Clean Air Act at the crossroads

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Coal Min. Process.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6142253

Trisko, E M

Offers an assessment of how controversial Clean Air Act (CAA) reforms will significantly affect the coal industry by altering production patterns, price structure and utilization. A major controversy surrounding acid precipitation control proposals is the feasibility of interstate emission reduction trading. Predicts that eastern or western producers of lowsulfur coal will continue to benefit from the CAA, but that producers of high-sulfur coal in northern Appalachia and the Midwest should lose a substantial share of the market if Congress enacts acid rain controls or repeals requirements for scrubbers on new coal-fired powerplants. Regional coal price and output levels could be affected by amendments to the Act's provision for new source performance standards, prevention of significant air quality deterioration, nonattainment area controls, and by the addition of further sulfur dioxide controls intended to mitigate acid precipitation in the East. Acid precipitation controls would have the most critical implications for domestic and international coal markets.

• OSTI ID: 6142253
• Journal Information: Coal Min. Process.; (United States), Journal Name: Coal Min. Process.; (United States) Vol. 19:7; ISSN CMPRB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010900* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CLEAN AIR ACT
COAL INDUSTRY
CONTROL
EQUIPMENT
INDUSTRY
LAWS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION LAWS
POWER PLANTS
PRICES
RAIN
SCRUBBERS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR CONTENT
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES