Planning acid rain compliance; A blend of analytic techniques and engineering judgment

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:7050248

Schlegel, D M; Dippold, D G ^[1]

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1. Generation Planning Div., American Electric Power Service Corp. (US)

This paper reports on the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air act which requires that by the year 2000 electric utilities reduce their emissions of SO{sub 2} to about one half of their 1980 levels. The Clean Air Act (CAA), passed in 1963, allowed the federal government, under certain conditions, to impose air quality rules on the states. Subsequent CAA amendments extended the original CAA legislation to include federal control of certain emission sources, mandated air quality standards, and the requirement that specific compliance measures be used. The 1990 amendments require that coal burning power plants reduce their SO{sub 2} emissions over two Phases. Phase 1 begins in 1995 and continues through 1999; Phase 2 begins in 2000 and continues indefinitely.

• OSTI ID: 7050248
• Report Number(s): CONF-920432--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States) Journal Volume: 54:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
ACID RAIN
AIR QUALITY
AMENDMENTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
COAL
COMPLIANCE
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUELS
INHIBITION
LAWS
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANNING
POLLUTION LAWS
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
US CLEAN AIR ACT