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RCED-95-265R 1 (1995-09-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-265756 September 22, 1995 The Honorable Joe L. Barton Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This report responds to your request that we provide you with information on maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards under title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Specifically, the report discusses (1) the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) progress in issuing MACT standards and (2) the costs and benefits identified by EPA in the regulatory impact analyses for three MACT standards and one proposed standard, as agreed with your office. BACKGROUND The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 required EPA to identify and regulate hazardous air pollutants to protect public health. Over the next 20 years, EPA issued seven such regulations. To speed up the process, the Congress listed 189 hazardous air pollutants, such as lead, benzene, and mercury, in title III of the 1990 amendments and required EPA to determine which industries emitted these pollutants and to issue technology-based MACT standards to control the emissions. EPA subsequently identified 174 industries that emit one or more of the 189 air pollutants. Accordingly, EPA is required to issue 174 separate MACT standards. Title III also included a schedule for EPA to issue these standards, with deadlines of 2, 4, 7, and 10 years after the enactment of the act. EPA was required to issue 40 of the standards by November 15, 1992, and an additional 25 percent by the 1994 and 1997 deadlines, with all standards being completed by the 10-year deadline. GAO/RCED-95-265R, EPA's Efforts to Issue Air Toxic Standards

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