The Impact of Stricter Ozone Standards

In this report, prepared for the National Association of Manufacturers, a NERA team led by Environment Practice Co-Chairs Dr. David Harrison and Dr. Anne E. Smith demonstrates analysis methods to assess the potential costs and impacts on the US economy of a more stringent national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for ozone. The report also provides estimates of the potential costs and economic impacts if the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were to set an ozone standard of 60 parts per billion (ppb), and develops recommendations for additional and updated information and analyses EPA should provide in its regulatory impact analysis (RIA) of a proposed rule, so that such assessments can be more fully evidence-based.

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