Clean Air Act Oversight Issues: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, March 21, 2001, April 5, 2001, April 27, 2001--Salem, NH, May 2, 2001, August 1, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 558 pages |
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... energy facilities such as power plants , refin- eries , E & P facilities , transmission lines , and pipelines ? What is the appropriate method for harmonizing our nation's environmental laws with our energy needs ? How can policymakers ...
... energy facilities such as power plants , refin- eries , E & P facilities , transmission lines , and pipelines ? What is the appropriate method for harmonizing our nation's environmental laws with our energy needs ? How can policymakers ...
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... plants that will be natural gas - fired . Right now , there are 31 " peaking " plants planned in Ohio - plants which ... power plants , refineries , and E & P facilities , transmission lines , and pipelines ? Question 3. What is the ...
... plants that will be natural gas - fired . Right now , there are 31 " peaking " plants planned in Ohio - plants which ... power plants , refineries , and E & P facilities , transmission lines , and pipelines ? Question 3. What is the ...
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... power plants . I mean , and this focuses it . Power plants produce power . They produce energy . We need energy . We need that power . Yet they are obviously also one of the major sources of air pollution in our coun- try . Let me just ...
... power plants . I mean , and this focuses it . Power plants produce power . They produce energy . We need energy . We need that power . Yet they are obviously also one of the major sources of air pollution in our coun- try . Let me just ...
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... plants that could extend their lives and extend the contribution of that source . I think it is an important issue for this subcommittee to look into , because without that what you see is that hydro power continues to be static , could ...
... plants that could extend their lives and extend the contribution of that source . I think it is an important issue for this subcommittee to look into , because without that what you see is that hydro power continues to be static , could ...
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... Nuclear Safety. STATEMENT OF KATHLEEN MCGINTY , FORMER CHAIR , COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Ms. MCGINTY . Thank you ... plants were not built in Cali- fornia in the early 1990's because there was an excess of power . Then came not new ...
... Nuclear Safety. STATEMENT OF KATHLEEN MCGINTY , FORMER CHAIR , COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Ms. MCGINTY . Thank you ... plants were not built in Cali- fornia in the early 1990's because there was an excess of power . Then came not new ...
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