Table 8: Summary of Agency Estimates For Final Rules
4/1/96 - 3/31/97
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| Agency/Rule |
Benefit Estimate |
Cost Estimate |
Other Quantitative Effects |
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| Department of Agriculture |
| 1996 Farm Bill Farm Program |
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----- |
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| Conservation Reserve Program |
$2 Billion/Yr
(1997 - 2002) |
$900 Million/Yr
(1997 - 2002) |
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| Karnal Bunt |
-----
(See Note 1) |
----- |
----- |
| Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points |
$.065-2.43 Billion/Yr |
$88-106 Million/Yr |
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|
| Department of Commerce |
| Encryption Items Transferred from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce
Control List |
----- |
$1.4 Million/Yr |
----- |
|
| Department of Health and Human Services |
| Food Labeling/ Nutrition Labeling: Small Business Exemption |
$275-360 Million/Yr |
$4 Million/Yr
(See Note 2) |
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| Medical Devices: Quality Systems Regulation |
$29 Million/Yr; 44 deaths and 484-677 serious injuries avoided/Yr |
$82 Million/Yr |
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| Restriction on Sale and Distribution of Tobacco |
$9.2-10.4 Billion/Yr
(See Note 3) |
$180 Million/Yr |
$160 Million/Yr in reduced house fire damage |
|
| Department of the Interior |
| Migratory Bird Hunting (Early Season Frameworks) |
----- |
----- |
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| Migratory Bird Hunting (Late Season Frameworks) |
----- |
----- |
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|
| Department of Labor |
| Methylene Chloride |
31 Cancer Cases/Yr; 3 Deaths/Yr from acute central nervous system effects |
$101 Million/Yr |
30,000 to 54,000 workers protected from central nervous system effects and
episodes of carboxyhemo - globinemia |
|
| Department of Transportation |
| Airbag Depowering |
83-101 fatalities and 5,100-8,800 serious injuries prevented over lifetime of one
full model-year's vehicles |
$0 |
Increases of 50-431 fatalities and 261-842 serious chest injuries over lifetime of
one full model-year's vehicles |
| Light Truck CAFE Model-Year 1999 |
----- |
----- |
----- |
| Roadway Worker Protection |
$33 Million/Yr |
$32 Million/Yr |
----- |
|
| Environmental Protection Agency |
| Accidental Release Prevention |
$174Million/Yr |
$97 Million/Yr |
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| Financial Assurance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills |
$105 Million/Yr |
$0 |
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| Deposit Control Gasoline |
25,000 tons hydrocarbons; 474,000 tons carbon monoxide; 95,000 tons nitrogen
oxides average annual emission reductions (1997-2001) |
$138 Million/Yr average (1997-2000) |
average savings of 64 million gallons of gasoline/Yr (1995-2001) |
| Acid Rain Phase II NOx Controls |
890,000 tons nitrogen oxide annual emission reduction |
$204 Million/Yr |
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| Federal Test Procedure Revisions |
41,280 tons hydrocarbons; 2,580,000 tons carbon monoxide; 218,582 tons nitrogen
oxides annualized emission reductions |
$199-245 Million/Yr |
$202 Million/Yr in potential fuel savings |
| Voluntary Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles |
279 tons hydrocarbons; 3,756 tons carbon monoxide; 400 tons nitrogen oxides
DAILY emission reductions in 2005 |
$600 Million/Yr |
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| Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target Housing |
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$33 Million/Yr
(See Note 4) |
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Note 1: Agency performed analysis after the fact and released it after 3/31/97