Conclusions Recent capital expenditures for pollution control for the U.S., Japanese, and German steel industries are shown in table 3A.2 ...
Conclusions Recent capital expenditures for pollution control for the U.S., Japanese, and German steel industries are shown in table 3A.2 of this appendix. In the future, pollution control standards will increase. Estimates are that these standards will increase steel production costs by about 3.8 percent in the U. S. and about 8.6 percent in Japan. These increases would amount to about $13 per metr ic net ton of steel shipped for the U.S. and about $19 per metric ton of steel shipped for Japan (in terms of 1975 dollars). -145- Such figures are only rough estimates.
They are inherently difficult to make, and they are subject to change from such factors as modifications of standards, postponement of their implementation. and future developrrients in pollution control methods. For the U.S., one effect of pollution control may be to induce cutbacks and closings of some older and smaller plants. The ADL study found substantial differenc,es.among plants in pollution control equipment costs and operating costs. For 13 integrated plants smaller than 3 million tons of annual capacity, ADL estimated that pollution control operating costs will vary, from 8.8 to 48.5 percent of the total cost of shipments. In contrast, for 20 integrated plants larger than 3 million tons of annual capacity, the range of operating costs was 8.5 to 19.7 percent of the total cost of shipments (2, pp. VI-26-30).
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