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Acid rain and transported air pollutants: implications for public policy

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6609649
The policy decision to control or not to control transported air pollutants (primarily SO/sub x/, NO/sub x/, ozone and hydrocarbons) must be based on the risks of resource damage, the risks of unwarranted control expenditures, and the distribution of these risks among different groups and regions of the country. This study describes the tradeoffs implicit in this choice by characterizing the extent of the risks, their regional distribution, and the economic sectors that bear them. It concludes with a list of policy options available to Congress for addressing transported air pollutants. Data abounds in exhaustive graphs, figures and tables.
Research Organization:
Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016; AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6609649
Report Number(s):
OTA-O-204; ON: DE84016540
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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