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Federal agencies with environmental responsibilities |
Environmental Protection Agency, air / water / pesticides Solid Waste / hazardous waste toxic substances. Council on Environmental Quality, neeba oversight. Department of interior, BLM usfws / NPS. Department of Agriculture, usfs nrcs. Department of Health and Human Services, FDA |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Established in 1970, executive order. Serve of the public advocate for livable environment. Jurisdiction, air pollution, water pollution, hazardous waste disposal, pesticides, radiation, toxic substances, Solid Waste. |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Reports directly to president. Conducts its own research. Set standards. Supposedly politically independent. |
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Politics and EPA actions timeline |
1972, Willian ruckelshaus, action against Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland for discharging untreated sewage. 1980 anne Burford, eased enforcement, voluntary compliance, smaller Appropriations, enforcement budget cut by 45%, prosecution's cut from 200-250, Super fund administrator Rita Lavelle, distribute money for clean up to the advantage of Republicans. 1988 William Riley, 1990 Clean Air Act admendment, Council of competitiveness / OMB. 2000 through 2004 Christine Whitman / Mike Leavitt, we can clean air regulations. |
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State of Oregon environmental agencies |
Department of Agriculture, natural resource division, plant division. Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality program, environmental cleanup program, hazardous and solid as waste program, water quality program. Department of Fish and Wildlife. Department of Forestry. Department of geology and mineral Industries. Department of land conservation and Development. Department of State lands. Water Resources Department. Northwest electric power and conservation planning Council. |
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City of Portland environmental agencies |
Bureau of buildings, noise, flood Plains. Bureau of Environmental Services, industrial Wastewater discharge, stormwater, septic discharge, recycling. Planning Bureau, environmental overlay zones. Bureau of transportation engineering, air quality. Fire Bureau, hazardous substances. |
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Components of regulations part 1 |
Society senses a problem that regulatory response, risk to health, risks environment |
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Components of regulations part 2 |
Identify regulatory Target. Product, pollutant, industry, government agency, land use, individual |
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Components of regulations part 3 |
Select basis for control. Technology-based, risk-benefit, health-based |
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Components of regulations part 4 |
Choose type of Regulation. Design standard, performance standard, information disclosure, ambient standard, liability rules, taxes. |
