REGULATORY REFORM INITIATIVES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

REGULATION THROUGH NEGOTIATION:

THE NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING ACT
MAY 13, 1988

REGULATORY REFORM: FEDERALISM AND THE
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT

SEPTEMBER 14, 1988

STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE REGULATORY REGIME OCTOBER 3, 1988

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Marshall Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States,

accompanied by David Pritzker, attorney...

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Thomas E. Kelly, Director, Office of Standards and Regulations, Office of

Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection Agency, accom-

panied by Chris Kirtz, Director, Regulatory Negotiation Project

Philip Harter, attorney at law, Washington, DC.....

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Kelly M. Brown, executive engineer, Fuel Economy, Emissions, and Noise

Control Program, Ford Motor Co.

David D. Doniger, senior staff attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council......

David F. Zoll, vice president and general counsel, Chemical Manufacturers

Association..................

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988

Jonathan Lash, secretary, Agency of Natural Resources, State of Vermont.......

Jeffrey H. Schiff, executive director, National Association of Towns & Town-

ships.

Joan L. Beardmore, clerk, Warren Township, Washington County, OH.

Jeffrey L. Leiter, small business representative, Collier, Shannon, Rill &

Scott....

Frank A. Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration..

Richard D. Morgenstern, Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Environmental

Protection Agency, accompanied by Louise Jacobs, Chief Counsel for Advo-

cacy

Elliot Schwartz, Acting Assistant Director for National Resources and Com-

merce Division, Congressional Budget Office, accompanied by Roger Dower,

Chief, Energy and Environment Group, and Frances Sussman, staff

member

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1988

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Joan Claybrook, president, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC,

accompanied by David Vladeck, senior attorney

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Richard A. Wegman, partner, Wegman & Hoff, Washington, DC.

W. Kip Viscusi, George G. Allen professor of economics, Duke University

Jay Plager, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Policy,

Office of Management and Budget

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