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Pesticide Regulation and the Rule-Making Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Maureen L. Cropper
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park Resources for the Future
William N. Evans
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
Stephen J. Berardi
Affiliation:
New University of Lisbon
Maria M. Ducla-Soares
Affiliation:
New University of Lisbon
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Extract

In previous work (Cropper et al.), we examined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision to cancel or continue the registration of pesticides that went through its Special Review process between 1975 and 1989. Our focus in that paper was on the final decision (Notice of Final Determination) issued by the EPA at the end of the rule-making process. Specifically, we asked whether this decision could be explained by the reported risks and benefits associated with pesticide use, and by the comments of special-interest groups that were entered in the public docket.

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Copyright
Copyright © 1992 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

We would like to thank Roger Holtorf and Paul Portney for their help with this research.

References

Cropper, Maureen L., Evans, William N., Berardi, Stephen J., Ducla-Soares, Maria M., and Portney, Paul R.The Determinants of Pesticide Regulation: A Statistical Analysis of EPA Decisionmaking.” Journal of Political Economy 100 (1992):175–97.Google Scholar
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Report on the Status of Chemicals in the Special Review Program and Registration Standards in the Registration Program.” Washington, DC: Office of Pesticide Programs, 1989.Google Scholar