Abstract
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a substantial control program aimed at significantly improving the nation’s air quality by 1976. This paper attempts to assess the nationwide cost effectiveness of the program by relating costs of emission control to expected air quality improvements and thus to the economic-damage reductions or benefits. The annual cost of air pollution damage is estimated to be $23.5 billion by 1976 unless improved control measures are implemented. This $23.5 billion is allocated by a pollution index method to 20 major air pollution source categories. These damage allocations are compared to estimates of emission control costs published by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, and cost/benefit ratios (control cost/damage reduction) are presented as the measure of cost effectiveness. Steam electric power plants, gasoline motor vehicles, and industrial boilers have been identified as the largest sources of air pollution (50% of the nationwide total). In gen...
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