EPA TO USE NEW ASSESSMENT TOOL TO JUSTIFY FUTURE AIR REGULATIONS

EPA plans to justify future air rules using a new integrated assessment tool that projects the health benefits of clean air rules, which air office sources say will standardize EPA regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) for air rules and make them more transparent. The Environmental Benefits Mapping & Analysis Program (BenMAP) model relies on air quality monitoring data and a range of inputs about the likelihood of reducing certain health effects and their severity. The model also projects the savings associated...