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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
An 11 page discussion of the evolution and successes of the Allowance Trading Program that was
initiated with the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The author demonstrates that this program has been highly successful. EPA standards are
being met and that compliance has not resulted in either undue hardship to those entities that encounter problems with system upgrades or the loss
of incentive for those entities that were interested in upgrades. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Page Count:
11 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPairPl4.rtf
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Sulfur dioxide is one of the most concerning air pollutants in terms of human and environmental health. Not surprisingly, this pollutant (along with ozone, carbon monoxide,
total suspended particulate matter, and nitrogen dioxide) has been regulated in the United States since the 1970s and the initiation of the federal Clean Air Act. The Act was
significantly modified in 1990 to be more specific in regard to sulfur dioxide emissions in particular. While the provisions of this Act and its 1990 modification resulted in significant
improvements to air quality, the EPA found that in 1993 two-hundred and thirty U.S. metropolitan areas failed to meet the Clean Air Act standards for one or more of the
six criteria pollutants regulated by that Act (Texas Environmental Profiles, 2005). Complying with sulfur dioxide standards seemed to be particularly elusive for some facilities. An innovative program referred
to as the Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Allowance Trading Program was developed to make sulfur dioxide emission reductions an obtainable goal. Sulfur dioxide is
one of the major pollutants generated in the production of electricity from coal-fired power plants and is a pollutant of particular concern in the Midwest as that is where most
of these plants are located. As a consequence of the continued emission problems EPA required the development of state specific plans for emissions reductions (Texas Environmental Profiles, 2005).
Between 1993 and 2003 sulfur dioxide emissions were reduced by an impressive thirty-one percent (Texas Environmental Profiles, 2005). As a point of comparison, nitrogen oxide emissions were reduced by
twelve percent, volatile organic compounds by almost twenty-five percent and particulates (less than 10 microns in size) by twenty-two percent (Texas Environmental Profiles, 2005). Even today, however, there is
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