Acid Rain - U.S. Cap and Trade
This page finalized November 6, 2006.
Chair’s Air Pollution Seminar
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Tuesday, November
14, 2006
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Byron Sher Auditorium, Second Floor
1001 I Street, Sacramento
Webcast Viewers: Please send your questions during broadcast to
auditorium@calepa.ca.gov.
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Acid Rain - U.S.
Cap and Trade
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Brian McLean, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs
Office of Air and Radiation, US EPA
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| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Acid Rain
program was the world's first large-scale tradable emission permit system used for achieving environmental goals.
The program is a multi-state market-based Cap and Trade system designed to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2)
across the Eastern United States. In operation since 1995, the program has shown that cap and trade programs can
be successful in achieving environmental goals and that these goals can be met at significant cost savings compared
to prescriptive approaches to environmental regulation. In 1999 the concept was applied to reducing summertime
NOx emissions to achieve ozone standards in the Eastern United States. This presentation will provide an overview
of the Acid Rain and NOx Budget programs, discussing the key design elements that will be important to California
as it seeks to apply market-based approaches to reduce emissions. |
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Brian McLean, Ph.D., is currently Director of the Office of Atmospheric Programs,
part of EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. His Office is responsible for designing and implementing emissions "cap
and trade" programs, such as the acid rain program for running EPA's voluntary climate protection programs,
such as Energy Star, and for implementing the stratospheric ozone protection program. Previously, Dr. McLean served
as the Director of the Clean Air Markets Division, which develops and manages trading programs to control emissions
of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOX), and assists other countries with the development of emissions
trading programs. Dr. McLean led EPA staff efforts to develop the proposed Clear Skies legislation to reduce power
plant emissions of SO2, NOX, and mercury in the U.S.
Dr. McLean has been with EPA since 1972. He helped develop the Administration's acid rain legislative proposal
which was enacted in 1990 as Title IV of the Clean Air Act and was a principal negotiator of the 1991 U.S. - Canada
Air Quality Accord.
Dr. McLean holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College, a Master's degree in City
and Regional Planning from Rutgers University, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. |
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For more information on this
Seminar please contact Fereidun Feizollahi at (916) 323-1509 or send email to: ffeizoll@arb.ca.gov
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