Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Cry Wolf Quotes
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.
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.
We estimate it will take approximately 9 man-months to meet the law’s mandates for each plant. Considering that E. F. Houghton has six plants in the United States, it would consume 4 _ man-years to meet S.51’s proposed paperwork burden.
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B. Michel Robin, chairman of Government Affairs, Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association.
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.
