Reinventing Environmental Regulation [[electronic resource] ] : Lessons from Project XL

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459528703321
• Autore: Marcus Alfred A. Professor
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002
• ISBN: 1-280-68698-7; 9786613663924; 1-136-52599-8; 1-936331-31-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GeffenDonald A. Professor; SextonKen Professor
• Disciplina: 363.7/056/0973; 363.73630973
• Soggetti: Environmental law -- United States; Environmental management -- United States; Industries -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Environmental management - United States; Industries - Environmental aspects - United States; Environmental law - Law and legislation - United States; Pollution - Law and legislation - United States; Factory and trade waste; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Reinventing Environmental Regulation; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1. Environmental Policy in Transition; Chapter 2. Quid Pro Quo and the Birth of Project XL; Chapter 3. Conflicting Goals; Chapter 4. Complicating Factors; Chapter 5. Drafting the 3M Proposal; Chapter 6. Gaining EPA Support for the Agreement; Chapter 7. Trying To Overcome Deadlock: The Practical Impediments; Chapter 8. Intel, ; Merck, and Weyerhaeuser: Three XL Projects That Gained Approval; Chapter 9. Comparing the Approved Projects with 3M's Proposal; Chapter 10. Roadblocks to Cooperative Solutions; Chapter 11. Creating a Platform for ExperimentsAppendix A. The Comparable Actions Test; Appendix B. Next Steps at 3M-Hutchinson; Appendix C. A More Unambiguous Definition of Superior Environmental Performance?; References; Acknowledgements; Index; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) was the flagship effort by the Clinton administration for 'cleaner, cheaper, and smarter' regulation. Under Project XL, business promised better performance in exchange for a regulatory approach focused more on results than means, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measuring pollution reduction across rather than at individual sources within a facility. Reinventing Environmental Regulation is a compelling account of the breakdown in negotiations to implement Project XL at a tape manufacturing plant of 3M, a company widely recognized as environ