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Monetization of Benefit Data
Benefit Category
Valuation
Technique
$/Unit*
Source of Information
GHGs (CO2)
Social Cost of Carbon
$0.00007 per gram
Interagency Working Group as reported in DOT NHTSA Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis
Criteria Pollutants
Particulate Matter
Contingent Valuation
$0.2292 per gram
EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis; Final Rule-making to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and CAFE Standards
Hydrocarbons
Societal Benefits
$0.008271 per gram
NHTSA Office of Regulatory Analysis and Evaluation, National Center for Statistics and Analysis; Lifetime Monetized Societal Impacts
CO
Contingent Valuation
$0.00416 per gram
EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis; Final Rule-making to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and CAFE Standards
NOx
Contingent Valuation
$0.0248 per gram
EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis; Final Rule-making to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and CAFE Standards
Fuel
Price-based Derivation
$2.92 per gallon
DOE EIA AEO 2011 Reference Case
*The monetary value displayed is the 2012 value; in the model, the monetary value changes over time in accordance with the source information’s predicted values by year.