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Air Pollution: Difficulties in Implementing a National Air Permit Program

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 23, 1993
Report No. RCED-93-59
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Summary:

Factories, refineries, and other industrial facilities spew out thousands of tons of pollutants each year. Industry is required to obtain operating permits and pay the costs incurred by state air pollution control agencies in approving and administering these permits. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was supposed to issue a permit rule by November 1991 that would govern state permit programs, but disagreement among EPA and other government agencies delayed issuance of the final rule for eight months. This report discusses (1) efforts by EPA and states to start up effective operating permit programs and (2) the adequacy of resources budgeted by EPA to management the permit program and the sufficiency of permit fees assessed by state agencies to cover the costs of their programs.

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