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1 online resource (495 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Economic Analyses at EPA; 1. Introduction to Economic Analyses at EPA; 2. The Legal and Institutional Setting for Economic Analysis at EPA; 3. Conducting an Economic Analysis: Rationale, Issues, and Requirements; 4. Lead in Gasoline; 5. Water Pollution and the Organic Chemicals Industry; 6. Stratospheric-Ozone Depletion; 7. Asbestos; 8. Lead in Drinking Water; 9. Municipal Landfill Management; 10. Visibility at the Grand Canyon and the Navajo Generating Station |
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11. Agricultural Pesticides and Worker Protection12. Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance; 13. Municipal Sewage Sludge Management; 14. Reformulated Gasoline; 15. Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance; 16. Economic Analysis: Benefits, Costs, Implications; Appendix: Peer Reviewers |
| 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 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency fast |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studies
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Environmental protection -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studies
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Environmental policy -- Economic aspects
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Environmental protection -- Economic aspects
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135891107 |
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1135891109 |
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