Keeping pace with science and engineering [[electronic resource] ] : case studies in environmental regulation / / Myron F. Uman, editor ; National Academy of Engineering

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778793103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-21131-8; 9786610211319; 0-309-56216-3; 0-585-14251-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): UmanMyron F. <1939->
• Disciplina: 363.73/7
• Soggetti: Environmental engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Papers and speakers' remarks presented during a symposium ... held 11-12 February 1993"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Keeping Pace with Science and Engineering""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Environmental Regulation and Changing Science and Technology""; ""NOTES""; ""Nutrient Loadings to Surface Waters: Chesapeake Bay Case Study""; ""THE FORMATIVE YEARS""; ""Federal Studies and Legislation""; ""The Chesapeake Region""; ""Control of Point Source Nutrient Loading""; ""Control of Nonpoint Source Nutrient Loading""; ""THE PERIOD OF THE EPA BAY STUDY""; ""Setting the Stage""; ""The Bay Study""; ""THE ACTION YEARS""; ""Nutrient Research""; ""Nutrient Management""; ""DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS""""The Interplay between Science and Management""; ""Sources of Inertia""; ""Overcoming Inertia""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Tropospheric Ozone""; ""A BRIEF HISTORY OF OZONE LEGISLATION AND REGULATION""; ""The 1970 Amendments""; ""The 1977 Amendments""; ""The 1990 Amendments""; ""California Regulation""; ""PIVOTAL ISSUES IN FORMULATING REGULATIONS""; ""Formulation of the Standard""; ""Setting the Original Standard""; ""Revising the Standard""; ""Subsequent Review of the Standard""; ""Emission Control Strategies""; ""Range of Objectives""; ""Spatial Scales""; ""Motor Vehicles: Inspection and Maintenance""""Technological Improvements and Modifications to the Motor Vehicle""; ""Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Programs""; ""Motor Vehicles: Reducing Use""; ""Other Topics""; ""Assessment of Progress toward Attainment of the Standard""; ""Retrospective Analyses of State Implementation Plans""; ""Introduction of ""Cleaner"" Fuels""; ""THE INTERPLAY OF REGULATION AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT""; ""The Response of the Regulatory System to New Scientific Understanding""; ""Incentives and Disincentives in the Regulatory System""; ""Acceptance of New Information by the Regulatory Community""""Governmental Perspectives, Incentives, and Disincentives""; ""Role of Technology in Shaping Actions of the Regulatory System""; ""A PROPOSAL FOR CONSIDERATION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Municipal Waste Combustion and New Source Performance Standards: Use of Scientific and Technical Information""; ""FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS""; ""THE MWC INDUSTRY""; ""Historical Development""; ""Current Industry Status""; ""Technology Used between 1975 and 1989""; ""Combustion Design""; ""Composition of Air Emissions""; ""MWC Air Pollution Control Technology""""EPA INVOLVEMENT IN MWC REGULATION""; ""Chronology of Legislative, Legal, and Regulatory Activities""; ""Need for a Regulatory Program""; ""Projected National Impact""; ""Evaluation of Risks""; ""Options for EPA Involvement in Air Regulatory Programs""; ""Choice of Regulatory Authority""; ""Factors Leading to Federal Involvement""; ""NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS""; ""Development of Specific Standards""; ""Good Combustion Practices""; ""Particulate and Metal Controls""; ""Acid Gas Controls""; ""Organic Controls""; ""Nitrogen Oxides""; ""Materials Separation""