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California Comparative Risk Project (1994). Toward The 21st Century: Planning For The Protection Of California's Environment, Alan Ramo May 1994

California Comparative Risk Project (1994). Toward The 21st Century: Planning For The Protection Of California's Environment, Alan Ramo

Publications

Participants in the California Comparative Risk Project were charged with identifying environmental threats of the greatest ecological, human health, and societal concern using the risk ranking model. However, agreeing that risk is not the only factor that should be considered, our project also examined how economics, pollution prevention, environmental justice, education, and public participation contribute to environmental decision-making. The unique inclusion of this aspect in our project was in response to a growing debate nationally and in California about the limitations of a risk-ranking model for setting environmental priorities. The findings and recommendations of the California Comparative Risk Project are …


Attorneys' Fees Are Costly, But Are They A Recoverable Cost Of Environmental Cleanup Under Superfund?, Robert H. Abrams Mar 1994

Attorneys' Fees Are Costly, But Are They A Recoverable Cost Of Environmental Cleanup Under Superfund?, Robert H. Abrams

Journal Publications

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What Comes After Technology: Using An Exceptions Process To Improve Residual Risk Regulation Of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Bradford Mank Jan 1994

What Comes After Technology: Using An Exceptions Process To Improve Residual Risk Regulation Of Hazardous Air Pollutants, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (the Act) governs the regulation of hazardous air pollutants. From 1970 to 1990, the statute required the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate hazardous air pollutants on a pollutant-by-pollutant basis. Environmental policy analysts generally acknowledge that this approach failed due to scientific uncertainties and unclear direction from Congress on how the EPA should balance the competing concerns of cost and safety. In an effort to improve the Act's effectiveness, Congress passed the 1990 Amendments (the Amendments) to the Act, which established a two-phased approach to regulation. First, subsection 112(d) requires the …


States As Innovators: It's Time For A New Look To Our "Laboratories Of Democracy" In The Effort To Improve Our Approach To Environmental Regulation, David L. Markell Jan 1994

States As Innovators: It's Time For A New Look To Our "Laboratories Of Democracy" In The Effort To Improve Our Approach To Environmental Regulation, David L. Markell

Scholarly Publications

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How To Save The National Priorities List From The D.C. Circuit -- And Itself, John S. Applegate Jan 1994

How To Save The National Priorities List From The D.C. Circuit -- And Itself, John S. Applegate

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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