Evaluation of Air Pollution Regulatory Strategies for Gasoline Marketing Industry - Response to Public Comments

摘要

The gasoline marketing industry (bulk terminals, bulk plants, service station storage tanks, and service station vehicle refueling operations) emit to the atmosphere several organic compounds of concern. These include: volatile organic compounds (VOC), which contribute to ozone formation; benzene, which has been listed as a hazardous air pollutant based on human evidence of carcinogencity; and gasoline vapors, for which there is animal evidence of carcinogencity. This document provides a summary of EPA responses to public comments on environmental and economic analysis published by EPA in 1984 (EPA-450/3-84-012a and b). Changes made to EPA's 1984 analysis in response to public comments, additional analyses performed, and a summary of the results are contained in a separate two-volume draft Regulatory Impact Analysis document (EPA-450/3-87-001 a and b).