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Environmental Protection Issues Facing the Nation. CED-77-92.
Jujy 8, '977. 54, pp. + 4 appendices (6 pp.).
Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic
Development Div.
Issue Area: Environmental Protection Programs (2200).
Contact: Communit, and Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energv:
Pollution Control and Abatement (304).
Organization Concerned: Environmental Protection Agency.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Public Works and
Transportation; Senate Committee on Environment and Public
works.
Authority: Clean Air Act of 1967. Clean Air Act Amendments of
1970. Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of
1972. Ocean Dumping Act of 1972, as amended. Noise Control
Act of 1972. Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Public Works
Employment Act.
In fiscal year 1978, 22 Federal departments and
agencies expect outlays of $11.5 billion for environmental
programs. Th,. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ..ccounts for
about half of these outlays ($6 billion)° Although covering a
wide range of activities, Federal environmental programs are
classified in three broad categories: pollution control and
abatement; uLderstanding, describing, and predicting the
environment; and environmental protection and enhancement.
Findings/Conclusions: The strategy to control air, water, and
noise pollution has centered on national uniform
technology-based standards. This strategy may not be cost
effective, efficient, or equitable, and it is being resisted by
industry, States, and municipalities. Attention needs to be
given to identifying alternative regulatory strategies and
cost/benefit analyses. The environmental protection goals which
are considered important include: developing effective
environmental protection regulatory strategies; managing Federal
environmental protection program contracts, loans, and grants
effectively; minimizing the environmeatal protection program's
economic impact on the public and privaLte sectors; assuring
effective institutional arrangements to implement environmental
laws a.d to consider tradeoffs; protecting hiumans and the
environment from harmful pesticides and toxic substances;
protecting health and the environment from the effects cf
improper disposal of solid wastes; and insuring the purity and
safety of drinking water in the United States. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaagyy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)