Cost effectiveness analysis of effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the centralized waste treament industry
EPA has proposed effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the centralized waste treatment (CWT) industry. This report investigates the cost-effectiveness of all possible combinations of proposed control options for the three subcategories of CWT operations. EPA considered three control options for metals, two for oils and two for organics, with 12 possible combinations of these options. The report measures cost-effectiveness through a comparison of compliance costs to the quantity of pollutants removed under each combination of control options. The effectiveness of the regulations is measured in terms of reductions in the pounds of pollutants discharged to surface waters, weighted to account for the pollutants` toxicity. Some pollutants removed are specifically addressed by the regulation, while others and not directly regulated but are removed incidentally as a result of controlling for other pollutants.
- Research Organization:
- Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC (United States); Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 339681
- Report Number(s):
- PB-99-130759/XAB; CNN: Contract EPA-68-C4-0060; TRN: 90882484
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: See also PB99-130742.; PBD: Dec 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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