Enforcing the Law: Case of the Clean Water Acts

by Susan Hunter, Richard W. Waterman

Overview

This text provides an analysis of the EPA enforcement of the Clean Water Act and its amendments. The book uses extensive EPA data, including a survey of the EPA and state level environmental officials, to examine enforcement from the perspective of the enforcement personnel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315285672
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Hunter, Susan; Waterman, Richard W.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Water-Quality Problem: A Study in Diversity; Chapter 2 The Institutional Setting; Chapter 3 Pragmatic Enforcement; Chapter 4 Bureaucrats and Attitudes: The Seeds of Discretion, Amelia Rouse, Robert Wright; Chapter 5 Bureaucratic Discretion and Hierarchical Political Control, Susan Hunter, Richard W. Waterman, Robert Wright; Chapter 6 Enforcement at the State Level; Chapter 7 Explaining Variations in NPDES Enforcement; Chapter 8 Water Outcomes: The Neglected Arena; Chapter 9 Conclusions and Recommendations;

Editorial Reviews

An analysis of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and subsequent legislation focusing on the process by which such legislation is enacted and arguing for clearer lines of planning and management. The authors propose a system of "pragmatic enforcement" involving state and federal agency officials with bureaucratic discretion, addressing the interests of personnel and the broad philosophical and geographical diversity of the people with whom they interact. Includes statistical tables. Paper edition (unseen), $23.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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