Environmental Audit Privilege : State Laws and Federal Policy.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Accounting.

Actions and defenses.

Corporations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.

System Details:

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text file

PDF

Summary:

Summarizes State laws relating to environmental audit privilege, which prevents information compiled by corporate environmental audits from being used against the same companies in court or in other enforcement proceedings. Discusses EPA and Department of Justice policies; outlines legislation in the 104th Congress; and discusses issues raised by the pending legislation, highlighting whether privilege/immunity law would encourage or discourage compliance with environmental laws.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Environmental Audit Privilege

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