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Environmental Law and American Business - Dilemmas of Compliance (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
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Environmental Law and American Business - Dilemmas of Compliance (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
Series: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Environmental Policy and Planning
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We are in the second decade of modem environmental law. By some
indicators this body of regulation has matured greatly. We can
point to statutes and codes at the federal, state, and local levels
which address almost every conceivable form of pollution and
environmental insult. Yet, despite the existence of this large body
of law, despite considerable expenditures on enforcement, and
despite the energetic efforts of people sympathetic to
environmental objectives, violations are numerous. Serious
pollution problems are commonplace. Love Canal, the Valley of the
Drums, Times Beach, and Stringfellow Acid Pits epitomize the
national environmental quality challenge. Daily, a major illegal
disposal of haz ardous waste is recorded; a new mismanaged dump
site is discovered; a toxic substance is found in our drinking
water; or a failure to meet a water or air quality standard is
identified. Many of these violations involve American business.
Failures to comply are of several types. A small businessman in
Pennsylvania mistakenly allows a spillover of a pollutant into a
protected stream. An industrialist in the Midwest adds to his
fortune by illegally dumping dangerous chemicals. A series of
errors by several firms, some of which no longer exist, combine to
create a health threatening conflagration on the West Coast. An
automobile company interprets one of the almost innumerable air
pollution rules differently from government: It produces a car
which the government says fails to comply with the Clean Air Act."
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