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Texas energy issues: 1978. Policy research project report No. 25. [Monograph, 17 chapters]

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OSTI ID:5881219
Several facets of the current energy and related environmental status in Texas are examined. Part I, Permitting and Siting Energy Facilities, contains four chapters: Federal Agencies and Laws Dealing with Energy and the Environment; Siting of Nuclear Waste Disposal Facilities; State Power Plant Siting Authorities; and State Referenda on Nuclear Power Development. Part II, Economics, Financing, and Taxing of Energy, Current Issues, contains four chapters: Effect of Governmental Policies on Texas Oil and Gas Production and Reserves; Price Redetermination in Texas Producer Gas Sales Contracts; Current and Alternative Energy Taxes for Texas; and Horizontal Integration in the Energy Industry. Part III, Economics, Financing, and Taxing of Energy, Transitional Issues, contains three chapters: Boiler Fuel Conversion; Energy Needs of Texas Agriculture; and Role of Government Credit Assistance in Financing New Energy Development. Part IV, Environmental Impacts of Energy Development, contains three chapters: Impact of the Federal Surface Mining Act on Texas Lignite and Uranium Mining; Impact of Prevention of Significant Deterioration Requirements Upon Texas Energy Development; and The Offset Policy in Nonattainment Areas: Implications for Texas. The three chapters in Part V are: Assistance Programs for Energy Impacted Areas; The South Texas Project: A Case Study; and Unit Coal Train Movements to Texas.
OSTI ID:
5881219
Report Number(s):
NP-23972
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English