S 2959 · 97th Congress · Environmental Protection
Acid Deposition Study and Sulfur Emission Limitation Act of 1982
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EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.(1982-09-24)
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Acid Deposition Study and Sulfur Emission Limitation Act of 1982 - Amends title I (Air Pollution Prevention and Control) of the Clean Air Act to establish a program of acid deposition analysis and mitigation. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, within the five-fiscal-year period following the enactment of this Act, to report on acid deposition to specified congressional committees. Sets forth requirements relating to such report. Directs the Administrator to solicit data, views, and comments from State and other Federal agencies which are carrying out studies and research relating to acid deposition. Encourages State Governors to: (1) establish and designate appropriate regional acid deposition corridors comprising several States; and (2) negotiate appropriate measures to reduce emissions of acid deposition pollutants, taking into consideration actions taken and planned by various States and Canada to control sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, future economic growth in the corridors, employment impact, environmental endangerment, consumer costs, and equity among States. Directs the Administrator to cooperate with and to provide technical assistance fo…
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