The Need for a Rhetorical Framework

Ultimately, this Cycle helps us see how the knowledge needed to manage hazards is a collaborative enterprise that must be constantly updated and recovered rhrough the processes of transformation and documentation we describe in this chapter. When agencies document information, they attempt to stabilize information for the record. But the cumulative body of documentation in an industry is constantly in flux as individuals continue to create new knowledge of the environments they seek to regulate. 

In 1990, Congress mandated a Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management when agreement could not be reached during the drafting of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments about 

The Commission ultimately interpreted its mandate broadly as a clear need to modify the traditional approaches used to assess and reduce risks Building on previous mcxlels of risk assessment, the Commission sought to add important new dimensions to the risk management process, actively engaging stakeholders in the process.  

In its Final Report, the Commission acknowledged that stakeholders could contribute valuable knowledge at all stages of the process. The Commission 

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