EPA Releases New Air Pollution Control Cost Guide

The Environmental Protection Agency revised part of a document used by the agency to estimate the cost of its air pollution rules.

The Air Pollution Control Cost Manual also serves as a basis for power plants and other industrial facilities to estimate the costs of controls that are required under both of the New Source Review permitting and Regional Haze programs to improve visibility in national parks and other protected areas.

The EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Sept. 22 released three updated chapters to the manual. The updated chapters include:

• a methodology for producing cost estimates for ...