Economic losses in the Columbus SMSA due to long-range transport of airborne residuals in the Ohio River Basin energy study region

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5589770

Page, W P; Gowdy, J M

This report was prepared as part of the Ohio River Basin Energy Study (ORBES), a multidisciplinary policy research program supported by the Environmental Protection Agency. The ORBES region covers all of Kentucky, most of West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and substantial portions of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Central Ohio is an area where the long-range transport of air pollutants is a problem, and a relatively small increase in pollution emitted from sources within the SMSA could cause the area to violate federal primary standards for sulfur dioxide and particulates. This report estimates the potential loss in economic product to the Columbus SMSA by calculating the difference in economic output between (1) the projected increase in potential output possible under existing air quality regulations without additional background pollution from new out-of-area fossil fuel power plants and (2) the projected increase in output possible when this additional source of pollution is taken into account. Estimated losses are provided for seven different ORBES scenarios.

• Research Organization: Ohio River Basin Energy Study, Urbana, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5589770
• Report Number(s): PB-82-110735
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CHALCOGENIDES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION III
FEDERAL REGION IV
FEDERAL REGION V
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ILLINOIS
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OHIO VALLEY REGION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
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POLLUTION
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
POWER PLANTS
REGULATIONS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
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THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
WASTES
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