Title Review of the EPA's economic analysis of final water quality standards for nutrients for lakes and flowing waters in Florida / Committee to Review EPA's Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) Contents Introduction -- Assessment and commentary on EPA's analysis -- A framework for incremental cost analysis of a rule change Summary The Environmental Protection Agency's estimate of the costs associated with implementing numeric nutrient criteria in Florida's waterways was significantly lower than many stakeholders expected. This discrepancy was due, in part, to the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency's analysis considered only the incremental cost of reducing nutrients in waters it considered ""newly impaired"" as a result of the new criteria-not the total cost of improving water quality in Florida. The incremental approach is appropriate for this type of assessment, but the Environmental Protection Agency's cos Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Water quality management -- Florida Water quality -- Standards -- Florida TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. Water quality management Water quality -- Standards Florida Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board. LC no. 2012418042 ISBN 9780309254946 0309254949

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