...significant rules" that evaluates the potential costs and benefits of the proposed rule. It also requires a description of alternative approaches that could substantially achieve the same regulatory goal at a lower cost and a brief explanation of the legal reasons why such alternatives could not be adopted.61...

...in section 2 of Executive Order 12291, each preliminary and final Regulatory Impact Analysis shall contain the following information: (1) A description...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,...

..."major" rules and a Final Regulatory Impact Analysis (FRIA) for final rules. 121 The RIA must contain: (1) A description of the potential benefits of the...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,...

...beneficial effects that cannot be quantified in monetary terms, and the iden§1.8 §1.12 tification of those likely to receive the benefits; (2) A description...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,...

...description of the potential costs of the rule, including any adverse effects that cannot be quantified hi monetary terms, and the identification of those likely...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,...

...12866." ^Executive Order 12291, which was in effect from 1981 to 1993, also required agencies to describe "alternative approaches that could substantially achieve the same regulatory goal at lower cost.. . ." UMRA Did Not Substantively Change Agencies' Intergovernmental Consultation Processes Section 204...