Article: The Reg-Neg process in action. (EPA's Regulatory-Negotiation)

In a traditional regulation making process, the Environmental Protection Agency develops and proposes a rule, solicits public comment, then publishes the final rule in the Federal Register. But in the case of wood finishing, EPA used a more novel approach after realizing that a wide chasm existed between the EPA's originally proposed guidelines, industry and environmental groups' viewpoints. In 1992, EPA assembled a regulatory-negotiation committee made up of state EPA officials and representatives of the wood products industry and environmentalist community.

The following are viewpoints of representatives from the woodworking industry and environmental groups who ...

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