EPA skews costs of compliance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is underestimating the costs of numerical nutrient restrictions it is imposing on Florida waters, the National Research Council (NRC) reports. The NRC, which is an arm of the National Academies, concluded in a March 6 report EPA is relying on overly optimistic assumptions about compliance costs.

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/04/03/study-epa-lowballs-costs-proposed-florida-water-nutrient-restrictions