From Coercion to Partnership in Federal Partial Preemption
SMCRA, RCRA, and OSH Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6376141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Scicchitano, David M Hedge (0000-0003-3438-3057) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a038090 |
| OpenAlex | W2067000633 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
This article examines the experiences of three important partial-preemption programs—the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)—over the last two decades to improve our understanding of how federal-state interactions have shaped the regulatory partnership. The evidence we gather suggests that the control of regulatory programs has shifted over time back and forth between the federal government and the states. In the initial years of these programs, what the Congress intended to be a regulatory partnership was, in effect, almost total federal preemption of state authority. Under the Ronald Reagan administration, the opposite occurred; federal regulation in many cases became de facto state regulation as federal officials essentially abdicated their oversight responsibility. By the end of the 1980s, the federal government began again to assert greater control over intergovernmental regulatory programs. The regulatory relationship that emerged is one in which the federal government and the states share responsibility and authority for the implementation of these programs
Administration (probate law · Business · Coercion (linguistics · Federal law · Federal preemption · General partnership · Government (linguistics · Hazardous waste · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Preemption · Regulatory state · Resource Conservation and Recovery Act · State (computer science · State law · Statute · Engineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2021 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |