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Changing Perspectives On The Facility Siting Process, David Laws, Lawrence Susskind
Changing Perspectives On The Facility Siting Process, David Laws, Lawrence Susskind
Maine Policy Review
Building regionally necessary but locally noxious facilities such as power plants, landfills, waste incinerators and prisons has become increasingly difficult. David Laws and Lawrence Susskind discuss some of the traditional steps involved, including needs assessment, choice of technology, site selection, assessing and mitigating impacts, and management. They provide an alternative approach to facility siting that includes, among other things, seeking consensus, working to develop trust, setting realistic timetables, getting agreement that the status quo is unacceptable, choosing a design that best addresses the problem, and fully compensating for negative aspects of the facility.
A Focus On Risk: States Reconsider Their Environmental Priorities, Richard A. Minard
A Focus On Risk: States Reconsider Their Environmental Priorities, Richard A. Minard
Maine Policy Review
Richard Minard explains how the “comparative risk” process can be used as a tool to manage change. He explains how focusing on risk can help states build a more appropriate and resilient set of environmental priorities and create more effective strategies to address them. He illustrates his points with the results from state projects in Vermont, Louisiana and Washington and from national projects conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)