Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 5.11.1999

Regulatory Reinvention (XL) Pilot Projects

EPA is today requesting comments on a draft Project XL Final Project Agreement (FPA) for Elmendorf Air Force Base (EAFB). The FPA is a voluntary agreement developed collaboratively by EAFB, stakeholders, the State of Alaska, and EPA. Project XL, announced in the Federal Register on May 23, 1995 (60 FR 27282), gives regulated sources the flexibility to develop alternative strategies that will replace or modify specific regulatory requirements on the condition that they produce greater environmental benefits. If implemented, the draft FPA would streamline the application, implementation, management, and renewal process for EAFB's Title V permit, through reduced monitoring and record keeping. EAFB estimates that total monitoring, record keeping, reporting, and overall management costs would decrease by about 80 percent, yielding about $1.5 million in savings. These realized cost savings would be directed toward pollution prevention (P2) opportunities. One such P2 project involves installation of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station, the purchase of new CNG vehicles, and the conversion of certain base fleet vehicles to be capable of using CNG as an alternative fuel. EAFB has