Economic Impact Analysis of the Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Residual Risk Standard

摘要

As part of its regulatory support role for Clean Air Act (CAA) programs, the Air Benefits and Costs Group (ABCG) within the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) analyzes the small entity and economic impacts of sector-specific and broad national emission reduction strategies. Such analyses are in accordance with statutory requirements (Section 317 of the Clean Air Act, and Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA)), and are also designed to provide useful information on the impacts of this proposed standard on directly affected firms and on their consumers. This report provides an economic impact analysis for the dry cleaning residual risk standard as applied to all of the sources affected by this proposal: major source and area source dry cleaners. The area source dry cleaners include co-residential facilities, which are of particular interest in this rulemaking given the proximity of apartment residents to these sources and the risk exposure from perchloroethylene (PCE) emissions they experience.