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From: Gene Spafford <spaf>
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 11:18:08 EST
I think we may soon find Mexican food banned.....
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From: ghg@ecn.purdue.edu (George Goble)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 14:32:40 -0500
Subject: 1990 clean air act text [farting to become illegal?]
Farting to become illegal? The following text was extracted from an
electronic copy of the "1990 Clean Air Act", signed by Pres Bush last
month. The whole file can be anonymous ftp'd from ei.ecn.purdue.edu
It is in "TITLE VI" (Ozone layer depletion & CFC's, etc)
SEC. 603. METHANE STUDIES.
(a) Economically Justified Actions._Not later than 2
years after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
prepare and submit a report to the Congress that identifies
activities, substances, processes, or combinations thereof that
could reduce methane emissions and that are economically and
technologically justified with and without consideration of
environmental benefit.
(b) Domestic Methane Source Inventory and Control._Not
later than 2 years after the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator, in consultation and coordination with the
Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall
prepare and submit to the Congress reports on each of the
following:
(1) Methane emissions associated with natural gas
extraction, transportation, distribution, storage, and use. Such
report shall include an inventory of methane emissions associated
with such activities within the United States. Such emissions
include, but are not limited to, accidental and intentional
releases from natural gas and oil wells, pipelines, processing
facilities, and gas burners. The report shall also include an
inventory of methane generation with such activities.
(2) Methane emissions associated with coal extraction,
transportation, distribution, storage, and use. Such report shall
include an inventory of methane emissions associated with such
activities within the United States. Such emissions include, but
are not limited to, accidental and intentional releases from
mining shafts, degasification wells, gas recovery wells and
equipment, and from the processing and use of coal. The report
shall also include an inventory of methane generation with such
activities.
(3) Methane emissions associated with management of solid
waste. Such report shall include an inventory of methane
emissions associated with all forms of waste management in the
United States, including storage, treatment, and disposal.
(4) Methane emissions associated with agriculture. Such
report shall include an inventory of methane emissions associated
with rice and livestock production in the United States.
(5) Methane emissions associated with biomass burning.
Such report shall include an inventory of methane emissions
associated with the intentional burning of agricultural wastes,
wood, grasslands, and forests.
(6) Other methane emissions associated with human
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activities. Such report shall identify and inventory other
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domestic sources of methane emissions that are deemed by the
Administrator and other such agencies to be significant.
(c) International Studies._
(1) Methane emissions._Not later than 2 years after the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall prepare and submit
to the Congress a report on methane emissions from countries
other than the United States. Such report shall include
inventories of methane emissions associated with the activities
listed in subsection (b).
(2) Preventing increases in methane concentrations._Not
later than 2 years after the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report
that analyzes the potential for preventing an increase in
atmospheric concentrations of methane from activities and sources
in other countries. Such report shall identify and evaluate the
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technical options for reducing methane emission from each of the
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activities listed in subsection (b), as well as other activities
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or sources that are deemed by the Administrator in consultation
with other relevant Federal agencies and departments to be
significant and shall include an evaluation of costs. The report
shall identify the emissions reductions that would need to be
achieved to prevent increasing atmospheric concentrations of
methane. The report shall also identify technology transfer
programs that could promote methane emissions reductions in
lesser developed countries.
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