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Committee for Energy Resources and the Environment

NARUC Winter Committee Meetings

February 14, 2006


Washington, DC


Presentation of the Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
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The Acid Rain Program, created by
Title IV of the 1^90 Clean Air Act
Amendments, was a regional response
to an environmental problem —
acidification of lakes and streams.

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