The Act provides for the creation of a national program of air pollution management focusing primarily on pollution prevention; for the promotion of mass media communication in order to create social awareness and active participation in air quality planning and monitoring. A Certificate of Conformity issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to vehicle manufacturer / assembler or importer shall certify that this new vehicle or vehicle type meets the mandatory requirements in terms of pollution prevention as per this Act. The provisions of this Act extend to the Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), that significantly deplete or otherwise modify the ozone layer,and to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), organic compounds persisting in the environment, bioaccumulating, and resisting photolytic, chemical and biological degradation (including but not limited to dioxin, furan, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides, such as aldrin, dieldrin, DDT, hexachlorobenzene, lindane, toxaphere and chlordane) and other tpoxic or poisounous substances potentially damaging human and animal health and the ecosystem.