An Assessment Of The U S Environmental Protection Agency S National Environmental Performance Track Program

Author : Scott Hassell
Publisher : RAND Corporation
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : PSU:000068607487

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An Assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program by Scott Hassell Pdf

This report addresses the conceptual basis of the National Environmental Performance Track program, a voluntary program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency between 2000 and 2009; its program design; and its implementation. Performance Track sought to improve the quality of the environment by encouraging facilities to recognize and improve all aspects of their environmental performance and by providing a range of benefits, including broad-based recognition, regulatory benefits, and a more open and collaborative relationship between facilities and their regulators. While Performance Track's concepts, design, and implementation had mixed success, the significant environmental challenges that the United States faces require that EPA continue to seek out new approaches that can complement and enhance traditional regulatory approaches. The authors recommend that EPA continue to experiment with voluntary programs, designing tightly focused ones; promote information sharing and networking among regulated entities; strive for complete, clear, and understandable program concepts, designs, and expectations; protect the EPA brand; independently evaluate key program elements; continue to try to change corporate culture to benefit the environment; and identify new ways to independently validate environmental performance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112112947558

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Performance Track Program Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 9781428904798

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Innovating for Better Environmental Results by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1444 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Environmental laboratories
ISBN : PSU:000044855734

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Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--National Research Council (NRC) Findings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Pdf

Author : Gary E. Marchant,Braden R. Allenby,Joseph R. Herkert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400713567

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The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight by Gary E. Marchant,Braden R. Allenby,Joseph R. Herkert Pdf

At the same time that the pace of science and technology has greatly accelerated in recent decades, our legal and ethical oversight mechanisms have become bogged down and slower. This book addresses the growing gap between the pace of science and technology and the lagging responsiveness of legal and ethical oversight society relies on to govern emerging technologies. Whether it be biotechnology, genetic testing, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, computer privacy, autonomous robotics, or any of the other many emerging technologies, new approaches are needed to ensure appropriate and timely regulatory responses. This book documents the problem and offers a toolbox of potential regulatory and governance approaches that might be used to ensure more responsive oversight.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428905009

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EPA strategic plan 20032008 direction for the future. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paddock, Lee
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781789902204

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Advanced Introduction to Environmental Compliance and Enforcement by Paddock, Lee Pdf

This Advanced Introduction provides a clear and accessible guide to the essential elements of environmental compliance and enforcement programs. It examines compliance programs designed to assist regulated entities in meeting their obligations, as well as enforcement tools designed to address non-compliance - such as administrative, civil judicial, and criminal enforcement. Offering an insightful overview of this important area, LeRoy C. Paddock highlights recent developments that are changing the way compliance and enforcement work is practiced.

Author : Austin Sarat,Patricia Ewick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781118701461

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The Handbook of Law and Society by Austin Sarat,Patricia Ewick Pdf

Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society. Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research Addresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits perennial questions about law in a global world including the widening gap between codified laws and “law in action”, problems in the implementation of legal decisions, law’s constitutive role in shaping society, the importance of law in everyday life, ways legal institutions both embrace and resist change, the impact of new media and technologies on law, intersections of law and identity, law’s relationship to social consensus and conflict, and many more Features contributions from 38 international expert scholars working in diverse fields at the intersections of legal studies and social sciences Unique in its contributions to this rapidly expanding and important new multi-disciplinary field of study

Author : Mark A. Abramson,Ann M. Kieffaber
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742533603

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New Ways of Doing Business by Mark A. Abramson,Ann M. Kieffaber Pdf

In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered services grew significantly as part of the New Deal." This newest volume in the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government series is an invaluable guide to navigating the sometimes controversial changes taking place in the internal operations of government, the delivery of services to citizens, and the delivery of environmental programs. Possibly the most monumental change taking place in our modern government is the lessening allegiance to the old model of in-house, in-departmental performance of tasks. The new model asks "how and by whom can the tasks of government best be performed?" The answer sometimes lies with another inter-governmental department, leading to an in-house atmosphere of healthy competition and entrepreneurship, and sometimes with outside contractors. New Ways of Doing Business provides descriptions and guidelines for successfully navigating management under the new model. There are also dramatic new ways in which services to the public can now be delivered: via the Internet, via contracts with private organizations, and via faith-based initiatives and business improvement districts. Experts provide valuable checklists and guidelines and case studies exploring the merits and disadvantages of these new service delivery routes. Finally, New Ways of Doing Business explores what the editors call one of the most highly experimental policy arenas in government, that of the delivery of environmental programs. The authors of these articles explain via case study analysis many of the innovative programs currently in existence, and postulate that the traditional "command-and-control" stance of government to businesses will be superceded by a flexibility that will allow for incre

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309178198

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Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pdf

A new book from the National Research Council recommends changes in how the federal government evaluates the efficiency of research at EPA and other agencies. Assessing efficiency should be considered only one part of gauging a program's quality, relevance, and effectiveness. The efficiency of research processes and that of investments should be evaluated using different approaches. Investment efficiency should examine whether an agency's R&D portfolio, including the budget, is relevant, of high quality, matches the agency's strategic plan. These evaluations require panels of experts. In contrast, process efficiency should focus on "inputs" (the people, funds, and facilities dedicated to research) and "outputs" (the services, grants, publications, monitoring, and new techniques produced by research), as well as their timelines and should be evaluated using quantitative measures. The committee recommends that the efficiency of EPA's research programs be evaluated according to the same standards used at other agencies. To ensure this, OMB should train and oversee its budget examiners so that the PART questionnaire is implemented consistently and equitably across agencies.

Author : National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Board on Environmental Studies in Toxicology,Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309071277

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Strengthening Science at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources,Board on Environmental Studies in Toxicology,Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA Pdf

In the three decades since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created, the agency's scientific and technical practices and credibility have been independently assessed many times in reports from the National Research Council (NRC), EPA Science Advisory Board, General Accounting Office, and many other organizations; in congressional oversight and judicial proceedings; and in countless criticisms and lawsuits from stakeholders with interests in particular EPA regulatory decisions. As a previous independent panel put it in the 1992 report Safeguarding the Future: Credible Science, Credible Decisions, EPA's policy and regulatory work receives a great deal of public attention, but the agency's scientific performance typically receives a similar degree of attention only when the scientific basis for a decision is questioned. Thus, strong scientific performance is important not only to enable EPA to make informed and effective decisions, but also to gain credibility and public support for the environmental protection efforts of EPA and the nation. This report is the fourth and final one in a series prepared by two independent expert committees convened by the NRC in response to a request from Congress and to subsequent, related requests from EPA. The Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA-the companion committee in this study-was charged to provide an overview of significant emerging environmental issues, identify and prioritize research themes most relevant to understanding and resolving those issues, and consider the role of EPA's research program in the context of research being conducted or supported by other organizations. That committee published an interim report in 1996 and a final report, Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions, in 1997. The Committee on Research and Peer Review in EPA was charged to evaluate research management and scientific peer-review practices in the agency. The committee published an interim report in 1995 and this final report.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050689285

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Hearing on the President's Proposed EPA Budget for Fiscal Year 2010 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf

Author : Daniel J. Fiorino
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780262062565

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The New Environmental Regulation by Daniel J. Fiorino Pdf

Winner, 2007 Louis Brownlow Award presented by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and 2006 Best Book in Environmental Management and Policy, American Society for Public Administration. Environmental regulation in the United States has succeeded, to a certain extent, in solving the problems it was designed to address; air, water, and land, are indisputably cleaner and in better condition than they would be without the environmental controls put in place since 1970. But Daniel Fiorino argues in The New Environmental Regulationthat—given recent environmental, economic, and social changes—it is time for a new, more effective model of environmental problem solving. Fiorino provides a comprehensive but concise overview of U.S. environmental regulation—its history, its rationale, and its application—and offers recommendations for a more collaborative, flexible, and performance-based alternative. Traditional environmental regulation was based on the increasingly outdated assumption that environmental protection and business are irreversibly at odds. The new environmental regulation Fiorino describes is based on performance rather than on a narrow definition of compliance and uses such policy instruments as market incentives and performance measurement. It takes into consideration differences in the willingness and capabilities of different firms to meet their environmental obligations, and it encourages innovation by allowing regulated industries, especially the better performers, more flexibility in how they achieve environmental goals. Fiorino points to specific programs—including the 33/50 Program, innovative permitting, and the use of covenants as environmental policy instruments in the Netherlands—that have successfully pioneered these new strategies. By bringing together such a wide range of research and real world examples, Fiorino has created an invaluable resource for practitioners and scholars and an engaging text for environmental policy courses.

Author : Kurt A. Strasser
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857933188

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Myths and Realities of Business Environmentalism by Kurt A. Strasser Pdf

Many businesses profess to be voluntarily taking steps to protect the environment, and going beyond compliance with environmental regulations to do so. Kurt Strasser evaluates these claims in this timely and cuttingedge inquiry.

Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental economics
ISBN : UCR:31210024788133

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Final Report by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water Pdf