Environmental evaluation of the PIES Trendlong Mid-Mid Scenario: Federal Region V
This Regional Issues Identification and Assessment (RIIA), is an evaluation of the regional environmental impacts of future energy development. The impacts described for 1985 and 1990 are based on a national energy projection (scenario) that assumes medium energy demand and fuel supply through 1990 but does not incorporate the policies of the 1978 National Energy Act (NEA). The environmental impacts discussed in this volume are for Federal Region V. There are nine companion volumes, one for each of the other federal regions in the nation. The findings of this impact evaluation of the PIES TRENDLONG MID-MID Scenario for Federal Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) are reported. In those areas of eastern Michigan and southeastern and central Wisconsin that have not attained National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), there will be limited opportunities for mitigation of impacts from utility coal growth through emission offsets or improved control efficiencies. In Ohio, 30% of utility coal growth could be restricted primarily because of NAAQS nonattainment. Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio may also experience problems with oil-fired utilities in nonattainment areas, but fuel purchasinhg practices could reduce the air quality impacts. Utility and industrial siting along Lake Erie may require extensive pretreatment of effluents discharged into the Lake. Allocation of water from Lake Michigan for new facilities may become an issue in Wisconsin and Illinois where large water-for-energy demands conflict with other water uses. Surface mining activities in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are projected to disturb approximately 200,000 acres in the period 1975 to 1990, causing temporary or permanent shifts in productivity and land use. Much of the land in the mining area is presently in forest and crops. Deaths and illnesses resulting from employment in deep mining in Region V may increase 30 to 40% over 1975 levels.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6138112
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EES-TM-55
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AIR QUALITY
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COAL MINING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FORECASTING
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
GREAT LAKES
GREAT LAKES REGION
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
INFORMATION
LAKE ERIE
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKES
MAPS
MICHIGAN
MINING
MINNESOTA
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OHIO
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POWER PLANTS
SITE SELECTION
SURFACE MINING
SURFACE WATERS
TABLES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
WATER RIGHTS
WISCONSIN