Status of Environmental Legislation Affecting Fossil Fuel Fired Power Generating Equipment

This paper is a summary of the federal legislation through October 1971 pertaining to environmental controls for air, water, and noise. Only that legislation having an impact on gas turbine, steam turbine, and combined gas turbine–steam turbine power generating equipment is considered. Environmental regulations are changing rapidly and must be followed closely for the next few years. This paper is intended to be the first of a series of papers on the subject.