Author : Cynthia J. Giles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 0197656757
Next Generation Compliance by Cynthia J. Giles Pdf
"Senior environmental officials at both the state and federal level often give the public the same reassurance about environmental compliance. Almost all companies comply, they say. The large companies comply; it is mainly the small ones that have compliance issues. Does the evidence agree? In a word: no. The data reveal that for most rules the rate of serious noncompliance -- violations that pose the biggest risks to public health and the environment -- is 25% or more. For many rules with big health consequences the serious noncompliance rates for large facilities are 50% to 70% or even higher. And those are just the ones we know about; for many rules, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has no idea what the rate of noncompliance is"--