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Increased coal use [electronic resource] : the need for strategies to reduce local and regional conflicts

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
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Pages: 7 : digital, PDF file
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Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The analysis indicates that energy use management strategies need to be developed to ensure that local and regional conflicts emerging from the increased use of coal can be resolved with minimum adverse environmental, economic, and societal impacts. The major deterrent to reaching increased coal use goals, which are 160 GWe of new utility coal use and 4.5 Quads of new industrial coal use, appears to be the adulteration of air quality. Siting of utility and industrial sources in or near nonattainment areas or Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Class I or Class II areas may be constrained. 35% of new utility coal use may be inhibited in urban areas due to nonattainment provisions of the CAA. These problems are predicted to be most pronounced in the Northeast and Midwest. Increased coal use should not cause increased public health impacts. Although it is difficult to quantitate the anticipated health impacts with a high degree of certainty, relationships can be assumed between ambient atmospheric sulfate levels and adverse health effects. The major impact from coal use will arise in areas downwind from areas projected to be subject to increased energy production. These impacted areas are primarily located in the northeastern quadrant of the United States. In the western United States, long-range transport of sulfur dioxide or sulfates (SO/sub 4/) does not appear to constrain coal use on a regional level.Water quality and water availability constraints on site-specific bases are expected. Solid waste does not appear to moderate the achievement of increased coal use goals, particularly in the utility sector and, to a lesser extent, the coal extraction sector. It may, however, severely restrict increased coal use goals for industry, especially in the urban areas of the Midwest and Northeast, where a lack of suitable nearly solid waste disposal sites could result in high transportation costs.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:conf-791009-13
conf-791009-13
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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1979.
"conf-791009-13"
International conference on energy use management, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 22 Oct 1979.
Surles, T.; Hoover, L.J.; Goldberg, A.J.
Funding Information
W-31-109-ENG-38
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