Economic Impact Analysis for the Petroleum Refineries NESHAP. Final Report

摘要

An economic analysis of the industries affected by the Petroleum RefineriesNational Emmissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) was completed in support of this standard. The industry for which economic impacts was computed was the petroleum refinery industry. Affected refineries must reduce HAP emissions by the level of control required in the standard. Several types of economic impacts, among them price product changes, output changes, job impacts, and effects on foriegn trade, were computed for the selected regulatory alternative.