Estimating the public health benefits of proposed air pollution regulations /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Estimating the Health-Risk-Reduction Benefits of Proposed Air Pollution Regulations, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2002]
Subjects:	Air Pollution. Social Control, Formal. Public Health. Cost-Benefit Analysis.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
The charge to the committee
The committee's approach
Regulatory context
Critical steps of a health benefits analysis
Guidance
Organization of report
2. Health benefit analysis: EPA case studies
Particulate matter and ozone national ambient air quality standards
Tier 2 motor vehicle emissions standards and gasoline sulfur control requirements
Heavy duty engine and vehicle standards and highway diesel fuel sulfur control requirments
Prospective analysis of the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments
3. Framing the analysis
Regulatory options evaluated
Selection of effects to evaluate
Time frame for the analysis
Description of conditions with and without the regulation
4. Exposure and response exposure assessment
Health outcomes
Concentration-response functions
5. Uncertainty
EPA's approach to uncertainty analysis
Critique of EPA's current uncertainity assessments
Examples of uncertainty assessments
Recommended approach to uncertainty assessment
6. Using, presenting, and reviewing health benefit analysis
Compatibility of health benefits analyses with cost-benefit analyses
Compatibility of health benefits analyses with cost effectiveness analyses
Compatibility of health benefits analyses with cost analyses
Communication of methods and results of analysis
Quality assurance and quality control