This document provides an overview of the history of air pollution control in the United States. It discusses how in the 1960s-1970s, there was a major environmental awakening that led to the passage of laws like the Clean Air Act to regulate air pollution. It describes how air pollution involves emissions from sources, atmospheric transport of pollutants, and health impacts on receptors. It also explains that air pollution control requires reducing emissions from sources rather than just removing polluted air, as the scale of pumping out polluted air basins is infeasible. The document outlines how air pollution involves both primary pollutants emitted and secondary pollutants formed through atmospheric reactions.