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The Real Acid Test Of Title Iv Of The Clean Air Act Amendments Of 1990: External Cost Justifications Not Related To Acid Deposition Control, James R. May
James R. May
One of the principal objectives of the Clean Air Act Amendments Act of 1990, contained in Title IV, is to control acid deposition by reducing the air emissions of sulfur dioxides (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) released by many fossil fuel-fired steam-electric generating utility units. A report recently issued by the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP), called the Integrated Assessment (NAPAP IA), casts formidable doubts upon Title IV's efficacy by suggesting that the relationship between Title IV and the mitigation of the adverse effects of acid deposition in environmentally sensitive areas is too attenuated to warrant the nationally pervasive …