Pioneer Synthetic Fuels Facilities: Early Approaches to Achieving Environmental Acceptability. A report to the Secretary of Energy.

摘要

An issue equally important to environmental, industrial, and public acceptability of the prospective synfuels industry has received much less focus. That is the effectiveness of governmental approaches and involvement as they affect synfuels acceptability. Three commercial synthetic fuel facilities are in advanced stages of construction and operational planning. Each achieved contracts for financial assistance from the US Government under different circumstances and principal legislative authorities. Each has also involved a significantly different approach in dealing with environmental protection. These approaches are summarized in a case study format which examines the interdependence of actions required by Federal, state, and local governments in reviewing and permitting each project and in implementing a process geared to achieve environmental acceptability. These are presented following a brief synopsis of current governmental involvement in ensuring environmental acceptability of the emerging synfuels industry.