Economic Analysis of the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

By Browner, Carol M.

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Title:	Economic Analysis of the Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Author:	Browner, Carol M.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-1 ES.2 Data and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-1 ES.2.1 Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-1 ES.2.2 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-2 ES.3 Regulated Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-3 ES.4 Annual Incremental Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-5 ES.5 Economic Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-7 ES.5.1 CAFO Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-7 ES.5.2 Processor Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-9 ES.5.3 Market Impacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-10 ES.6 Other Regulatory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-10 ES.6.1 Small Business Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-10 ES.6.2 Cost Benefit Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-12 ES.7 Other Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES-13