HR 3211 · 101th Congress · Environmental Protection
Acid Rain Control Act of 1989
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: For Further Action See H.R.3030.(1990-05-23)
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Acid Rain Control Act of 1989 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a list of the 20 electric plants which had the greatest emissions of sulfur dioxide during 1985. Permits such utilities to apply to the Administrator to substitute a unit for a unit at a plant originally listed by the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to modify such list if determined that equivalent reductions in such emissions will be achieved by such substitution. Requires electric utility coal-fired steam generating plants, no later than December 31, 1995, to comply with annual emissions limitations for sulfur dioxides which reflect a 90 percent average annual reduction from such plants' annual emissions during 1985 through 1987. Permits up to 15 percent of such reduction to be achieved through natural gas cofiring or other fuel substitution. Sets sulfur dioxide emissions limitations for oil-fired electric utility steam generating units, to be effective after 1995. Requires the Administrator to establish: (1) such emissions limitations as may be necessary to ensure that by December 31, 1995, sulfur dioxide emissions from stationary sou…
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Cosponsors (6)
5 Democrats1 Republican