ABSTRACT
Our investigation of strip mine control in Kentucky raises six questions of general interest for the political analysis of state-level environmental reform:
Where does the impetus for environmental reform come from?
How important are clientele groups?
How does federal policy impinge upon state decision making?
Who emerges as the spokesmen for localities which are directly affected by the reform?
What influence does the format of the enabling legislation have on regulatory performance?
What are the latent consequences of ostensibly unrelated policies for the environmental reform policy?
