Regulatory goals

Having looked at the strategies that are used to achieve regulatory goals, we shall now consider the principal bodies involved in implementing these strategies. 

National policy establishes regulatory goals and directs courses of action it involves ... 

A description of alternative approaches that could substantially achieve the same regulatory goal at lower cost, together with an analysis of this potential benefit and costs and a brief explanation of the legal reasons why such alternatives, if proposed, could not be adopted and... 

CMA also supports the cost-effectiveness requirement of Executive Order 12291. It believes that regulatory agencies should analyze the potential costs and benefits of reasonable alternatives for achieving regulatory goals. Non-regulatory approaches, such as economic incentives, can be more effective and less costly than regulations. 

Because biosynthesis consumes energy, it is to the cell s advantage to use the preformed product (i.e., an amino acid), if it is available. Therefore, the regulatory goal is to repress gene activity, by turning off the synthesis of enzymes in the pathway when the end product is available. 

Regulatory goals A. Establish goals for safety (risk levels), health and environment (e.g. MAC levels or other exposure standards) B. Check that output goals are achieved... 

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