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Federal Environmental Policy: A Summary Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Roy R. Carriker
Roy R. Carriker*
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, the University of Florida, Gainesville
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Abstract

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which was signed into law on January 1,1970, has come to be regarded as the first major piece of federal legislation to call for comprehensive attention to environmental concerns in the United States. During the two decades following enactment of NEPA, Congress adopted and then refined major legislation on nearly every aspect of environmental quality concerns: air pollution, water pollution, drinking water quality, hazardous waste management, wildlife protection, pesticide use, and several related problem areas. Current arguments for environmental regulatory reform are a phase in the continuing evolution of this body of federal environmental policy.

Keywords

environmental policyenvironmental regulationregulatory reform
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , July 1996 , pp. 99 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1996

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