Collaborating to Nowhere: The Imperative of Government Accountability for Restoring the Chesapeake Bay

Journal of Energy & Environmental Law, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2013, p. 51+

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-12

18 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2013

See all articles by Rena I. Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law; Center for Progressive Reform

Shana Jones

University of Georgia

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

This Article opens with an analysis of why the Chesapeake Bay Program will repeat its past failures unless a reliable mechanism for ensuring accountability is created. It then explains how the independent evaluator should be constructed to make possible the overall success of Bay restoration. Finally, it closes with a rebuttal of the arguments in favor of self-auditing and against independent review.

Keywords: Chesapeake Bay Program, restoration, water quality

Suggested Citation

Steinzor, Rena I. and Jones, Shana, Collaborating to Nowhere: The Imperative of Government Accountability for Restoring the Chesapeake Bay (2013). Journal of Energy & Environmental Law, Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 2013, p. 51+, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2232027

Rena I. Steinzor (Contact Author)

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law ( email )

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Baltimore, MD 21201-1786
United States

Center for Progressive Reform ( email )

500 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
United States

Shana Jones

University of Georgia ( email )

Athens, GA 30602-6254
United States

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