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Assessing The Framework Of Policy Outcomes: The Case Of The U.S. Clean Air Act And Clean Water Act

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  • LUKE FOWLER

    (Department of Political Science, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, USA)

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The Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water Act (CWA) have been the lynchpins of the U.S. environmental policy for the last half century. Under both acts the federal government sets standards and the states implement, the outcomes of the CAA and CWA have not been the same however. While criteria air pollutants across the nation have been reduced or maintained under the management control strategies of the CAA, far less is known about the effects the CWA has had on water quality, even though, most agree water quality has improved since its implementation. These acts are built on similar frameworks, but the real difference lies on the embedded identification of assessment criteria. The CAA creates a rigid framework for the consistent identification and monitoring of air pollutants, while the CWA relies on a much more flexible system that varies over space and time. Thus, it is the embedded environmental assessment criteria within these acts that have led to different outcomes for similar policies.

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  • Luke Fowler, 2014. "Assessing The Framework Of Policy Outcomes: The Case Of The U.S. Clean Air Act And Clean Water Act," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(04), pages 1-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:16:y:2014:i:04:n:s1464333214500343
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333214500343
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    1. Luke Fowler & Chris Birdsall, 0. "Does the Primacy System Work? State versus Federal Implementation of the Clean Water Act," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Oxford University Press, vol. 51(1), pages 131-160.

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