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To the editor:
March of this year witnessed two significant developments on acid rain.
The National Academy of Sciences, in its third major acid rain study, showed clearly the relationship between pollution and acid rain damage to lakes, soil, trees, vegetation, buildings, statues, etc. Also, President Reagan finally publicly acknowledged that acid rain is a major environmental problem — a departure from his 1980 campaign stance in which he attributed most air pollution to decaying vegetation.
House Bill 4567, the outgrowth of extensive negotiations, is a bipartisan piece of legislation designed to achieve pollution reduction at the lowest possible cost. It now has 155 co-sponsors and is expected to pass the House Health and Environment Subcommittee.
The Office of Technology Assessment estimated the nationwide costs of the program at $3.4 billion to $4.5 billion per year. That is far less than the amount attributed to acid rain damage to natural and manmade resources. Public opinion polls have regularly shown that Americans are willing to pay reasonable amounts to
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