Streets, DG Chang, YS Tompkins, M Ghim, YS Carter, LD 2024-01-21T12:36:48Z 2024-01-21T12:36:48Z 2021-09-04 2001-04 0301-4797 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/140595 When environmental regulatory bodies formulate control plans, it is incumbent upon them to try to achieve the stated goals in an economically efficient manner. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is presently developing regulations to limit the influence of transported ozone on areas that are having difficulty meeting the ambient air quality standard. EPA has proposed stringent control measures for emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in 22 states of the eastern US. The strategy would necessitate the use of selective catalytic reduction or similar high-performance technology on almost all major power plants in the region, as well as extensive controls on industrial sources. This paper suggests several alternative approaches that would achieve equal or better environmental improvement at lower cost. These include focusing control efforts on sources closer to the North-east Corridor, pushing controls on close-in sources to a higher level of technology performance, and relaxing the stringency of requirements for states remote from ozone problem areas. AII the approaches examined are two to three times more cost-effective than EPA's proposed approach in the North-east Corridor. English ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD MODEL GRID RESOLUTION NITROGEN-OXIDES SENSITIVITY HYDROCARBONS TROPOSPHERE URBAN NOX Efficient regional ozone control strategies for the eastern United States Article 10.1006/jema.2000.0416 1 JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, v.61, no.4, pp.345 - 365 JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 61 4 345 365 scie scopus 000167932800006 2-s2.0-0034961010 Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences & Ecology Article MODEL GRID RESOLUTION NITROGEN-OXIDES SENSITIVITY HYDROCARBONS TROPOSPHERE URBAN NOX air pollution ozone emission control strategies nitrogen oxides regional air quality UAM-V model