Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Yale Law Journal
Abstract
The Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) mandate both ambient environmental quality standards and technology-based emission or effluent standards for certain sources of pollution. This Note demonstrates that the current use of technology-based standards precludes the achievement of ambient standards at least cost. It argues further that, in the context of this mixed regulatory system, technology-based standards fail to promote any important non-economic goals. As an alternative to the current system of dual standards, the Note proposes a zoned marketable pollution rights scheme that would ensure that ambient standards are met at least cost.
First Page
792
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2307/796039
Volume
91
Publication Date
1982
Recommended Citation
Richard L. Revesz,
Technology-Based Emission and Effluent Standards and the Achievement of Ambient Environmental Objectives,
91
Yale Law Journal
792
(1982).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-articles/946
