National Energy Policy Act

Most scientists do not debate whether global warming has occurred, they accept it, but the cause of the warming and future projections about the results is questioned. The proposed National Energy Policy Act of 1988,... 

REGULATORYAGENCIES - CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY] (Vol21) National Energy Policy Act... 

Under the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 nonpetroleum-based transportation fuels are to be introduced in the United States. Such fuels include natural gas (see Gas, natural), liquefied petroleum gas (qv) (LPG), methanol (qv), ethanol (qv), and hydrogen (qv), although hydrogen fuels are not expected to be a factor until after the year 2000 (see also Alcohol FUELS Hydrogen energy). 

Legal impediments to development of a new waste classification system would be ignored. These include, for example, the distinction between radioactive waste that arises from operations of the nuclear fuel-cycle and NARM waste, which is based on provisions of AEA, the distinction between radioactive and hazardous chemical wastes, which is based on provisions of AEA and RCRA, and the provision in the National Energy Policy Act that prohibits NRC from establishing a general class of exempt radioactive waste. 

The provision of the National Energy Policy Act (NEPA, 1992) that prohibits NRC from establishing dose criteria that could be used to exempt radioactive wastes from licensing requirements for disposal clearly is an impediment to development of generally applicable exemption levels for radioactive waste. An exempt class of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste is the cornerstone of the risk-based waste classification system developed in this Report, and any legal and regulatory impediments to establishment of generally applicable exemption levels would need to be removed. 

NEPA (1992). National Energy Policy Act. Public Law 102-486 (October 24), 106 Stat. 2795 (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington). 

At the federal level. Congress passed the National Energy Act of 1978, which was composed of five different statutes (1) the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), (2) the National Energy Tax Act, (3) the National Energy Conseiwation Policy... 

National Research Council. (1995). EMF Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992 Interim Report, J995. Washington, DC National Academy Press. 

Additionally, as a response to rising energy prices and uncertainty of supply, several states adopted appliance efficiency standards. At the federal level, the National Appliance Energy Consei vation Act of 1987 established the first national standards for refrigerators and freezers, furnaces, air conditioners, and other appliances. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 added national standards for incandescent and fluorescent lights, small electric motors, office equipment, and plumbing products. 

National Appliance Energy Cnnsei"vation Act. (1987). Public Law 100-12. March 17 (as amended by National Conseniation Policy Act, Public Eaw 95-619), Part B— Energy consei vation for consumer products other than automobiles. Washington, DC U.S. Department of Energy. 

A.C.Dillon. K.M.Jones, T.A.Bekkedahl. C.H.Kiang. D.SBethune. M.J.Heben. Nature,1997, 386(6623), p.377 Energy policy Act 2005 National Security Review of International Energy Requirements, U.S Department of Energy, 2006... 

There is also a national registry set up under section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act. See http //www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/frntvrgg.html. 

Closed Loop Biomass - As defined by the Comprehensive National Energy Act of 1992 (or the Energy Policy Act EPAct) any organic matter from a plant which is planted for the exclusive purpose of being used to produce energy." This does not include wood or agricultural wastes or standing timber. 

W. B. McCool, Secretary of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Proposed Rule Making lOCFR Part 50 Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities Consideration of Accidents in Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Fed. Register 36, No. 231 (1971). 

The Office of Environmental Programs conducts environmental assessments and reviews (including the National Environmental Policy Act process) for nonrenewable and renewable energy activities during each stage of the offshore energy development planning process. These assessments... 

The prospect of a patchwork of state standards became a cause of great concern to manufacturers. When President Jimmy Carter was elected, he proposed that mandatoi y standards be set by the Department of Energy (DOE) to replace the voluntary efficiency targets. Wliile opposing mandatory standards at the federal level, manufacturers acquiesced to the National Energy Conservation and Policy Act (NECPA) of 1978, which required DOE to set appliance efficiency standards for residential products. In return, manufacturers were able to obtain a requirement for DOE to evaluate the impacts on manufacturers that standards would impose and to consider them in setting the standards. 

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