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United States Acid Rain Program |
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Congress initiated United States Acid Rain Program in Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The goal of United States Acid Rain Program was to attain considerable ecological and civic health benefits through diminutions in release of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are the key causes of acid rain.
In order to achieve the goal, United States Acid Rain Program, decided low public cost. United States Acid Rain Program involves both conventional and pioneering, market-based approaches for controlling air pollution. The main reason behind establishing United States Acid Rain Program was to limit the emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2). The limit imposed was 8.95 million tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions was allowed from power plants. This limitation is to be operational from 2010, when the plants that reduce SO2 emissions and NOx emission rates will be provided allowances.
In addition to this, the United States Acid Rain Program also encourages energy efficiency and pollution prevention methods, which can be more appropriately called as acid deposition that ranges from communal changes to individual action. It is necessary to prevent acid deposition not only in United Sates or Canada but also all over the world in order to preserve the natural integration and minimize the damages of man made structures. With respect to this thought United States Acid Rain Program have taken steps to minimize the amount of NOx and SO2 emitted into the atmosphere as these are identified as foremost contributors to acid deposition. United States Acid Rain Program can be divided in to two parts. The SO2 Reductions and Allowance trading program that provides explanations on how reductions in SO2 emissions are to be achieved and NOx Reductions program provides the details of how reductions in NOx emissions are to be achieved.
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