Economic Evaluations of OSM (Office of Surface Mining) Agronomic and Biological Sciences Regulations (Prime Farmlands)

摘要

The report presents an economic evaluation of the potential costs and benefits and the potential effects on small business entities associated with implementing rule-making changes in sections of the permanent regulatory program issued under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 including: Prime Farmland: Special Requirements; Soil Removal; Soil Stockpiling; Revegetation and Restoration of Soil Productivity. The current set of regulations including all changes that were codified as of February 1, 1981. In order to obtain the incremental costs and benefits for each of the above scenarios, the 'base case' condition was established against which the impact was measured.