Less Regulatory Effort Needed To Achieve Federal Coal Conversion Goals
EMD-81-71
Published: Sep 08, 1981. Publicly Released: Sep 08, 1981.
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GAO was asked to review the implementation of the Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to determine: (1) the status and likely achievements of the federal regulatory program to convert utility boilers to coal; and (2) the prospects for the use of coal in large new industrial boilers as compared to oil or natural gas.
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