In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, this book brings together leading scholars and EPA veterans to provide a comprehensive assessment of the agencys key decisions and actions in the various areas of its responsibility. Themes across all chapters include the role of rulemaking, negotiation/compromise, partisan polarization, judicial impacts, relations with the White House and Congress, public opinion, interest group pressures, environmental enforcement, environmental justice, risk assessment, and interagency conflict. As no other book on the market currently discusses EPA with this focus or scope, the authors have set out to provide a comprehensive analysis of the agencys rich 50-year history for academics, students, professional, and the environmental community.

A. James Barnesis Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University where for 30 years he has taught environmental law in the O'Neill School and in the Maurer School of Law. From 1970 -1973 he served as Assistant and Chief of Staff to EPA's first Administrator, William Ruckelshaus, and later served as EPA General Counsel (1983-1985) and Deputy Administrator (1985-1988).

John D. Grahamis Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Paul H. ONeill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He is a specialist in risk analysis who worked closely with EPA during his time as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the George W. Bush administration from 2001-2006. He was the founding director of the Center for Risk Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health (1985-2001).

David M. Koniskyis Professor at the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University where his research and teaching focus on environmental politics and policy, federalism, public opinion, and environmental justice.

Contents

Preface vii

Editors Note xi

1The Establishment of EPA 1

A. James Barnes

2Clean Air: Regulation of Stationary Sources 41

William F. Pedersen

3Clean Air: Controls on Cars, Trucks, and Fuels 83

John D. Graham

4EPA and Climate Change 121

Jody Freeman

5EPA and the Clean Water Act 167

Jonathan Z. Cannon

6Safe Drinking Water 211

James Salzman

7Addressing Land Disposal of Wastes 241

Marcia Williams

8Cleanup of Uncontrolled Waste Sites 281

Gene Lucero and Marcia Williams

9Regulation of Chemicals, Pesticides, and Genetically

Engineered Organisms 309

John D. Graham and Penelope Fenner-Crisp

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10Environmental Science at EPA: Providing Good Science

for Relevant Policy 351

Terry F. Yosie and Bernard D. Goldstein

11How Economics Has Contributed to EPA 393

Richard D. Morgenstern

12Politics and EPA 443

David M. Konisky and Megan Mullin

13Agenda Setting at EPA 485

John D. Graham and Jonathan B. Wiener

14EPA at Fifty: A Look Back and Forward 523

David M. Konisky

Appendix: List of Administrators of US Environmental

Protection Agency 569

Bibliography 571

Index 621

About the Authors 653