Enforcement at the EPA : : High Stakes and Hard Choices, Revised Edition /

Enforcement at the EPA : : High Stakes and Hard Choices, Revised Edition / / Joel A. Mintz.

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 Ju...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Mintz, Joel A.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2012
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:Revised Edition
Language:English
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Table of 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

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