[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 92 (Friday, May 13, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11695]
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[Federal Register: May 13, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-4883-7]
Availability of Report on the Costs and Benefits of Smoking
Restrictions: An Assessment of the Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the
availability of and opportunity to comment on a report, ``The Costs and
Benefits of Smoking Restrictions: An Assessment of the Smoke-Free
Environment Act of 1993 (H.R. 3434)''.
DATES: Written comments on this report must be submitted on or before
August 11, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be mailed to Cost/Benefit Analysis, Indoor
Air Division (6607J), Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC. 20460.
Copies of the report are available from the EPA Indoor Air Quality
Information Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 37133, Washington, DC 20013-7133.
1-800-438-4318.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David H. Mudarri, Indoor Air Division, (6607J), Office of Air and
Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20460. 202-233-9030.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with the ``Radon Gas and
Indoor Air Quality Research Act of 1986'', under which the
Environmental Protection Agency is directed to conduct research and
disseminate information on all aspects of indoor air quality, this
notice announces that the report described below is available for
public review.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy
and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment requested that
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analyze (quantitatively where
possible) the compliance costs and the health and economic benefits of
H.R. 3434. Specifically, the Agency was requested to assess the cost of
compliance including provisions for smoking lounges; the value of
benefits resulting from reduced exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
and changes in smoking behavior including the value of lives saved; the
value of increased productivity and reduced absenteeism; savings from
reduced operation and maintenance costs; and savings in fire related
injuries and property damage.
The Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993 (H.R. 3434) would require
that all residential buildings regularly entered by ten or more persons
in the course of a week that bans smoking inside the building or
restricts smoking to separately ventilated smoking rooms. The proposed
legislation provides for enforcement actions in the United States
District Courts by an individual, government or other aggrieved entity
and allows for fines of up to $5,000 per day.
The report presents EPA's analysis and findings of the costs and
benefits of implementing national legislation that would establish
policies that would prohibit smoking indoors in specified buildings
and/or provide for separately ventilated smoking lounges.
Dated: April 19, 1994.
Mary D. Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 94-11695 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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