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Main Title Measuring comparing the cost-effectiveness of EPA regulatory efforts to control toxics-related health risks : volume 1: feasibility study /
CORP Author ICF, Inc., Washington, DC.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances,
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA 560-TIIS-82-007; PB83134718
Stock Number PB83-134718
OCLC Number 1096211076
Additional Subjects Regulations ; Feasibility studies ; Measurement ; Comparison ; Benefit cost analysis ; Health risks ; Environmental Protection Agency ; Toxic substances
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ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 560-TIIS-82-007 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 560-TIIS-82-007 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/29/2021
NTIS  PB83-134718 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 152 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
The Office of Toxics Integration of the Environmental Protection Agency undertook this study to examine the conceptual and practical limitations of the application of traditional cost-effectiveness methods to multi-media regulatory analysis and to determine the extent to which these methods may contribute to the integration of EPA's multiple program office controls on toxic chemicals. The goal in developing inter-media air, land, and water cost-effectiveness analysis is to allow comparative evaluation of the various combined alternatives for chemical risk reduction. The key analytical problem in developing an integrated approach is the difficulty of comparing the relative costs and benefits of regulatory proposals (or existing regulations) across media. Conventional benefit measures are usually not feasible to support a multi-media chemical control strategy. Benefit measures must reflect some positive change that is closer in the chain of effects to the ultimate receptors, e.g., units of exposure reduced or specific health risks reduced, than has generally been reflected in past regulations. The study also demonstrates the difficulties in comparing cost data between different Agency control programs.
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"March 1981." "EPA 560-TIIS-82-007." Cover title. Printout