State perspectives on energy facility siting

Book · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6220723

Stevens, D W

The Subcommittee on Energy Facility siting was created in early 1977 to undertake a comprehensive analysis of current energy. Facility siting policies and practices and to determine how improvements in the process could be made. The subcommittee of governors and staff representatives analyzed specific siting concerns and recommended actions to resolve delays and administrative problems that inhibit the timely certification of needed energy facilities; developed a program to help states strengthen their siting policies and management systems; worked with Federal agencies in developing siting policies, administrative improvements, and appropriate legislation that recognize the needs of the states; explored the feasibility of multistate arrangements for dealing with energy planning and siting questions; explored the various state-Federal processes for site planning and analysis, financing, need-for-power determinations, pre-site selection procedures, effective public participation, established air and water standards and constraints, and dealt with the siting implications of waste management and disposal programs. This report summarizes the findings of the committee's analysis and clarifies the key issues confronting the states and the Federal government.

• OSTI ID: 6220723
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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293000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Policy
Legislation
& Regulation
DECISION MAKING
ENERGY FACILITIES
ENERGY POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LICENSING
MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
REGULATIONS
SITE SELECTION
STATE GOVERNMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT