Smog Check : Science, Federalism, and the Politics of Clean Air

ISBN-13: 9781933115719 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 252 str.

Opis

Shortly after passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, a controversial US EPA mandate led to an intense conflict between federal regulators and California politicians. This title includes insightful commentary from other EPA participants in the Smog Check controversy. Its lessons will be relevant to numerous policy challenges.

O autorze

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).