ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF
JUN 13 19COAL CONVERSION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

BERKELEY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MAY 24, 1977

SERIAL NO. 95-H26

Printed for the use of the Committee on Environment and Public Works

95-351 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1977

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine
MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska
LLOYD M. BENTSEN, Texas

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa
GARY HART, Colorado

WENDELL R. ANDERSON, Minnesota

DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee
JAMES A. McCLURE, Idaho

PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island
MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming

JOHN W. YAGO, Jr., Staff Director
BAILEY GUARD, Minority Staff Director

LEON G. BILLINGS and HAROLD H. BRAYMAN (Minority), Senior Professional Staff Members PHILIP T. CUMMINGS, RICHARD M. HARRIS, RICHARD E. HEROD (Minority), and KATHERINE Y. CUDLIPP (Minority), Associate Counsels

Professional and Research Staff: KARL R. BRAITHWAITE, PAUL CHIMES, E. KEVIN CORNELL, GEORGE F. FENTON, Jr., RANDOLPH G. FLOOD, KATHALEEN R. E. FORCUM, JOHN D. FRESHMAN, ANN GARRABRANT, RICHARD T. GREER, WESLEY F. HAYDEN, VERONICA A. HOLLAND, RONALD L. Katz, Kathleen A. KORPON, JUDY F. PARENTE, JOHN B. PURINTON, Jr., JAMES D. RANGE (Assistant Counsel, Minority), JACQUELINE E. SCHAFER, CHARLENE A. STURBITTS, E. STEVENS SWAIN, Jr., ROBERT VAN HEUVELEN, SALLY W. WALKER, and HAVEN WHITESIDE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine, Chairman

JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa
GARY HART, Colorado
WENDELL R. ANDERSON, Minnesota

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island
MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming

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CONTENTS

OPENING STATEMENTS

Hart, Hon. Gary, U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado_.

Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., U.S. Senator from the State of Maine__

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia__

Stafford, Hon. Robert T., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont__

Wallop, Hon. Malcolm, U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming-----

WITNESSES

Costle, Douglas M., Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, ac-
companied by Edward Tuerk, Acting Administrator for Air and Waste
Management; William Drayton, Staff Member; Steven Gage, Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Energy Research and Development; and
James Speyer, Director, Energy Policy Staff_.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Duquesne Law Review, articles from :

"The Future of the Coal Substitution Option”.

"Coal Conversion and Amendments to the Clean Air Act”.

Environmental Protection Agency:

Additional information requested by Senator Stafford....

Responses to Senator Randolph's written questions___

Information requested by Senator Chafee___.

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