ECONOMIC LAW ENFORCEMENT. VOLUME IV. STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: ILLEGAL FILLING

The report is part of a set which has been prepared by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, describing a promising approach to the enforcement of environmental laws now being implemented and tested in Connecticut. The new approach, through the use of administratively imposed civil penalties, uses economic incentives that can be adjusted to meet different levels of resistance or cooperation. At most, the penalty to a violator would not exceed the cost of meeting his environmental requirements. It thus removes the economic advantage of deferring clean up activities without being unduly harsh.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-258 533.
• Corporate Authors:

  Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

  Hartford, CT  United States 

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Dallas, TX  United States  75202
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 122 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Breakwaters; Costs; Docks; Economic factors; Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Fills; Law enforcement; Licenses; Penalties; Regulations; Solid waste disposal; Structures; Surveys
• Identifier Terms: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
• Uncontrolled Terms: Boundaries; Cost analysis; Violations
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations; Environmental policy act
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Law; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., EPA/901/9-76/003d
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM