Wisconsin Law Granting Regulatory Flexibility Seen As National Model

State officials from across the country are meeting this month in Wisconsin to examine a new state law that rewards companies that are good environmental actors with relaxed enforcement and granting them flexibility in meeting regulatory requirements. The Wisconsin program, which is being touted as a national model, expands on similar initiatives by EPA, such as Performance Track and Project XL, but which have failed to attract strong support from industry and the Bush administration. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's La...