Enforcement at the EPA : high stakes and hard choices

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Enforcement at the EPA : high stakes and hard choices / by Joel A. Mintz.

Mintz, Joel A., 1949- (Author).

Summary:

"This book offers the first comprehensive history of a difficult and often neglected part of EPA's responsibilities - the enforcement of federal environmental standards. Drawing on extensive interviews with the political appointees, administrators, and staff who have provided the agency's direction, as well as his own professional experience with EPA, Joel A. Mintz explores the historical evolution of the agency's enforcement program, its institutional setting within the larger political arena, and its current strengths and shortcomings." "This history will be important reading for students of political science, public policy, environmental law, administrative law, anthropology, sociology, and related fields. It should also be read by attorneys who represent parties in enforcement cases initiated by EPA, by the agency's own managers and professional staff, and by public citizens concerned with environmental issues."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0292751877
ISBN: 9780292751873
ISBN: 9780292754416
ISBN: 0292754418
Physical Description: x, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-193) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 1. Introduction -- 2. "Where the Rubber Hits the Road and Everything Else Hits the Fan": A Brief Description of EPA's Enforcement Process and the Superfund Program -- 3. Heavy Seas before the Maelstrom: EPA Enforcement in the 1970s -- 4. Destruction, Confusion, Confrontation, and Disarray: EPA Enforcement and Congressional Oversight in the Gorsuch Era -- 5. "Away from the Brink" -- But Not Out of the Woods: EPA Enforcement from 1983 to 1989 -- 6. Modest Progress and Renewed Suspicion: EPA Enforcement in the Bush Administration -- 7. Lessons Learned: Congressional Oversight of EPA's Enforcement Approach in Broader Perspective -- 8. The Future of Environmental Enforcement -- 9. Epilogue: EPA Enforcement in the Clinton Administration.