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An assessment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Environmental Performance Track Program /

This report addresses the conceptual basis of the National Environmental Performance Track program, a voluntary program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency between 2000 and 2009; its program design; and its implementation. Performance Track sought to improve the quality of the environmen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Rand Environment, Energy, and Economic Development (Program), Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
Otros Autores: Hassell, Scott, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, ©2010.
©2010
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-732-EPA.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Voluntary environmental programs
  • An overview of performance track
  • Methodology
  • Assessment of performance track's concept and design phases
  • Assessment of performance track's implementation phase
  • Cooperation with other state and EPA programs
  • The role of voluntary and regulatory programs in accelerating environmental improvements
  • Findings, conclusions, and lessons learned for moving forward with voluntary programs at EPA
  • Appendix A: Semistructured interview questions
  • Appendix B: Discussion guide for focus groups with performance track members
  • Appendix C: Discussion guide for focus group with EPA regional coordinators.