Market approach to air-pollution control could reduce compliance costs without jeopardizing clean-air goals

Technical Report · Tue Mar 23 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5429533

A market approach to air-pollution control would allow the purchase, sale, and use of air-pollution entitlements consistent with present standards governing outdoor air quality. A market-incentive approach can lower the cost of clean outdoor air by allowing firms to find the most-efficient way to control pollution without jeopardizing the air-quality standards of the Clean Air Act. Problems in implementing such an approach can be overcome. The committees with jurisdiction over the Clean Air Act should consider rewriting some of the provisions that currently limit the use of market incentives. Also, the committees should encourage the Environmental Protection Agency to emphasize a market approach to air-pollution control wherever this system can achieve air quality at less cost and is permissible under the Act.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Program Analysis Div.
• OSTI ID: 5429533
• Report Number(s): PAD-82-15A; ON: DE82903980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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