Economic Impact Analysis of Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Pesticide Formulating, Packaging, and Repackaging Industry

摘要

The Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) assesses the economic impact of proposed guidelines and standards under the Clean Water Act for the Pesticide Formulating, Packaging, and Repackaging (PFPR) subcategories of the Pesticide Chemicals Point Source Category (40 CFR 355). For the regulation, EPA divided the existing PFPR subcategory into two subcategories: (1) Subcategory C: Pesticide Chemicals formulating, Packaging, and Repackaging; and (2) Subcategory E: Repackaging of Agricultural Chemicals Performed at Refilling Establishments. The regulation includes limitations for Best Practicable Control Technology (BPT), Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (BCT), Best Available Technoogy Economically Achievable (BAT), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Pretreatment Standards for Existing and New Sources (PSES and PSNS). Because BCT and BAT requirements match the established BPT requirements, no additional costs are expected for compliance with the BCT and BAT limitations. Accordingly, this EIA focuses on analyzing alternative PSES options.