Abstract

A new clean air law is looking more and more likely from the 101st Congress. Several legislators have submitted different bills for updating the nearly 20-year-old law, and even the Administration has come forth with a proposal. One of the main functions of any new clean air law will be reduction of acid rain. And in a rare burst of governmental foresight, the Environmental Protection Agency and state air control organizations are already working on having programs in place able to meet the new requirements. Beginning in 1984, EPA provided several states with a total of nearly $3 million to develop future acid rain control strategies. The 47 projects funded provided the start for what became known as the State Acid Rain (STAR) Program. This was a unique program because it responded only to the threat of legislation, not to a law already enacted. EPA has recently released reports describing the results of the program ...

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