Comparative risk: What makes a successful project?

Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-80

  Gutenson, Debra ^a,b  

^a Off of Plcy Plan and Evaluation

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 0031392028     PISSN: 10643958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (39)

1. See Washington Clean Air Act, Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §70.94 (West 1991).
2. See Green Mountain Institute for Environmental Democracy, The Resource Guide to Comparative Risk (3rd ed., 1997) .
3. See id.
4. "Higher-risk areas" include the following: indoor air; radon; worker exposure; global climate change; stratospheric ozone; pesticides; wetlands and habitat alteration; drinking water; nonpoint sources; criteria air pollutants; estuaries, coasts and oceans; and air toxics. See Debra H. Gutenson & Susan L. Santos, Risk Communication and Public Involvement Methods in Comparative Projects, Presented at the Society for Risk Analysis 2 (Dec. 7, 1993) (copy on file with the author).
5. See COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL MEANS FOR ASSESSMENT OF RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: MANAGING THE PROCESS (1983).
6. See, e.g., John Kadvang, From Comparative risk to Decision Analysis, Presented to the Society for Risk Analysis (Dec. 1994); WORST THINGS FIRST? THE DEBATE OVER RISK-BASED NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES (Adam M. Finkel & Dominic Golding, eds., 1994).
7. See, e.g., John Kadvang, From Comparative risk to Decision Analysis, Presented to the Society for Risk Analysis (Dec. 1994); WORST THINGS FIRST? THE DEBATE OVER RISK-BASED NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES (Adam M. Finkel & Dominic Golding, eds., 1994).
8. See Memorandum on Integrated Environmental Management Projects and Comparative Risk Projects, Regulatory Integration Division of the Office of Policy Analysis (OPPE) (1988) (copy on file with author) [hereinafter OPPE Memo].
9. See Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Geographic Integration Projects (1987).
10. See OPPE Memo, supra note 7.
11. See id.
12. See id.
13. See id.
14. See id..
15. See id.
16. See id.
17. See id.
18. See id.
19. See id.
20. See ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS (1987).
21. Id.
22. Id at ii.
23. See OPPE Memo, supra note 7.
24. In order to receive cooperative agreement funds from EPA to conduct a comparative risk project, the applicant must convince the Agency of a commitment to the following: •participation of key governmental and non-governmental stakeholders •extensive public participation •analysis of human health, ecosystem health and quality of life risks •ranking of environmental risks •development of risk management strategies Beyond an agreement to perform these core activities, the process may be customized to meet individual project needs. While EPA offers guidance, training and suggestions on such matters as specific committee structure and membership, timing and sequencing of events, the actual analysis and ranking, and building and maintaining community support and interest, the actual decisions are client driven - the project participants, not EPA, make the decisions.
25. See RICHARD MINARD & KENNETH JONES, THE NORTHEAST CTR. FOR COMPARATIVE RISK, STATE COMPARATIVE RISK PROJECTS: A FORCE FOR CHANGE 19 (1993) [hereinafter FORCE FOR CHANGE]; JOANNE DEA & SUE THOMAS, BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN STATE COMPARATIVE RISK PROJECTS 4 (Apr. 1997) (copy on file with author) [hereinafter BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE].
26. See RICHARD MINARD & KENNETH JONES, THE NORTHEAST CTR. FOR COMPARATIVE RISK, STATE COMPARATIVE RISK PROJECTS: A FORCE FOR CHANGE 19 (1993) [hereinafter FORCE FOR CHANGE]; JOANNE DEA & SUE THOMAS, BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN STATE COMPARATIVE RISK PROJECTS 4 (Apr. 1997) (copy on file with author) [hereinafter BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE].
27. See FORCE FOR CHANGE, supra note 24, at 7, 75.
28. See The Northeast Ctr. for Comparative Risk, 5 THE COMPARATIVE RISK BULLETIN 4 (July/Aug. 1995) .
29. See The Northeast Ctr. for Comparative Risk, 2 THE COMPARATIVE RISK BULLETIN 3-4 (Apr. 1992) .
30. See Education at the Heart of It All in Ohio, 1 SYNERGY 7 (Nov./Dec. 1996); BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE, supra note 24, at 3.
31. See EDWARD DELHAGEN & JOANNE DEA, WESTERN CTR. FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING, COMPARATIVE RISK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: LESSONS FROM THE ROAD i, 7 (1996) [hereinafter LESSONS FROM THE ROAD]; Northeast Ctr. for Comparative Risk, supra note 26, at 4.
32. See LESSONS FROM THE ROAD, supra note 29, at i.
33. See BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE, supra note 24, at 4.
34. See Northeast Ctr. for Comparative Risk, 5 THE COMPARATIVE RISK BULLETIN 7 (May/June 1995). .
35. See BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE, supra note 24, at 3.
36. See id. at 3.
37. See id. at 4, 7.
38. See id. at 11, 40.
39. See id. at 4-5, 52.