HR 2666 · 100th Congress · Environmental Protection

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1987

Introduced 1987-06-11· Sponsored by Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.(1988-06-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Acid Deposition Control Act of 1987 - Title I: Stationary Sources - Amends the Clean Air Act to require each Governor to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for approval a two-phased plan establishing emission limitations and compliance schedules for sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions from fossil fuel fired electric utility steam generating units in the State. Requires reductions in sulfur dioxide emissions by 1993 and reductions in oxides of nitrogen and further reductions in sulfur dioxide by 1997. Directs each Governor to submit to the Administrator for approval an emissions limitations plan for such units, other than electric utilities' units, requiring both sulfur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen emissions reductions by 1997. Requires the Administrator to conduct and update an inventory of such emissions from stationary sources, identifying the total statewide potential reductions in such emissions and transmitting such information to the State by the close of 1990. Requires each Governor to submit to the Administrator by June 1, 1994, a plan for establishing emission limitations from stationary sources of industrial process emissions …

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