LEADER 04053nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910819844203321 005 20240410153806.0 010 $a0-8157-9616-1 035 $a(CKB)2480000000004106 035 $a(OCoLC)55898296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10063843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255473 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12095714 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255473 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212416 035 $a(PQKB)10352086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004382 035 $a(OCoLC)1132224840 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse73180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004382 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10063843 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000004106 100 $a20041017d2003 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTaming regulation$b[electronic resource] $eSuperfund and the challenge of regulatory reform /$fRobert T. Nakamura, Thomas W. Church 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8157-5942-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRegulation, coercion, and popular support -- Regulation and its critics -- Regulatory craft and regulatory reform -- The essential Superfund -- Reforming Superfund -- Succeeding at regulatory reform -- Taming regulation. 330 $aDespite three decades of vigorous efforts at deregulation across the government, regulation remains ubiquitous. It also continues to be unpopular because it forces individuals and businesses to do things--frequently costly and unpleasant things--that they don't want to do. If regulatory programs are to survive and remain effective, the challenge posed by their endemic unpopularity and political vulnerability must be met. Unlike much of the existing literature on regulation, Taming Regulation begins with the assumption that the government's capacity to utilize regulation as a policy tool is vital. The book examines the questions of how to make the inherently coercive aspects of regulation more politically acceptable in the present antiregulatory environment and how the legal and administrative challenges of reform in ongoing regulatory programs might best be approached. The authors explore these issues through a case study of administrative reform in the Superfund program. Chartered with an ambitious mission to clean up the nation's hazardous waste sites, Superfund was from its inception a uniquely aggressive and unpopular program. Yet despite the election in 1994 of a Republican Congress committed to fundamental changes in environmental regulation, the Superfund program weathered the storm and remains intact today. The authors credit this political and programmatic success to a series of artfully designed and orchestrated internal reforms that softened Superfund's implementation, thus increasing its political support while retaining its potent coercive tools. Taming Regulation provides a cautionary discussion of both the necessity and the difficulty of regulatory reform. It is essential reading for students of regulation and environmental policy, for practitioners contemplating reform of ongoing regulatory programs, and for those interested in 330 8 $athe checkered history of Superfund. 606 $aIndustrial policy$zUnited States 606 $aIndustrial laws and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aHazardous wastes$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aIndustrial policy 615 0$aIndustrial laws and legislation 615 0$aHazardous wastes$xLaw and legislation 676 $a363.738/4 700 $aNakamura$b Robert T.$f1945-$01662232 701 $aChurch$b Thomas W.$f1945-$01120172 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819844203321 996 $aTaming regulation$94018754 997 $aUNINA