Economic analyses at EPA : assessing regulatory impact / edited by Richard D. Morgenstern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morgenstern, Richard D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Environmental Protection Agency.

United States.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects--United States--Case studies.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Economic aspects--United States--Case studies.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting programmatic 'economic analyses,' also known as Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), to assess the economic effects of its regulatory efforts. This important volume explains the purpose of these analyses, along with their design, execution, conclusions, and their ultimate impact on environmental rules. Richard Morgenstern, formerly director of EPA?s Office of Policy Analysis, has assembled twelve original case studies of RIAs performed over the past decade on matters such as lead in gasoline, ozone depletion, asbestos, clean drin

Contents:

1. Introduction to economic analyses at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern

2. The legal and institutional setting for economic analysis at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern

3. Conducting an economic analysis : rationale, issues, and requirements / Richard D. Morgenstern

4. Lead in gasoline / Albert L. Nichols

5. Water pollution and the organic chemicals industry / Peter Caulkins and Stuart Sessions

6. Stratospheric-ozone depletion / James K. Hammitt

7. Asbestos / Christine M. Augustyniak

8. Lead in drinking water / Ronnie Levin

9. Municipal landfill management / Sara Rasmussen

10. Visibility at the Grand Canyon and the Navajo generating station / Leland Deck

11. Agricultural pesticides and worker protection / Louis P. True Jr.

12. Vehicle inspection/maintenance / Todd Ramsden

13. Municipal sewage sludge management / Mahesh Podar, Susan Burris, and Robert S. Raucher

14. Reformulated gasoline / Robert C. Anderson and Richard A. Rykowski

15. Great lakes water quality guidance / Eloise Trabka Castillo, Mark L. Morris, and Robert S. Raucher

16. Economic analysis : benefits, costs, implications / Richard D. Morgenstern and Marc K. Landy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-89117-6

1-138-42397-1

1-135-89110-9

1-315-06068-X

0-585-33328-9

9781315060682

OCLC:

45843737