Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts (1997) / Chapter Skim
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1: INTRODUCTION
1: INTRODUCTION
Pages 7-14
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Also, government is recognizing that environmental protection approaches initiated by industry can sometimes be more effective than those prescribed in environmental regulations. Such efforts are part of a change in the nation's environmental outlook and evolution from sole reliance on regulatory controls to a multifaceted outlook that combines the goals of environmental protection with long-term business success.
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They include partnerships between industry and government, national environmental orgaruzations, local community groups, industry consortia with environmental goals, environmental management standards, labeling and certification programs, and state and federal programs for encouraging improved industrial environmental performance. Many industry-initiated environmental programs have been encouraged and aided by government programs, including the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Industrial Technologies programs, the Environmental Protection Agency's 33/50 Program, the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, and other federal and state programs.
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For example, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, combined with the high cost of hazardous waste disposal, created incentives for industry to reduce the amount of hazardous waste produced. Also, the 1986 passage of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPIGRAM contributed to the growth of industry-initiated environmental protection programs.
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The study reported that, by assessing various methods to reduce pollutant releases from the Yorktown facility, about 95% of the release reductions required by regulations and statutes can be achieved for 20-25 % of the costs for these programs. The study revealed large unregulated emission sources due to loading operations that could be controlled more cost effectively than the emission reductions achieved by existing regulations.
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Industry-initiated programs can enable industry to use a more efficient approach in achieving a desired environmental benefit. Although self-initiated programs might be appealing to industry, efforts to promote such programs may be threatened as industry and government facility managers assess whether to take further selfinitiated action after the most easily achieved environment goals are met.
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The National Research Council's Committee on Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Protection prepared this report on nonregulatory efforts undertaken in recent years by manufacturing industries, DOE, EPA, and others to enhance and sustain environmental efforts initiated by industry and government facility managers. The committee included members with expertise in industrial economics, environmental regulation, manufacturing, toxic chemical releases, engineering, and management.
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. The report discusses steps that government agencies might take to promote industry-initiated efforts and to broaden the range of effective environmental-protection approaches.
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