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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456147803321

Titolo

Economic analyses at EPA : assessing regulatory impact / / edited by Richard D. Morgenstern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Resources for the Future, , 1997

ISBN

1-138-42397-1

1-135-89110-9

1-315-06068-X

0-585-33328-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MorgensternRichard D

Disciplina

363.7/056/0973

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Economic aspects - United States

Environmental protection - Economic aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to economic analyses at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- 2. The legal and institutional setting for economic analysis at EPA / Richard D. Morgenstern -- 3. Conducting an economic analysis : rationale, issues, and requirements / Richard D. Morgenstern -- 4. Lead in gasoline / Albert L. Nichols -- 5. Water pollution and the organic chemicals industry / Peter Caulkins and Stuart Sessions -- 6. Stratospheric-ozone depletion / James K. Hammitt -- 7. Asbestos / Christine M. Augustyniak -- 8. Lead in drinking water / Ronnie Levin -- 9. Municipal landfill management / Sara Rasmussen -- 10. Visibility at the Grand Canyon and the Navajo generating station / Leland Deck -- 11. Agricultural pesticides and worker protection / Louis P. True Jr. -- 12. Vehicle inspection/maintenance / Todd Ramsden -- 13. Municipal sewage sludge management / Mahesh Podar, Susan Burris, and Robert S. Raucher -- 14. Reformulated gasoline / Robert C. Anderson and Richard A. Rykowski -- 15. Great lakes water quality guidance / Eloise Trabka Castillo, Mark L. Morris, and Robert S. Raucher -- 16. Economic analysis : benefits, costs, implications / Richard D. Morgenstern and Marc K. Landy.



Sommario/riassunto

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has been conducting programmatic 'economic analyses,' also known as Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), to assess the economic effects of its regulatory efforts. This important volume explains the purpose of these analyses, along with their design, execution, conclusions, and their ultimate impact on environmental rules. Richard Morgenstern, formerly director of EPA?s Office of Policy Analysis, has assembled twelve original case studies of RIAs performed over the past decade on matters such as lead in gasoline, ozone depletion, asbestos, clean drin

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782637603321

Autore

Middleton Stephen

Titolo

The Black laws [[electronic resource] ] : race and the legal process in early Ohio / / Stephen Middleton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8214-4158-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest

Disciplina

342.7308/73

Soggetti

African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Ohio - History

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - Ohio - History

Race discrimination - Ohio - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ambiguous beginnings, 1787-1801 -- The many meanings of freedom, 1800-1803 -- "A state for white men," 1803-1830 -- The battle over the color line, 1830-1839 -- The struggle to abolish the color line, 1840-1849 -- Enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, 1803-1850 -- The fugitive slave crisis in the 1850s -- The limits of freedom.