Editing Pollutant (section)

==Regulation==
{{main|Regulation and monitoring of pollution}}

===International===
Pollutants can cross international borders and therefore international regulations are needed for their control. The [[Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants]], which entered into force in 2004, is an international legally binding agreement for the control of persistent organic pollutants. [[Pollutant Release and Transfer Register]]s (PRTR) are systems to collect and disseminate information on environmental releases and transfers of toxic chemicals from industrial and other facilities.

===European Union===
The [[European Pollutant Emission Register]] is a type of PRTR providing access to information on the annual emissions of industrial facilities in the Member States of the [[European Union]], as well as Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) |url=https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/industrial-emissions-and-safety/european-pollutant-release-and-transfer-register-e-prtr_en |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=environment.ec.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>

===United States===
'''Clean Air Act standards.''' Under the [[Clean Air Act (United States)|Clean Air Act]], the [[National Ambient Air Quality Standards]] (NAAQS) are developed by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) for six common air pollutants, also called "criteria pollutants": [[particulates]]; [[Smog#Photochemical_smog|smog]] and  [[ground-level ozone]]; [[carbon monoxide]]; [[sulfur oxide]]s; [[nitrogen oxide]]s; and [[lead]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants/naaqs-table |title=NAAQS Table |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2016 |website=Criteria Air Pollutants |publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> The [[National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants]] are additional emission standards that are set by EPA for toxic air pollutants.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/national-emission-standards-hazardous-air-pollutants-neshap-9 |title=National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants |date=2018-01-25 |publisher=EPA}}</ref>

'''Clean Water Act standards.''' Under the [[Clean Water Act]], EPA promulgated national standards for municipal [[sewage treatment]] plants, also called ''[[publicly owned treatment works]],'' in the ''Secondary Treatment Regulation.''<ref>EPA. "Secondary Treatment Regulation." ''Code of Federal Regulations,'' {{USCFR|40|133}}</ref> National standards for industrial dischargers are called ''[[Effluent guidelines]]'' (for existing sources) and [[New Source Performance Standard#Clean Water Act|New Source Performance Standards]], and currently cover over 50 industrial categories.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epa.gov/eg |title=Effluent Guidelines |date=2018-02-28 |publisher=EPA}}</ref> In addition, the Act requires [[U.S. states|states]] to publish [[Clean Water Act#Water Quality Standards Program|water quality standards]] for individual water bodies to provide additional protection where the national standards are insufficient.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.epa.gov/standards-water-body-health |title=Standards for Water Body Health |date=2018-02-28 |publisher=EPA}}</ref>

'''RCRA standards.''' The [[Resource Conservation and Recovery Act]] (RCRA) regulates the management, transport and disposal of [[municipal solid waste]], [[hazardous waste]] and [[underground storage tank]]s.<ref>{{uspl|94|580|U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act}}, {{USC|42|6901}} ''et seq.'' October 21, 1976. Amended by {{uspl|98|616|Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984}}, November 8, 1984.</ref>