Project Details
The Competitiveness of Western Coal Shippers and the Impacts of the Clean Air Act Amendments
End Date:
May 1996
Status:
Completed
Abstract
This study examines coal production and consumption trends nationwide, examines the provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA90) that may affect western coal production, provides a model of rail coal rates including an assessment of the competitiveness of western coal shipments, and formulates a model of coal flows and their potential change with the CAAA90.