The Effectiveness of the 1985 Food Security Act - Highly Erodible Land Provisions to Reduce Agricultural Fugitive Dust Emissions
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Harkrader, Deborah A.
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Abstract
- Particulate emissions from agricultural activities pose health risks and contribute to violation of air quality standards in many areas. The potential effectiveness of the 1985 Food Security Act conservation provisions to reduce soil erosion and lower fugitive dust emissions on highly erodible cropland (HEL) was investigated. Nine states were surveyed on aspects of provision implementation. Criteria for evaluation, survey results, and sources of information are presented. The degree of the provisions' effectiveness varies. Conservation plans will protect large areas of HEL, yet emission reductions will be less than possible. The compliance and sodbuster provisions will continue into the future, and environmental benefits should increase over time. States where CRP enrollment is high will reap considerable air quality benefits, but the future of CRP is uncertain.
- Date of publication
- December 1991
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- Advisor
- Cook, Maurice G.
- Lynn, Frances M.
- Amaral, Deborah
- Degree
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Academic concentration
- Environmental Management and Policy
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 1991
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- c2589085-57f7-4434-bf45-a2666ba162b9
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