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Title: Authority of states of use section 401 water quality certification to deny or condition Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses. Master's thesis

Abstract

This thesis discusses a recent United States Supreme Court case that will have a profound influence on the licensure of hydroelectric projects and the related ability of States to protect the quality of their waters. On October 4, 1993, the Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari to resolve a conflict among the state courts of last resort. This case involves two fundamental and competing national interests: the nation's thirst for cheap, dependable power versus its equally strong desire to improve the quality of its water resources. It also involves two underlying regulatory regimes that overlap and conflict with each other in some ways. This case illustrates how those two national interests and their underlying regulatory regimes cannot always be reconciled. It also demonstrates how Congress, with its muddled ways of passing legislation, can create conflicts between federal and state regulatory agencies.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6843162
Report Number(s):
AD-A-283382/0/XAB; AFIT/CI/CIA-94-119
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Master's thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 13 HYDRO ENERGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; REGULATORY GUIDES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MANAGEMENT; POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 293000* - Energy Planning & Policy- Policy, Legislation, & Regulation; 130400 - Hydro Energy- Legislation & Regulations; 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

Citation Formats

Hart, E O. Authority of states of use section 401 water quality certification to deny or condition Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses. Master's thesis. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Hart, E O. Authority of states of use section 401 water quality certification to deny or condition Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses. Master's thesis. United States.
Hart, E O. 1994. "Authority of states of use section 401 water quality certification to deny or condition Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licenses. Master's thesis". United States.
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abstractNote = {This thesis discusses a recent United States Supreme Court case that will have a profound influence on the licensure of hydroelectric projects and the related ability of States to protect the quality of their waters. On October 4, 1993, the Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari to resolve a conflict among the state courts of last resort. This case involves two fundamental and competing national interests: the nation's thirst for cheap, dependable power versus its equally strong desire to improve the quality of its water resources. It also involves two underlying regulatory regimes that overlap and conflict with each other in some ways. This case illustrates how those two national interests and their underlying regulatory regimes cannot always be reconciled. It also demonstrates how Congress, with its muddled ways of passing legislation, can create conflicts between federal and state regulatory agencies.},
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year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
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