Acid rain controls through the back door

Journal Article · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Coal Oper.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6988946

The paper briefly discusses the regulatory policy changes being proposed for acid rain control. Court rulings requiring the EPA to order reductions of sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants are described. Costs to utilities, and ultimately consumers, are also considered.

• OSTI ID: 6988946
• Journal Information: Coal Oper.; (United States), Vol. 28:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
LEGAL ASPECTS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
COST
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
010900* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects
017000 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Legislation & Regulations
500600 - Environment
Atmospheric- Regulations- (-1989)