Improving the Environment : an Evaluation of the DOE's Environmental Management Program.

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1995.
Temas:
United States. > Department of Energy.
United States. > Department of Energy
Environmental management.
Environnement > Gestion.
environmental control.
Environmental management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Improving the Environment
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE
  • Contents
  • PART I SYNTHESIS REPORT
  • Introduction
  • PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S LEGACY
  • FUNDAMENTAL PRECEPTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
  • Risk Associated with the Program
  • Cost of the Program
  • Length of the Program
  • Science and Technology in the Program
  • Environmental Mission or Environmental Ethic?
  • ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT'S NOTABLE INITIATIVES
  • Research and Development Initiative
  • Contractor Relations
  • Budgeting Process
  • Public ParticipationPrincipal Recommendations
  • RESULTS NEEDED NOW
  • Responsible Stewardship
  • Land-Use Planning
  • INCENTIVES, METRICS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY
  • GOALS AND PRIORITIES
  • Establishing a System for Setting Priorities
  • Need for More-Specific Goals
  • Attributes of a Priority-Setting System
  • Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Focus Areas
  • National Laboratories, Universities, and Industry: Partnerships and Competition
  • REGULATORY MEASURES
  • External Regulation
  • Overcoming Regulatory Obstaclesâ€?Using Existing FlexibilityStreamlining Regulatory Measures
  • Lead Regulator
  • PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: SEARCHING FOR CONSENSUS TO ACHIEVE CREDIBILITY
  • REFERENCES
  • PART II EVALUATION OF REGULATORY MEASURES
  • Introduction
  • Our Approach to Evaluating Regulatory Measures
  • Regulation of DOE's Environmental Management Program
  • DOE AS AN EXTERNALLY REGULATED ENTITY
  • SELF-REGULATION
  • DOE ORDERS
  • MULTIPLE REGULATORS
  • CURRENT ACTIVITIES
  • POSSIBLE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS
  • Responsible Stewardship
  • Land-Use PlanningResidual-Risk Regulation and National Cleanup Standards
  • Cost Effectiveness and Risk Considerations
  • Overall Findings and Recommendations
  • STREAMLINING THE REGULATORY PROCESS
  • RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP
  • REFERENCES
  • Appendix Various Perspectives on DOE's Environmental Management Program
  • PART III PRIORITY-SETTING TIMING, AND STAGING
  • Introduction
  • Current Realities and Historical Context
  • An Inclusive System
  • Attributes of a Priority-Setting System
  • Implementation of a Priority-Setting System
  • RELATIONSHIP OF OTHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO PRIORITY-SETTINGINCENTIVES, METRICS, AND FEEDBACK
  • BUDGETING
  • PERSONNEL
  • CONTRACTING
  • Criteria for Setting Priorities
  • USING RISK
  • Tools
  • Conclusions
  • REFERENCES
  • Appendix One Approach
  • PART IV UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Introduction
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FACING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
  • PROBLEMS IN CORRECTING THE LEGACY
  • Findings and Recommendations
  • GENERAL GUIDANCE
  • TECHNOLOGY SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT
  • TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
  • Policy

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