Douglas S. Eisinger

Smog Check (eBook, ePUB)

Science, Federalism, and the Politics of Clean Air

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When federal and state governments battle over environmental regulations, whose approach should prevail? Shortly after passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, a controversial U.S. EPA mandate led to an intense conflict between federal regulators and California politicians. The disagreement pitted EPA's required overhaul of auto inspections against California's desire to self-govern its test program - popularly called 'Smog Check.' The conflict nearly upended the Clean Air Act, and triggered dramatic policy shifts throughout the United States.

Smog Check presents these struggles in first-hand detail. Eisinger, an EPA official at the time of this conflict, probes deeply into the issues and explores broader questions including: when does it become imperative for agencies to bargain with one another, when should regulatory flexibility and performance-based regulations be favored over command and control approaches, and what should be done when decisions need to be made in the face of scientific disagreement? The book also includes insightful commentary from other EPA participants in the Smog Check controversy. Smog Check's lessons will be relevant to climate change, air pollution control, and numerous other policy challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136527173
• Artikelnr.: 38268642

Autorenporträt

Douglas S. Eisinger is the director of transportation policy and planning at Sonoma Technology, Inc. (STI). He was the mobile sources section chief for EPA Region 9 from 1991 through 1995. He has also been the program manager for the U.C. Davis-Caltrans Air Quality Project. In 2006-2007, he was a Resources for the Future Fellow in Environmental Regulatory Implementation. Also in 2006, Dr. Eisinger was selected as a national air quality expert by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Mary Nichols
Preface
The Art of Smog Check
Part I: Background
1. Introduction to a State vs. Federal Dispute
2. A Brief History Leading up to the Conflict
Part II: The Smog Check Conflict and its Outcomes
3. EPA Policy Runs into California Politics
4. Stalemate: Negotiations and Sanctions
5. The Deal: Flexibility Granted
6. Timelines: A Brief Visualization of the Debate Period
7. Smog Check's Legacy
Part III: Analysis
8. Why the Conflict Occurred
9. The Public, the Press, and Environmental Policy
10. Lessons Learned and a New Regulatory Tool
11. Epilogue: Viewpoints from Others at EPA
References
Appendices
A. Enhanced I/M Requirements in the 1990 CAAA
B. Automotive Air Pollution and Emission Standards
C. An Overview of the U.S. RSD Experience
Index
About the Author