NAÏVE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LEGISLATIVE INVOLVEMENT

Dan Wolz

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NAÏVE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LEGISLATIVE INVOLVEMENT

Abstract

It's probably a good thing that the newly formed Biosolids Committee (1993) of the Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) did not see Otto VonBismark's famous words before we marched down the trail of forming a new Michigan law based on the federal rules known as 40CFR Part 503. Had we known of the quote we may not have embarked on the journey. This presentation is the story of how an organization (MWEA), mobilized with not much more than passion, perseverance and lots of naivete, managed to convince State of Michigan legislators and regulators of the need for regulation of biosolids.

It's probably a good thing that the newly formed Biosolids Committee (1993) of the Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) did not see Otto VonBismark's famous words before we marched down the trail of forming a new Michigan law based on the federal rules known as 40CFR Part 503. Had we known of the quote we may not have embarked on the journey. This presentation is the story of how an...

Author(s)

Dan Wolz

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

SubjectSession 11: Politics of Biosolids: “A Call to Action”

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Jan, 2001

ISSN1938-6478

SICI1938-6478(20010101)2001:1L.794;1-

DOI10.2175/193864701784993065

Volume / Issue2001 / 1

Content sourceResiduals and Biosolids Conference