Six states sue EPA for failing to clean up acid rain
A lawsuit claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to implement section 126 of the Clean Air Act that would reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from Midwest plants also reflects the failure of Congress to respond to the demand for acid rain legislation. The States of New York, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts joined four environmental groups and Congressman Richard Ottinger of New York in the suit. Utility witnesses at House hearings on acid rain claim that legislation would be ''wasteful and ineffective'' because of the high contribution to lake acidity from natural causes and because new technology will reduce power plant emissions. The National Coal Association sees no scientific justification for current legislative proposals, and views them as an attempt to rewrite the Clean Air Act.
- OSTI ID:
- 7032511
- Journal Information:
- Electr. Light Power; (United States), Journal Name: Electr. Light Power; (United States) Vol. 62:5; ISSN ELLPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACID RAIN
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