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Negotiated Regulation, Implementation and Compliance in the United States
(2007)
Interest in the use of so-called voluntary approaches to supplement or replace formal environmental regulation is on the rise, both in Europe and in the United States. These approaches fall into two general categories: (1) ...
Exploiting Opportunities for Pollution Prevention in EPA Enforcement Agreements
(1995)
Two relatively new EPA policies encourage the inclusion of pollution prevention in regulatory enforcement settlements. The advantages to a firm include reduction or elimination of environmental problems at the source (thus ...
Implementing A Precautionary Approach in Decisions Affecting Health, Safety, and the Environment: Risk, Technology Alternatives, and Tradeoff Analysis
(2002-08-14)
Abstract
The precautionary principle is in sharp political focus today because (1) the nature of scientific uncertainty is
changing and (2) there is increasing pressure to base governmental action on more "rational" ...
Monitoring the Worker and the Community for Chemical Exposure and Disease: Legal and Ethical Considerations in the U.S.
(1994)
Biomonitoring of workers and communities raises important legal and ethical concerns,
but the two contexts are different. Monitoring workers is usually done by, or at the instigation
of, the employer who in law is ...
Reflections on Environmental Liability Schemes in the United States and European Union: Limitations and Prospects for Improvement
(2010-05-27)
We are constantly confronted with cases of severe damage to the environment resulting from human acts. High profile cases capture the international community’s attention briefly such as the infamous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil ...