The Clean Air Act of 1970
A)set up a depletion tax system
B)reduced air pollution standards
C)recognized air as a resource
D)established a system of transferable pollution rights
E)forbade producers to emit any pollutants into the air

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The Clean Air Act of 1970 recognized the importance of clean air as a resource and laid the foundation for the control of air pollution in the United States. It established national air quality standards for common pollutants, required states to implement plans to meet those standards, and provided for enforcement of those standards through federal and state agencies. It did not set up a depletion tax system, reduce air pollution standards, establish a system of transferable pollution rights, or forbid producers from emitting any pollutants into the air.