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050			_aGE 180 .M56 2012
100			_aMintz, Joel A. _eauthor
245		0	_aEnforcement at the EPA : _bhigh stakes and hard choices / _cJoel A. Mintz
260			_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _cc2012
300			_aviii, 313 pages : _billustrations ; _c28 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Introduction -- 2. "Where the Rubber Hits the Road and Everything Else Hits the Fan": A Brief Description of EPA's Enforcement Process and the Superfund Program -- 3. Heavy Seas before the Maelstrom: EPA Enforcement in the 1970s -- 4. Destruction, Confusion, Confrontation, and Disarray: EPA Enforcement and Congressional Oversight in the Gorsuch Era -- 5. "Away from the Brink"--But Not Out of the Woods: EPA Enforcement from 1983 to 1989 -- 6. Modest Progress and Renewed Suspicion: EPA Enforcement in the Bush I Administration -- 7. "Neither the Best of Times nor the Worst of Times": EPA Enforcement during the Clinton Administration -- 8. Suspicions, Schisms, and Partial Revival: EPA Enforcement during the Bush II Administration -- 9. Lessons Learned: Some Observations on Congressional Oversight, Organizational Structure, Management Approaches, and Career Staff Trends -- 10. Did Industry Capture EPA Enforcement? Captive Agency Theory and Its (Partial) Applicability -- 11. EPA Enforcement in the Context of Federal Civil Service Decline.
520			_aThe definitive history and assessment of the Environmental Protection Agency's role as America's environmental watchdog.
650			_aUNITED STATES -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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