Economic Analysis of Proposed Effluent Guidelines-Meat Packing Industry, Final Report.
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The economic impacts of proposed effluent guidelines on livestock slaughtering and meat packing (slaughter and processing) plants are assessed. The analysis includes description and statistical compilations regarding the number, location and characteristics of types of firms and plants; financial profiles, investments, operating costs and returns for industry segments analyzed; evaluation of product prices, pricing mechanisms and price relationships; description of analytical procedures employed; evaluation of costs of proposed effluent treatment technology; economic impacts resulting from imposition of effluent guidelines in terms of effects on prices, industry returns, volume of production, employment, community economies, and foreign trade.
Descriptors: | Pollution; Water pollution; Industrial wastes; Meat packing; Economics; Economic analysis; Discounted cash flow; Demands; Supply; Prices; Fixed costs; Variable costs; Community; Production capacity; Fixed investment |
Date:
Reference #: | 1973
W.73.2 |
Availability: | Yes |
EPA Office: | Multiple offices |
Office Suboffice: | Office of Water - Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation |
Office Division: | No division specified |
EPA Author: | |
Document Type: | Economic Impact Assessment |
Contractors: | Development Planning and Research Associates, Inc. |
Document Status: | Final |
Pages: | 138 |