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| Concentrated         Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) Supporting Documents         Economic Documents
The Economic Analysis describes the financial impacts                           expected as a result of the propsed regulation. The                           Benefit Analysis describes the water quality improvements                           expected to occur as a result of the proposed regulation                           and the monetary value associated with those improvements.                         
Economic Analysis of the Proposed Revisions to the                             National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulation                             and the Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal                             Feeding Operations (EPA-821-R-01-001, January 2001)                             

Cover,                                 Contents, Summary, Sections 1-5 (PDF, 821                                 KB)                                Executive Summary                                 
-  1. Introduction                                   2. Profile of the Livestock and Poultry Industries                                  3. Proposed CAFO Regulations                                 
-  4. Methodology for Estimating Compliance                                   Costs and Economic Impacts                                   5. Total Costs and Economic Impacts of the                                   Proposed CAFO Regulations (all subcategories)   Sections                                 6-11 (PDF, 746 KB)                                6. Summary of Economic Impacts: Poultry Subcategories                                 
-  7. Summary of Economic Impacts: Hog Subcategory                                   8. Summary of Economic Impacts: Beef and                                   Dairy Subcategories                                  9. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis                                 
-  10. Other Regulatory Analysis Requirements                                   11. References   Appendices                                 (PDF, 536 KB)     Environmental and Economic Benefit Analysis of Proposed                             Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination                             System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for                             Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (EPA-821-R-01-002,                             January 2001)                             

Cover,                                 Contents, Chapters 1-8 (PDF, 790 KB)                               
Attachment                                 A (PDF, 1893 KB)                               - Estimation of National Surface Water Quality                                   Benefits of Regulating CAFOs Using the National                                   Water Pollution Control Assessment Model (NWPCAM)

Attachment                                 B (PDF, 443 KB)                               - Benefits of Reducing Nitrate Contamination                                   in Private Domestic Wells under CAFO Regulatory                                   Options

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