Testimony presented to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's public hearing on environment and conservation in nonnuclear energy research and development, March 31, 1978, Washington, D. C

Technical Report · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6800737· OSTI ID:6800737

Richmond, C. R.

The author cites Public Law 92-577, The Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, as mandating this Public Hearing as a forum to review the adequacy of emphasis on energy conservation and environmental implications of the Federal energy R, D and D program. President Carter directed ERDA (now DOE) and EPA in May 1977 to jointly develop procedures for establishing environmental protection standards for all new energy technologies and asked that the procedures be agreed upon within one year. The author first discusses general issues before he specifically addresses the subject of oil shale and synthetic fuels from coal. Specific issues on availability of these fuel technologies, impacts of implementation, and management of synthetic fuel technologies are discussed. Two broader issues are discussed. One concerns our national difficulty in arriving at a broad consensus on acceptable tradeoffs between environmental protection and other goals of society such as the important ones of achieving energy independence and avoiding energy shortages. The second is the question of the Federal role in a situation where a vast number of impacts and decision makers are either local, state, or regional in scale. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6800737
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-6382
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040400 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Oil Production
Recovery
& Refining
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
CLEAN AIR ACT
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL LIQUEFACTION
DECISION MAKING
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GASIFICATION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEARINGS
IMPLEMENTATION
INDUSTRY
LAWS
LIQUEFACTION
NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SHALE INDUSTRY
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
PUBLIC HEALTH
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAFETY
SOCIAL IMPACT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
USA