Acid rain and transported air pollutants: implications for public policy
Technical Report
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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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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
500600 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Regulations-- (-1989)
530200 -- Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies-- Assessment of Energy Technologies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
CLEAN AIR ACT
CONTROL
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVALUATED DATA
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAWS
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSFER
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PLANNING
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC POLICY
RAIN
RECOMMENDATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
500600 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Regulations-- (-1989)
530200 -- Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies-- Assessment of Energy Technologies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
CLEAN AIR ACT
CONTROL
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVALUATED DATA
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAWS
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSFER
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PLANNING
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC POLICY
RAIN
RECOMMENDATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES