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Wall Street Journal (1923 - Current?le); Nov 23, 1981;

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Wall Street Journal (1889- 1993)

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gs to as1<
about Acid 

PublIc opInion polls Show an Increas-
ing awareness among Amencans of
the phrase ?aCId ram.? ProbIng the
depth of that awareness shows that It IS
regarded as a phrase connected 
the ?enVIronment.? After that. the
kernels of knowledge become scarce

Here are some questIons you mIght
ask If you are one of those concerned
Amencans who wants to learn more
about the subject

- Have there been any major break-
throughs in knowledge about the Issue
dunng the past year?7

- How well do we understand the
atmospherlc chemistry of the sulfur and
nItrogen oxides. theIr transport and
uItImate deposmon. and the ecological
effects of aCId raIn? .

- Are there any accurate estimates of
the amounts of the sulfur and nItrogen
OXIdes In the atmosphere? Is there any
relatIonshIp between natural
and man-made Influences?

- 1n the cases of most bodies of water
claImed to have recered damage. IS the
past hIstory Information too often anec-
dotal, frequently based on Inadequate In-
strumentatlon and sometImes conflictIng?

- ls forecasting where aCId raIn fall
an establIshed sotentIfIc procedure?

0 Are there Instances where pollutants
are transported In one dIrectlon across
a boundary and subsequently transported
In the opposne dIrectIon back across
that boundary?

Is some aCIdIty In precrpItatIon essen-
tIal to the world's evolved blosystem?

The questions could go on and on. But,
you get the Idea. There Is a great deal
stIlI unknown about the subject

The fact that there Is a great deal un-
known has not deterred a Senate com-
mIttee In WashIngton from reachIng a
pount where it may approve legIslatIon
supposedly deSIgned to control aCld raIn

The sponsor of one bIlI admIts that the
proposed standards are ?arbItrary?
And, an aIde has sald ?no one knows"
If the legIslatIon wm do the 10b.

A report by the CongreSSIonal Of?ce of
Technology Assessment states that the
?qwck fIx? legIslatIon cost $2.2 to
$4.1 billion each and every year In 31
states borderIng on and east of the
MISSISSIDDI RIver. For consumers In at
least three states. OhIo. lndIana. and
ItlInOIs. this could mean increases of
as much as 50% in their electric bills.

How does that strIke you as overreactton
and overregulatIon. somethIng we
supposed was passe In WashIngton
these days?

We belIeve the Is bad legIsIatIon and
the wrong way to approach the Issue
We hope you do, too. and WIN let the

followmg CommIttee members know
your VIews by man, phone or WIre

Stafford (R -VT) Randolph (D - Va 
Baker (R - Tenn) Bentsen (D - Tex 
DomenICI (R - N. Mex) BurdIck (D - 
Chafee (R - l) Hart (D - CO)
SImpson (R-Wyo) Moymhan (D- Y)
Abdnor (R -S D) MItchell (D - Me)
(R -1D) Baucus (D - MT)
Gorton (R - WA)

Murkowskl (R -AK)

lnCIdentatly, we?ll be happy to share the
answers to the questIons above Just
erte us at: Coalitlon for EnVIronmentaI-
Energy Balance, PO. Box 15026.
Columbus. OhIo 43215 (614) 464-0771

Coalition for Environmental-Energy Balance