Federalism and environmental policy : trust and the politics of implementation / Denise Scheberle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheberle, Denise.

Series:

American governance and public policy

American governance and public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection.

United States.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Environmental protection--United States--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xix, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition, revised and updated.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2004]

Contents:

1 Environmental Federalism and Federal-State Working Relationships 1

Responses to Intergovernmental Working Relationships in the 1990s 2

Concepts of Federalism 7

NEPPS and the REG 8 Directive 10

A Typology of Working Relationships 20

2 Implementing Environmental Laws 32

Defining Implementation and Measuring Performance 34

Implementation as a Game of Strategy 37

Implementation as a Story 40

Implementation and Refocusing Events 42

Implementation Energizers 43

An Implementation Framework 43

Dynamics of the Model 50

Conclusions about Implementation 51

Study Design and Rationale 51

3 Unintended Consequences, Policy Retreat, and Refocusing Events in Asbestos Policy 55

History of Asbestos 56

Health Risks Associated with Asbestos 56

The Government Responds to Asbestos 59

Legal and Media Attention to Asbestos in the 1980s 61

Congress Develops an Asbestos Law 61

EPA Develops Asbestos Regulations 64

The Early Years of Implementing AHERA 66

Implementing AHERA Today 68

Refocusing Events: Libby, Montana, the World Trade Center, and Litigation 70

A View from the States 76

Conclusions about the Asbestos Program 86

4 The Survival of a Nonregulatory Radon Program 93

Radon and Known Health Risks 93

A Perfect Triggering Event 95

The Indoor Radon Abatement Act, 1988 97

Early and Persistent Challenges to Implementing IRAA 98

Radon and Risk Communication 100

Regulatory and Nonregulatory Programs Collide: Radon in Drinking Water 107

Funding State Programs and Leveraging with Partnerships 109

Perceptions of State Radon Officials 111

Conclusions about the Radon Program 118

5 Implementing Drinking Water Regulations in a One-Size-Fits-All World 124

Key Elements of the Safe Drinking Water Act 125

Public Water Supply Systems 126

Setting National Drinking Water Standards 128

Amendments of 1986 and 1996 to the Safe Drinking Water Act 129

Arsenic: A Case Study of the Politics of SDWA 132

Implementation Challenges and the Conceptual Framework 135

Perceptions of State Drinking Water Officials 140

EPA Responses 147

Conclusions about the Safe Drinking Water Program 148

6 High Stakes, Small Wins, and Big Coal in the Surface Mining Program 154

Wrestling with Issues of Control: The Primacy Approach 155

Coal Mining: East versus West 157

Coal Mining Techniques and Potential Environmental Consequences 161

Formulating Federal Surface Mining Policy 164

SMCRA's Provisions and the Implementation Story 168

The Evolution of OSM Oversight 172

Getting Away from the "Gotcha" Syndrome 177

Perceptions of State Surface Mining Officials 179

7 Conclusions about Implementation and Working Relationships 192

Pulling Together, Coming Apart, or Somewhere in Between? 192

Working Relationships among Headquarters, Regional, and State Officials 193

A Tripartite Model 196

State "Wish Lists" for the Future 198

Regional "Wish Lists" for the Future 200

Suggestions for Getting to Relationships That "Pull Together" 202

Implementing Environmental Laws and the Conceptual Framework 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1589011007

OCLC:

52962948