Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Cry Wolf Quotes
In reviewing the proposed form mandated by S.51, it appears that much of the information required would not be useable….[and] The costs to small businesses of measuring such emissions would be staggering.
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B. Michel Robin, chairman of Government Affairs, Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association.
[Requiring small businesses to report their toxic releases would] cost thousands of dollars for over 100,000 small business facilities, many of which have profits in the $10,000 range.
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George Bush’s Small Business Administration feared that the cost of the right-to-know law would be prohibitive.
To expect well over half a million small businesses to adhere to these extensive requirements would be regulatory overkill.
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Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, of the Reagan’s Small Business Administration.
Right-to-Know: Much Pain, Little Gain [for Small Businesses]
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The title of an article by Kevin L. Bromberg, Assistant Chief Counsel for Energy and Environment at the Bush Administration’s Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Only date available: September/October 1988.
