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A Friendly Revolt
Author(s) -
Gaston John M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1996.tb06509.x
Subject(s) - gridlock , negotiation , quality (philosophy) , safe drinking water act , business , process (computing) , rule of law , law , law and economics , political science , water quality , economics , politics , biology , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , operating system
Although the 1986 SDWA amendments made dramatic changes, primarily in the number of water quality regulations, the flurry of regulatory activity that started in late 1992 with the regulatory‐negotiation (reg‐neg) process has now died down. The reg neg eventually resulted in proposals for the Information Collection Rule (ICR), the Disinfectants/Disinfection By‐Products (D/DBP) Rule, and the Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (ESWTR), but since these rules were proposed in early 1994, the regulatory process has slowly been grinding to a halt. The author suggests that given the regulatory gridlock in Washington, DC, perhaps this is the time to seize the moment and become a more self‐regulating industry.