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Title:
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Exploiting Opportunities for Pollution Prevention in EPA Enforcement Agreements |
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Author:
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Becker, Monica; Ashford, Nicholas |
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Abstract:
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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 decreasing reliance on end-of-pipe controls), enhanced prospects for future compliance, and a potential for a reduction in the assessed penalty. We discuss the factors that influence both EPA and firms to include pollution prevention in enforcement settlements, characterize the process in a few exemplary cases, and recommend ways to enhance and expand these activities. The research presented focused on case study analysis of 10 recent EPA-negotiated enforcement settlements that included chemical substitutions, process changes, or closed-loop recycling |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1545
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Issue Date:
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1995 |
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Keywords:
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Law and Regulation, Pollution prevention, EPA enforcment, environmental science, American Chemical Society, regulatory enforcement settlements, chemical substitutions, closed-loop recycling |
