---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch85"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 85"
heading: "Air Pollution Prevention and Control"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch85"
sections_count: 185
---

# Chapter 85 — Air Pollution Prevention and Control

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Programs and Activities](/usc/42/ch85-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Emission Standards for Moving Sources](/usc/42/ch85-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch85-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Noise Pollution](/usc/42/ch85-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter IV–A — Acid Deposition Control](/usc/42/ch85-schIV-A.md)
- [Subchapter V — Permits](/usc/42/ch85-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Stratospheric Ozone Protection](/usc/42/ch85-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — American Innovation and Manufacturing](/usc/42/ch85-schVII.md)