1. Introduction -- 2. The Origins and Development of The Environmental Protection Agency -- 3. Revising the Ozone Standard / Marc Karnis Landy and Valle Nazar -- 4. Writing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Regulations -- 5. Passing Superfund -- 6. Forging a Cancer Policy: The Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group / Marc Karnis Landy and Margaret Gerteis -- 7. The Steel Industry and Enforcing the Clean Air Act -- Conclusion: The Lessons of the Cases -- 8. The Reagan Administration -- 9. The Bush Administration -- 10. The Clinton Administration -- 11. The Wrong Questions and the Right Questions.