NAPAP: Where does it go from here

Journal Article · · Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy; (United States)

OSTI ID:6287853

Irving, P M ^[1]

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1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory's, Richland, WA (United States)

Now that Congress has passed amendments to the Clean Air Act aimed at solving the problems of acid rain, does the nation need to continue its scientific research on the issue, asks Patricia M. Irving, former acting director of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). Her answer is yes. [open quotes]Citizens want to know the benefits and costs of policy decisions that affect their pocketbooks and lifestyles,[close quotes] she says. [open quotes]Without a program to monitor acid emissions and deposition, and without adequate funding to continue long-term research and modeling, accurate evaluations will be impossible.[close quotes] NAPAP's functions, she says, should be to foster cooperation among government, business, industry, academe, and the international community; to coordinate research to test the effectiveness of present control requirements; to engage decision makers in a continuous dialogue on the issue; and to make national assessments of potential conditions and different emission reduction scenarios. Under the new legislation, the United States likely will double its $30-billion-a-year expenditure for clean air, Irving notes. [open quotes]The public expects substantial benefits from its money,[close quotes] she says. [open quotes]A primary NAPAP objective should be to assess how effective these expenditures are in producing the desired benefits.[close quotes]

• OSTI ID: 6287853
• Journal Information: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy; (United States), Journal Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy; (United States) Vol. 8:2; ISSN FARPEL; ISSN 0887-8218
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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