Sections 243.1 - 243.4 of Article 243 of the Code, specifically: rate of the tax due on emissions of certain pollutants into the atmospheric
air, caused by stationary sources of
pollution; rates of the tax due on stationary sources» emissions into the atmospheric
air of pollutants (compounds), which are not listed in Section 243.1 of this Article and are falling within a certain substance hazard category (except for carbon dioxide), shall be applicable subject to
determined approximately safe impact
levels of such substances» (compounds») impact on the atmospheric
air of urban settlements; and rates of tax due on emissions of carbon dioxide
The factors that
determined this ranking were the low prevalence of obesity, low
levels of
air pollution, low rate of preventable hospitalizations, and low rates of cancer deaths and cardiovascular death.