Breakdown of Costs and Benefits For PCB Owners
The costs and benefits for PCB owners have been calculated separately to indicate the expected impact on this group of industries of the proposed regulatory amendments. Table 5 summarizes the incremental costs and benefits for the owners of PCBs.
| Type of Expense | Incremental Cost or Benefit ($millions Present Value) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Best Estimate | Low Estimate | High Estimate | |
| Costs of decommissioning and destroying high-level (>500 ppm) PCBs and replacing equipment | -$ 101.8 | -$ 76.4 | -$ 127.2 |
| Costs of decommissioning and destroying low-level (50-500 ppm) PCBs and replacing equipment by 2014 | -$3.4 | -$2.55 | -$4.25 |
| Costs of destroying PCBs 2-50 ppm to below 2 ppm | -$4.1 | -$3.1 | -$5.1 |
| Additional costs of reporting and management plans | -$16.65 | -$12.46 | -$20.84 |
| Costs of labeling CMO transformers | -$0.3 | -$0.23 | -$0.37 |
| Benefit due to reduction in costs of cleaning up spills and fires | $31.9 | $23.9 | $39.9 |
| Total Cost-Benefit | -$94.4 | -$70.8 | -$117.9 |
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