question "which law was most difficult with which to
achieve compliance" and the question "which law required the
addition of new equipment," that the difficulty factor was
perceived by the businessmen in relationship to the need to
modify or add to the company's existing equipment.
Table V below shows the federal laws most difficult for
companies to achieve compliance, and Table VI shows the laws
requiring the companies to add new equipment.
TABLE V
MOST DIFFICULT LAWS FOR COMPLIANCE
Number Per Cent*
Laws of of
Companies Companies
Air pollution laws 8 66.7
Water pollution laws 5 41.6
Solid waste manangement laws 1 8.3
*The percentage exceeds 100 per cent because several
companies gave multiple responses.
In response to the question "were you required under any
environmental laws to add new equipment or to replace old
equipment" all of the respondents answered yes. Table VI
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Thibodeaux, Mary Shepherd. The state of the art in environmental pollution control and impact analysis, dissertation, May 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332517/m1/95/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .