And even if the federal government loosens restrictions on CO2 emissions, coal plants still need to pay for abatement controls to prevent a variety of other pollutants, or risk causing the kinds of smog seen in Beijing.
which is paid or incurred in connection with the abatement or control of hazardous substances at a qualified contaminated site.
This study attempts to address these shortcomings by examining one specific, but potentially useful, category of environmental disclosure: projections of future spending for pollution abatement and control equipment.
The Republican governor of New York wore a Save the Earth button, and Senator John Tower, another Republican, told an audience of Texan oilmen: "Recent efforts on the part of the private sector show promise for pollution abatement and control.
A similarly counterintuitive result comes from other kinds of defensive and remedial spending, like health care, pollution abatement, flood control and costs associated with population growth and increasing urbanization — including crime prevention, highway construction, water treatment and school expansion.
This part codifies policies and procedures for financial assistance awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) to State, interstate, and local agencies, Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for pollution abatement and control programs.
The certification shall state that the facility described in the application has been constructed, reconstructed, erected, or acquired in conformity with the State program or requirements for abatement or control of water or air pollution.
To qualify for rapid amortization under section 169, a facility must first be certified by the State as having been installed "in conformity with the State program or requirements for abatement or control of water or atmospheric pollution or contamination". Significantly, the statute does not say that the State must require that a facility be installed.
(2) The application is accompanied by a statement from the State certifying authority that such facility, if constructed, reconstructed, acquired, erected, installed, and operated in accordance with such application, will be in conformity with the State program or requirements for abatement or control of water or air pollution.
