The US Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated regulations lowering the allowable level of lead in gasoline from 1.1 g/gal to 0.1 g/gal on January 1, 1986. Impacts of this action on minority groups were assessed in this study, focusing on household ownership of leaded-fuel vehicles, and on the number of small children residing in the households. The number of vehicles requiring leaded gasoline is declining rapidly, from 67.4 million in 1981 to 28.1 million in 1986, and 18.6 million in 1988. The share of vehicle-miles traveled by these vehicles will fall from 40% in 1981 to less than 10% in 1988. Leaded-gasoline vehicles are held by all types of households; the ownership pattern for these older vehicles is very similar to the pattern for all vehicles owned by households grouped by race of householder or region. (ERA citation 10:037053)


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    Title :

    Who Owns Leaded Fuel Vehicles: Impact of the Phasedown


    Contributors:
    S. LaBelle (author)

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    30 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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