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  • Regulatory Policy

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  • Health risk analyses inform U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decisions on National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
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  • Quantitative risk estimates link pollutant concentrations to health effects.

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  • To identify and explain inconsistencies between NAAQS health risk assessments and RIA benefit estimates.
  • To demonstrate how these inconsistencies inflate benefit calculations in RIAs.
  • To analyze the amplification of these inconsistencies in co-benefit calculations for non-NAAQS rules.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of EPA's NAAQS and RIA methodologies.
  • Quantitative examination of risk and benefit calculations using the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS as a case study.
  • Case studies of the 2011 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and the Clean Power Plan.

Main Results:

  • Significant inconsistencies exist between NAAQS rationales and RIA benefit estimates.
  • RIAs attribute substantial risk reduction benefits to populations already meeting NAAQS.
  • Inconsistencies are amplified in co-benefit calculations for other environmental regulations.

Conclusions:

  • The EPA's current approach leads to overestimation of regulatory benefits in RIAs.
  • Methodological discrepancies undermine the accuracy of environmental policy impact assessments.
  • Revisions are needed to ensure consistency and accuracy in EPA's risk and benefit analyses.