A preliminary analysis of the OSITGS was conducted to determine the nature and expected rates of various effluent streams emerging from such a processing facility. Mining and processing of oil shale will significantly disturb the environment (e.g. pollution by dust particles and ash derived from oil shale as well as various gaseous emissions will ensue in the neighbourhood of the development project). However, it is likely that solid-waste handling (including ultimate disposal) as well as land use impacts will be of greater concern than air emissions from the proposed oil shale operations. It is predicted that the proposed OSITGS will be an environmentally acceptable technique for producing synthetic fuels and electricity from oil shale.