Emission credit trades hot. [Approaches to meet Clean Air Act]

Journal Article · Mon Sep 20 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Engineering News-Record; (United States)

OSTI ID:7169075

The Clinton administration is boosting its support of market-based approaches to meet Clean Air Act requirements, US Environmental Protection Agency officials said earlier this month at an industry conference in Washington, DC. But local authorities are already doing fine in pushing their own programs. EPA is proposing a rule that would allow companies other than utilities to trade sulfur dioxide emission allowances, agency Administrator Carol M. Browner told attendees of the Clean Air Act Marketplace conference. That approach now allows 110 utilities to trade credits gained from reducing SO[sub 2] emissions below the required 10 million tons per year, beginning in 1985. The so-called [open quotes]opt-in[close quotes] rule, set for publication soon in the Federal Register, will [open quotes]create new market opportunities for companies in a variety of industries, not just utilities,[close quotes] said Browner.

• OSTI ID: 7169075
• Journal Information: Engineering News-Record; (United States), Journal Name: Engineering News-Record; (United States) Vol. 231:12; ISSN 0013-807X; ISSN ENREAU
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
AIR POLLUTION
CHALCOGENIDES
CLEAN AIR ACTS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
LAWS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
POLLUTION SOURCES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES