ABSTRACT
After evaluating environmental industry-and government-initiated programs, we will now study a successful government-run self-regulatory program from a related field, the OSHA VPP. This program also has over a decade more experience than Project XL. The VPP has some very attractive components that could be transferred into the environmental field, and the impetus behind its development also parallels the problem EPA and state environmental agencies now have — a need to move in a more collaborative direction to obtain better results. This case study investigates the history of the program, program elements, eligibility for participation, and an examination of its benefits and criticisms. Conclusions are drawn on what can be learned from the VPP principles to help us determine which of its aspects can be used to devise an environmental self-regulatory program.
