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Now revised and updated through the Clinton and second Bush administrations, Enforcement at the EPA is the definitive history and assessment of the Environmental Protection Agency’s role as America’s environmental watchdog.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. 1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-8
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  1. 2. “Where the Rubber Hits the Road and Everything Else Hits the Fan”: A Brief Description of EPA’s Enforcement Process and the Superfund Program
  2. pp. 9-20
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  1. 3. Heavy Seas before the Maelstrom: EPA Enforcement in the 1970s
  2. pp. 21-40
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  1. 4. Destruction, Confusion, Confrontation, and Disarray: EPA Enforcement and Congressional Oversight in the Gorsuch Era
  2. pp. 41-61
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  1. 5. “Away from the Brink”—But Not Out of the Woods: EPA Enforcement from 1983 to 1989
  2. pp. 62-86
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  1. 6. Modest Progress and Renewed Suspicion: EPA Enforcement in the Bush I Administration
  2. pp. 87-103
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  1. 7. “Neither the Best of Times nor the Worst of Times”: EPA Enforcement during the Clinton Administration
  2. pp. 104-139
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  1. 8. Suspicions, Schisms, and Partial Revival: EPA Enforcement during the Bush II Administration
  2. pp. 140-183
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  1. 9. Lessons Learned: Some Observations on Congressional Oversight, Organizational Structure, Management Approaches, and Career Staff Trends
  2. pp. 184-202
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  1. 10. Did Industry Capture EPA Enforcement? Captive Agency Theory and Its (Partial) Applicability
  2. pp. 203-223
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  1. 11. EPA Enforcement in the Context of Federal Civil Service Decline
  2. pp. 224-231
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  1. Appendix A. Persons Interviewed
  2. pp. 232-236
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  1. Appendix B. Government Service Job Titles of Individuals Interviewed by Author
  2. pp. 237-243
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  1. Appendix C. Standard Interview Questionnaire in Interviews Prior to 2003
  2. pp. 244-245
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  1. Appendix D. Standard Interview Questions Asked in All Interviews Beginning in 2003
  2. p. 246
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 247-304
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 305-313
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