Environmental Law

This is FindLaw’s collection of Environmental Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. Environmental law is the collection of statutes and regulations pertaining to air quality, water quality, the wilderness, endangered wildlife and other environmental factors. The umbrella of environmental legislation covers many laws and regulations, yet they all work together toward a common goal, which is regulating the interaction between man and the natural world to reduce threats to the environment and increase public health. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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New Land Disposal Restrictions Govern Metal-Bearing Waste, Mineral Processing Waste and Contaminated Soil

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a significant rule under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) concerning the disposal of hazardous waste on land. Known as the Phase IV land disposal ...
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New Prospective Purchaser Agreements

On January 10, 2000, EPA published three documents designed to streamline the process for evaluating and negotiating Prospective Purchaser Agreements (PPAs) which are agreements designed to allow parties to purchase sites on the National Priorities ...
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New Rules Aim To Improve New Jersey’s Water Quality

Goodwin is the regional managing partner of the Princeton office of Philadelphia's Saul Ewing LLP, where she handles environmental and insurance regulatory matters. She currently serves as vice chair of the New Jersey Clean Water Council. Kozinski ...
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New Source Review’s Clean Unit Provision

In June, Kentucky's Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet (Cabinet) amended its regulations to include the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Clean Unit provision. Kentucky is one of the first states to adopt EPA's December 31, 2002 ...
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New Storm Water Regulations

On December 8, 1999, EPA adopted new regulations governing the discharge of storm water. The regulations will be effective on February 7, 2000. They expand the existing NPDES Storm Water Program to address storm water discharges from small municipal ...
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New Underground Storage Tank Regulations Looming Large in 1998

is an important date for , their lenders, lawyers and consultants. By that date, underground storage tanks ("USTs") must conform to stringent regulatory standards imposed by both the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and the ...
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New Wastewater Management Regulations

On January 29, 2000, the Environmental Quality Board published new wastewater management regulations effective on that date. The regulations provide for the issuance of general water quality management permits for wastewater treatment facilities ...
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Ninth Circuit Adopts “Bright-Line” Statute of Limitations Standard for CERCLA Remedial Cost Recovery Actions

On February 10, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the six-year limitations period for bringing a Section 107 suit for recovery of remedial action costs under CERCLA cannot accrue until at least the final ...
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Ninth Circuit Holds That “Hybrid” RCRA Claims Are Not Subject to RCRA Notice Provisions

The Ninth Circuit has held that RCRA's jurisdictional citizen suit pre-filing notice requirements set forth at 42 U.S.C. §6972(b) are not applicable to RCRA suits that contain both subchapter and non-subchapter III claims, where such claims are ...
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NJDEP Proposes Amendments to the Solid and Hazardous Waste and A-901 Rules

From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE, August 1999. On June 7, 1999, NJDEP published proposed amendments to certain portions of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Rules and the A-901 Rules. Currently, certain provisions of the New Jersey Solid Waste ...
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