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The Hidden Human And Environmental Costs Of Regulatory Delay, Catherine O'Neill, Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, James Goodwin, Ling-Yee Huang Nov 2009

The Hidden Human And Environmental Costs Of Regulatory Delay, Catherine O'Neill, Amy Sinden, Rena Steinzor, James Goodwin, Ling-Yee Huang

Rena I. Steinzor

Each year dozens of workers are killed, thousands of children harmed, and millions of dollars wasted because of unjustifiable delays in federal regulatory action. Such delays in regulatory action have become commonplace, part of the wallpaper of Washington’s regulatory process for the protector agencies—the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), EPA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and OSHA. Despite its significance, the problem of regulatory delay and the costs it generates has been virtually ignored in the debate over the general wisdom of the U.S. regulatory system over the last 30-plus years. Opponents …


Unfunded Environmental Mandates And The "New (New) Federalism": Devolution, Revolution, Or Reform, Rena Steinzor Nov 2009

Unfunded Environmental Mandates And The "New (New) Federalism": Devolution, Revolution, Or Reform, Rena Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

No abstract provided.


'You Just Don't Understand!" - The Right And Left In Conversation, Rena Steinzor Nov 2009

'You Just Don't Understand!" - The Right And Left In Conversation, Rena Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

No abstract provided.


In Defense Of The Superfund Liability System: Matching The Diagnosis And The Cure, Rena Steinzor, Linda Greer Nov 2009

In Defense Of The Superfund Liability System: Matching The Diagnosis And The Cure, Rena Steinzor, Linda Greer

Rena I. Steinzor

No abstract provided.


Oversight Hearing On The Federal Superfund Program's Activities To Protect Public Health, Rena Steinzor Oct 2009

Oversight Hearing On The Federal Superfund Program's Activities To Protect Public Health, Rena Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

No abstract provided.


A Perfect Storm: Mercury And The Bush Administration, Rena Steinzor, Lisa Heinzerling Oct 2009

A Perfect Storm: Mercury And The Bush Administration, Rena Steinzor, Lisa Heinzerling

Rena I. Steinzor

In December 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule for mercury emissions from power plants and issued a final rule for mercury emissions from chlor-alkali facilities. Regarding power plants, EPA had previously found that mercury posed the most serious threat among the hazardous air pollutants emitted by power plants, and also that regulation of mercury from power plants was appropriate and necessary under section 112 of the Clean Air Act, which requires stringent technology-based regulation for hazardous air pollutants. Despite section 112's clear rejection of emissions trading as a compliance option, EPA has proposed to allow commercial trading …


Capture, Accountability, And Regulatory Metrics, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor Oct 2009

Capture, Accountability, And Regulatory Metrics, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

No abstract provided.