The bioenvironmental impact of a coal-fired power plant: fifth interim report, Colestrip, Montana. Interim report Dec 77-Dec 78

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6979352

Preston, E M; O'Guinn, D W

The US EPA has recognized the need for a rational approach to the incorporation of ecological impact information into power facility siting decisions in the Northern Great Plains. Research funded by the Colstrip, Coal-Fired Power Plant project is a first attempt to generate methods to predict the bioenvironmental effects of air pollution before damage is sustained. Pre-construction documentation of the environmental characteristics of the grassland ecosystem in the vicinity of Colstrip, Montana began in the summer of 1974. Since then, key characteristics of the eco-system have been monitored regularly to detect possible pollution impacts upon plant and animal community structure.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6979352
• Report Number(s): PB-82-211996; EPA-600/3-80/052
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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