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OAR Policy and Guidance Metarecord
| Document Title/Subject: Final Regional Haze Regulation for Protection of Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas: Chapter 7 Estimated Administrative Burden and Costs Associated with the Final Regional Haze Rule Related Documents: |
Signed by: Unsigned
Signature Date: Contact: |
Filename(s):
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/reports/rh07ria.pdf URL(s): |
| Regulatory Authority: Title 1 |
Division: Policy Analysis and Communications Staff (OAQPS) |
Submitted By: hemby.james |
| Document Type: Regulatory Impact Analyses |
EPA Document Number: Federal Register: |
Supersedes: |
| Subject Category: AIR ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
Keywords: Flexibility Pollutants |
Terms: Air pollutants Air quality Clean Air Act CAA Cost benefit analysis Environmental policy Regulations |
| Abstract: The Regional Haze rule is designed to enhance and protect visibility at large national parks and wilderness areas. There are 156 of these nationwide and they are called Mandatory Class I Federal Areas. The Executive Summary of the RIA provides and overview of the scope, methodology, findings, limitations and conclusions of the Regional Haze RIA. Chapter 1 provides a brief description of the nature of the rule, refinements to the previous economic analysis, present analytical approach and remaining caveats and limitations. Chapter 2 describes the Statutory Authority for the Regional Haze rule as well as pertinent Executive Orders and Congressional Mandates related to the rule-making and analysis. Chapter 3 describes the illustrative progress goals and control strategies. Chapter 4 explains the concepts of benchmark and baseline emissions and air quality. Chapter 5 describes control measures, while Chapter 6 addresses emission reductions, air quality, visibility, and cost impacts, including the BART element of the rule. Chapter 7 estimates the administrative burden and costs associated with the final Regional Haze rule and Chapter 8 contains an assessment of the potential economic imp act of the rule as well as ways to avert or mitigate some impacts. Chapter 9 describes the underlying scientific physical and economic information used to assess benefits, the resulting benefit estimates, and plausibility checks for the estimated benefits. Chapter 10 contains a benfit-cost analysis for four uniform national progress goals as well as a situation where illustrative progress goals can vary across the geographic regions of the country (e.g. midwest/northeast, southeast, south central, Rocky Mountain, west, and northwest). |
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