IMPLEMENTING ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES IN ENERGY MATERIALS TRANSPORT: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY POLICY-MAKING MECHANISMS

This report defines policy-making channels within Federal agencies for the strategy implementation efforts of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project entitled ''Development and Implementation of Strategies to Conserve Energy in Energy Materials Transport and Through Modal Shifts.'' The report's research involved review and analysis of government-agency policy-making mechanisms. Research methods included interviews with 36 regulatory officials, and review of pertinent legislative, organizational and other technical materials. Emphasis was placed upon relevant Federal agencies and summary treatment given other federal, state, and local agencies. In addition to DOE, the ICC, DOT, DOI, EPA, and Council on Environmental Quality were found to be highly important to the implementation of strategies developed during this project. Brief case studies were also made of states and localities which have had significant effects upon energy materials transport systems. The main findings of the report are that two primary channels exist for effecting this project's policy-oriented strategies: inputs to legislation and inducement of regulatory involvements. In addition, interviews with Federal agency officials during the research produced two significant suggestions for implementing strategies--to hold internal DOE and inter-agency briefings.

• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

  9700 South Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • BERTRAM, K M
• Publication Date: 1978-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 62 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Deregulation; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Energy resources; Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Equipment; Federal government; Freight traffic; Implementation; Laws; Modal diversion; Organizations; Policy; Policy making; Regulations; State government; Transportation; Transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Transportation; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy sources; Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Government regulations; Strategy; Us doi; Us epa
• Subject Areas: Energy; Law; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00191870
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 11 1979 12:00AM