Enforcement at the EPA : High Stakes and Hard Choices (Revised Edition).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mintz, Joel A., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Environmental Protection Agency.

United States.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

Revised Edition

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX, USA University of Texas Press 20120401

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The only published work that treats the historical evolution of EPA enforcement, this book provides a candid inside glimpse of a crucial aspect of the work of an important federal agency. Based on 190 personal interviews with present and former enforcement officials at EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice, and key congressional staff members—along with extensive research among EPA documents and secondary sources—the book vividly recounts the often tumultuous history of EPA’s enforcement program. It also analyzes some important questions regarding EPA’s institutional relationships and the Agency’s working environment. This revised and updated edition adds substantial new chapters examining EPA enforcement during the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. Its treatment of issues of civil service decline and the applicability of captive agency theory is also new and original.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

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 I Administration

7. “Neither the Best of Times nor the Worst of Times”: EPA Enforcement during the Clinton Administration

8. Suspicions, Schisms, and Partial Revival: EPA Enforcement during the Bush II Administration

9. Lessons Learned: Some Observations on Congressional Oversight, Organizational Structure, Management Approaches, and Career Staff Trends

10. Did Industry Capture EPA Enforcement? Captive Agency Theory and Its (Partial) Applicability

11. EPA Enforcement in the Context of Federal Civil Service Decline

Appendix A. Persons Interviewed

Appendix B. Government Service Job Titles of Individuals Interviewed by Author

Appendix C. Standard Interview Questionnaire in Interviews Prior to 2003

Appendix D. Standard Interview Questions Asked in All Interviews Beginning in 2003

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9780292737112

0292737114

OCLC:

782932428