Next generation compliance : environmental regulation for the modern era /

"Senior environmental officials at both the state and federal level often give the public the same reassurance about environmental compliance. Almost all companies comply, they say. The large companies comply; it is mainly the small ones that have compliance issues. Does the evidence agree? In...

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Main Author: Giles, Cynthia J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Senior environmental officials at both the state and federal level often give the public the same reassurance about environmental compliance. Almost all companies comply, they say. The large companies comply; it is mainly the small ones that have compliance issues. Does the evidence agree? In a word: no. The data reveal that for most rules the rate of serious noncompliance -- violations that pose the biggest risks to public health and the environment -- is 25% or more. For many rules with big health consequences the serious noncompliance rates for large facilities are 50% to 70% or even higher. And those are just the ones we know about; for many rules, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has no idea what the rate of noncompliance is"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (unpaged)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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