[3] In 1972, they continued refining the cap-and-trade model at the newly created Environmental Protection Agency, and it was proposed to Congress in the EPA's annual report.
[4] He became branch chief of the Hazardous Waste Management Division in 1974,[1] which had about 22 people in it,[5] and contributed to the passing of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
On June 15, 1978, new orders were delivered by Sanjour's boss, John Lehman,[6] from the "politically appointed office director", Thomas Jorling,[7] insisting that the federal budget had to be reduced on President Jimmy Carter's orders, and, as such, that the Hazardous Waste Management Division had to be reduced in scope: the petroleum industry, among others, was not to be covered by regulations, which were not to be based on whether waste caused cancer or birth defects, or was poisonous or radioactive.
We were required to write public documents which we knew were misleading.Initially, Sanjour sought to enforce the spirit of the RCRA internally, but the EPA transferred him to a position with 'no duties' in 1979,[2] in a department with 'no people and no function'.
She asked Sanjour to be an unpaid technical advisor for the CHEJ, and he accepted; he then began flying to speak to environmental groups.