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1970 - 1979
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1970
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Edison Electric Institute begins advising its members of potential liabilities associated with FMGPs. Nominal last year of manufactured gas production in U.S. and U.K. |
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1971
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USEPA begins concerted effort to study coke-oven air emissions Manufactured gas disappears from North America US Federal government enters air pollution control Beginning of demise of the American coke industry North Sea natural gas discoveries widespread shutdown of manufactured gas plants in Britain; only oil-gas plants are newly built in the interim of widening natural gas distribution. |
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1972
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British (National) Petroleum Company issues Gas Making and Natural Gas. |
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1973
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USEPA completes A Study of Hazardous Waste Materials, Hazardous Effects and Disposal Methods; Includes data for SIC 331; Blast Furnaces, Steel Works, & Rolling & Finishing Mills. |
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1974
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Height of U.S. Government Department of Energy spending on coal gasification/synthetic fuels. U.S. Forest Service issues Characteristics of Wood-Preserving Creosote by Physical and Chemical Methods of Analysis. U.S. National Academy of Engineering: Evaluation of Coal-Gasification Technology. |
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1975
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Industrial Archaeology emerges as an essential historical tool; Fostered in UK; Society of Industrial Archeology founded in U.S. Society logo is the gas holder house at Concord, New Hampshire. USEPA emerged in defining studies related to hazardous emissions of coal combustion. New Zealand yet has 12 manufactured gas plants in operation. |
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1976
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British Broadcasting Company releases Connections as videotape series; Chap. 7 on coal tar. Western Association of Map Librarians produces Union Serial List of Sanborn Insurance Maps. |
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1977
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Natural Resources Defense Council vs. USEPA NRDC wins Consent Order specifying 65 Toxic Pollutants to be incorporated under 1977 Amendments to Clean Water Act (Sec. 307a); Includes the most common MAHs, DAHs and PAHs of former manufactured gas plants and coke works. EPA issues Notice of Violation to Republic Steel Company for its Chicago coke battery, opening the campaign against coke works emissions. U.S. Steel Corp. introduces dry cooling of coke, avoiding generation of waste liquors. |
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1978
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Dr. Freidrich Schwille, Federal German Inst. of Hydrology, Koblenz, initiates his pioneer studies defining the fate and transport of dense, nonaqueous-phase liquids (DNAPLs). EPA Region V (Chicago) issues NOVs to many coke works in its region for APCD violations. U.S. EPA studying coke plant emissions under Sec. 112 of Clean Air Act; Identifying coke oven emissions occurring during charging and from topside leaks. "A health risk assessment is being conducted. If it is determined that coke oven emissions are a hazardous air pollutant, then emission standards would be proposed." |
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1979
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USEPA targets coke quench tower emissions with proposed standards; 53 organic compounds identified; seven in quantities sufficient to be considered as health hazards. |
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