Clearing the air. [TVA's coal-fired power plants]

Journal Article · · Tenn. Valley Perspect.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5266253

Green, D

One of the nation's largest pollution programs is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which focused first on health hazards, then on the effects on vegetation and aesthetics. A network of 131 stations monitors air quality in the Tennessee Valley region to test for contaminants in the immediate vicinity of power plants and to detect regional trends around urban centers. Sensors checking rainfall and solar radiation screen the air for particulate matter. The national goal of preventing significant deterioration of the air allows states to determine which industries will be permitted and to manage air quality by employing the offset principle, bubble concept, or a comparable strategy. TVA's plan is to manage air resources regionally and as comprehensively as it has water resources. Air quality studies published in 1979 indicate that the region's major cities exceed both national health standards and secondary standards for suspended particulates and ozone. Thirty eight nonurban areas exceed particuate, oxone, or sulfur dioxide standards. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 5266253
• Journal Information: Tenn. Valley Perspect.; (United States), Journal Name: Tenn. Valley Perspect.; (United States) Vol. 10:4; ISSN TVPED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200202 -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Waste Management-- Noxious Gas & Particulate Emissions
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR QUALITY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OZONIZATION
PARTICLES
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PREVENTION OF SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION
STANDARDS
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION
US ORGANIZATIONS