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Vol. 8, No. 9 Week of March 02, 2003
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Regulatory risk assessment flawed, new DEC chief says

Incorrectly used, risk assessment directs attention to infinitesimal harm; Ballard says it’s time to choose rationality over fatalism

Kristen Nelson

PNA Editor-in-Chief

Ernesta Ballard, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, has issued a call for reconsideration of how one of the basic tools of regulators is being used. Risk assessment — a crucial tool in environmental regulation — has been turned against regulatory agencies, Ballard said Feb....

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