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Association: Name: The Midwest Political Science Association URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Daley, Dorothy. "Public Participation and Bureaucratic Decision-Making: Citizen Groups and the Environmental Protection Agency" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 15, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83772_index.html>

Daley, D. M. , 2004-04-15 "Public Participation and Bureaucratic Decision-Making: Citizen Groups and the Environmental Protection Agency" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83772_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: In recent years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has instituted a variety of changes that are designed to increase stakeholder involvement in agency activities. In addition to traditional public involvement strategies, such as public notices, hearings, and general community outreach, the agency has developed alternative approaches aimed at increasing awareness and involvement of those directly affected by EPA actions. For example, in Superfund, the federal program that deals with remediating the nation's worst abandoned and uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, EPA officials have fostered Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) at some hazardous waste sites, as well as funding local community groups with Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs). Both CAGs and TAGs are designed to improve community awareness regarding activities at a Superfund site, along with increasing stakeholder participation in EPA's decision-making for specific sites. This paper will examine the influence of these community-based approaches on two different aspects of decision-making: (1) Remedy Selection and; (2) Citizen Satisfaction. First, I will explore whether or not clean up decisions at Superfund sites are systematically different when CAGs and TAGs are present. I will create and empirically test a model of bureaucratic decision-making for Superfund sites. The dependent variable for this research is an ordinal measure of remedy selection at Superfund sites. Remediation decisions are categorized by health protectiveness, with institutional controls offering the least protective remediation, while permanent clean up approaches, such as detoxifying a site, offering the most health protective solutions. The model includes explanatory variables that reflect the severity of contamination at a site, as well as including socio-economic, demographic, and political characteristics of surrounding communities. I also note when CAGs and TAGs are present at a site. This analysis explores the relative influence of these different factors, including the presence of organized community participation, on remedy selection at Superfund sites throughout the US. I test this model using multivariate regression techniques appropriate for limited dependant variables, such as ordinal logistic regression. Data for this analysis have been collected from EPA's Superfund database and additional secondary data sources, such as Census data. The second aspect of this paper examines the influence of these community groups on citizen satisfaction with EPA decision-making. To explore this relationship, I am surveying 15 – 20 community members at 18 Superfund sites in EPA’s Region 7 (totally 270 – 360 potential respondents). Nine of the eighteen sites included in this research have community advisory groups. The mail survey gathers data regarding the level of satisfaction with decision-making as well as measures of trust in government and efficacy of public participation. Survey data will be analyzed to determine if there are significant differences in satisfaction and trust in government between CAG and non-CAG sites. The survey research is funded through EPA’s Region’s 7. The survey was delivered in spring 2003 with data entry and analysis completed during the fall of 2003. Taken together, these two different analytical approaches will provide a more complete picture of the relationship between public participation and environmental decision-making.

Pluralism, Agency Autonomy, or Bureaucratic Capture? Public Participation in State Agency Rulemaking

Measuring the Group Decision Making Process in a Simulated Crisis Decision-Making Environment