Air Quality Regulation and Management in the Four Corners Study Region. Report Number 1. Volume I: Policy, Planning and Management. Volume II: Controlling Stationary Source Emissions. Volume III: Past Effects of the Clean Air Act on Development

摘要

Although each of the four final reports, prepared by the Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of the Four Corners Regional Study, is self-contained, the four reports taken as a whole form a comprehensive documentation of most efforts undertaken as part of the regional analysis. This first report examines the management, institutional, enforcement, and compliance issues and past industry experiences with the 1970 and 1977 amendments to the Clean Air Act. Three subjects are reviewed in this report: (1) the State Implementation Plan (SIP) process in the study region, (2) the effectiveness of air quality compliance and enforcement actions of the act, to date, and (3) historic impacts of the act, especially those on industry. In addition, brief case studies examine both coal mining and coal-fired electrial generation sites. The report focuses on the past 9-10 years since the act's inception.