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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Overcoming Regulatory Obstacles�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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Annotation Contains the reports of four subcommittees addressing remedial- action and waste-management problems outlined by the US Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management in the wake of 50 years of nuclear weapons development and testing. Includes several appendices but no index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or |
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""The vision"" |
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Print version record |
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United States. Department of Energy.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Department of Energy. fast (OCoLC)fst01852518 |
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Environmental management.
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environmental control.
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Environmental management.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309596688 |
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0309596688 |
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9780309054409 |
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0309054400 |
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