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Spheres of Influence
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| Partnerships to Protect Dan VanderMeer Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unexpected and unprecedented step in 1989 by inviting business and industry representatives to participate in a voluntary effort to reduce emissions of 17 hazardous substances by 33% in four years and by 50% in six years. In the period since, federal regulatory agencies have created many more opportunities for chief executives and managers of industrial departments of health, safety, and environment to participate in voluntary programs and in framing new regulations and standards. Recent reports of successful negotiations on environmental and worker safety protection regulations indicate that business and industry may have reached some peace with federal agencies on these issues. But difficulties remain in bringing regulators and businesses together to work on contentious issues of cost and compliance.
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