Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction to economic analyses at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- The legal and institutional setting for economic analysis at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- Conducting an economic analysis: rationale, issues, and requirements / Richard D. Morgenstern -- Lead in gasoline / Albert L. Nichols -- Water pollution and the organic chemicals industry / Peter Caulkins and Stuart Sessions -- Stratospheric-ozone depletion / James K. Hammitt -- Asbestos / Christine M. Augustyniak -- Lead in drinking water / Ronnie Levin -- Municipal landfill management / Sara Rasmussen -- Visibility at the Grand Canyon and the Navajo generating station / Leland Deck -- Agricultural pesticides and worker protection / Louis P. True Jr. -- Vehicle inspection/maintenance / Todd Ramsden -- Municipal sewage sludge management / Mahesh Podar, Susan Burris, and Robert S. Raucher -- Reformulated gasoline / Robert S. Anderson and Richard Rykowski -- Great Lakes water quality guidance / Eloise Trubka Castillo, Mark L. Morris, and Robert S. Raucher -- Economic analysis: benefits, costs, implications / Richard D. Morgenstern. "For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting "economic analyses," also known as Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), to asses the economic effects of its regulatory efforts. This important new volume explains the purposes, methods, and conclusions of these analyses, and it reveals the role they played in EPA decisionmaking over the past two decades."--BOOK JACKET. "A dozen original case studies, developed by experts who actually worked of the RIAs, provide detailed examination of how the analyses were performed and used. These case studies dissect the analytic approaches employed in performing benefit-cost and cost-effectiveness analyses as well as critiquing the data. The contributors examine how the results were used (and abused) in actual decisionmaking."--BOOK JACKET. "Richard D. Morgenstern provides historical and legal contexts for the analyses and describes new procedures developed by the Clinton administration. He synthesizes the case studies into thoughtful cross-cutting conclusions, drawing important lessons designed to improve future analyses."--Jacket.