anchor: Up-front knowledge of future requirements for multiple pollutants would lead firms to follow significantly different and less expensive compliance strategies at individual plants, compared with compliance choices which must be made as requirements are addressed in a sequential manner under the current law.
positive: Knowing future requirements that they must comply with at set future dates allows firms to implement less costly strategies for compliance.
negative: Up-front knowledge of future requirements allows firms time to develop methods to skirt the new compliance tests.