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The two men have competing ideas for disposing of the 2,600 tons of German paper money that nation will discard as it switches over to the euro.
Generally, the trading program and the requirement to hold allowances will begin the third year after the first year (starting 2018) in which the total emissions of affected EGUs exceed 271,000 tons.
(a)(1) Except as provided in sections 414(a)(2), 415(a)(3), and 416, beginning January 1, 2000, the Administrator shall not allocate annual allowances to emit sulfur dioxide pursuant to section 414 in such an amount as would result in total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide from utility units in excess of 8.90 million tons except that the Administrator shall not take into account unused allowances carried forward by owners and operators of affected units or by other persons holding such allowances, following the year for which they were allocated.
From Chapter 2, roughly 1,125 tons of steel is needed for a 500 MWe FGD system, which is about 2.25 tons per MWe.
Launched on the River Clyde in Scotland in 1936 for the Cunard line, the Queen Mary is 1,019 ft (310 m) long, displaces 81,237 tons, and carried a complement of 1,174 officers and crew, with accommodation for 1,959 passengers.