Indirect Regulation” of Environmental Hazards Through the Provision of Information to The Public
The Case of Sara, Title III
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard C Rich (Virginia Tech), W David Conn (Virginia Tech), William L Owens |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-34 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb01451.x |
| OpenAlex | W1972877098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 seeks to reduce the risks of chemical accidents through a strategy of indirect regulation that relies on providing the public with information about chemical hazards. For this strategy to be effective, citizens must aggressively utilize the information provided to monitor industrial practices and press for risk reduction. Since prior research suggests it is very difficult to evoke the degree of citizen action that would be required to make a strategy of indirect regulation successful, and since the federal legislation provided no funds for implementation, there is a question of whether the structures set up by Title III are sufficient to achieve its objectives. This article reports the results of anational study that examined selected aspects of the implementation of Title III in an effort to assess the likely outcome of its attempt at indirect regulation. Our focus is on the degree to which the Title III‐mandated Local Emergency Planning Committees are pursuing policies that are likely to get the necessary information to citizens and foster community debate on hazardous materials issues
Action (physics · Business · Economics · Hazardous waste · Legislation · Outcome (game theory · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Superfund · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Law · Public Administration · Risk and Safety Analysis · Risk Perception and Management
Environmental Information Disclosure Programs
Evidence and Policy and Naming and Shaming
Citizen participation and emprowerment
The authoritarian logic of regulatory pluralism
Member Commitment and Participation in Local Emergency Planning Committees
Regulation through Information
Do Manufacturers Pollute Less Under the Regulation-Through-Information Regime? What Plant-Level Data Tell Us
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2016 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |