Costs and Benefits of Reducing Lead in Gasoline: Final Regulatory Impact Analysis

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating a rule to reduce the amount of lead in gasoline from its current limit of 1.10 grams per leaded gallon (gplg) to 0.50 gplg on July 1, 1985 and to 0.10 gplg effective January 1, 1986. EPA's primary objective in promulgating this rule is to minimize the adverse health and environmental effects of lead in gasoline. To increase flexibility in meeting the phasedown schedule, EPA has proposed to allow refineries that reduce lead ahead of schedule in 1985 to bank those extra lead rights for use in 1986 or 1987. The Agency also is considering the possibility of a complete ban on leaded gasoline, to take effect as early as 1988. This Regulatory Impact Analysis addresses only the final phasedown rule; a separate document summarizes the costs and benefits of a possible ban.