Environmental federalism at decade's end: New approaches and strategies

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-145

  Kraft, Michael E ^a   Scheberle, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

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EID: 0040350092     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a029944     Document Type: Article

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37. Congressional authorization for combining up to 16 categorical grants was given in the 1996 Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act. See U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Performance Partnership Grants for State and Tribal Environmental Programs: Revised Interim Guidance (Washington, D.C., EPA, July 1996), p. 1.
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