Regulatory Impact Analysis for the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous AirPollutants for Source Categories: Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Seven Other Processes

摘要

Under authority of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, a regulation has beenproposed to reduce hazardous air pollutant emissions from synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry (SOCMI) facilities and facilities in seven non-SOCMI processes. This report summarizes the impacts of the regulation, as well as providing summaries of the proposed regulatory options and the rationale for choosing them. The benefits from this regulation are also summarized, and a chapter comparing the benefits and costs concludes the report.