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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Pennsylvania Court Rules Carbon Monoxide is a Pollutant

A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that the absolute pollution exclusion bars coverage for carbon monoxide-related injuries. In Matcon Diamond, Inc. v. Penn National Ins. Co., No. 186 WDA 2002 (Pa. Super., Jan. 17, 2003), a policyholder was sued ...
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Pennsylvania Experience Shows That New Jersey`s New Brownfields Legislation Can Spur Cleanup

On January 6, 1998, Governor Christie Whitman signed into law New Jersey's Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act. The statute is an historic one, because it provides real incentives, both financial and legal, to the business community to ...
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Pennsylvania Innocent Purchaser Agreements for Brownfield Sites

Pennsylvania Brownfields redevelopment received a major jump-start with the passage of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (often referred to as Act 2) in 1995. Act 2 provides for numerical and risk based clean-up ...
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Plant Modifications Under Air Act Rules

The following article was published in the Proceedings of "Environmental Innovation in the Metals Industry" A&WMA, March 1998. Since then EPA has begun an enforcement initiative on PSD & NSPS modifications, there are new judicial opinions, and I ...
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Police and Fire Costs: Must a Carrier Pay?

You've had an overturn accident, spilling several thousand gallons of gasoline onto a busy highway. The local police, fire, and HazMat services arrive at the scene and perform emergency services. A month later, you receive a bill from the city ...
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Practical Lessons in Dealing with EPA and Other Regulatory Agencies in Hazardous Waste Proceedings

This paper provides some practical suggestions for dealing with regulatory agencies with a special emphasis on the legal basis necessary for scientific opinions in regulatory proceedings. Negotiating with the Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Pre-CERCLA Sale Agreement Held to Transfer Liabilities Arising Under Later Laws

From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE, August 1999. In a recent opinion, White Consolidated Industries, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the Sixth Circuit held that an action by a purchaser of real property for remediation and ...
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Preventing a Corporate Death Sentence: Governance After Sarbanes-Oxley

Understanding the impact of the many new statutes and regulations affecting corporate governance and public reporting is only a part – albeit an important part – of protecting a company's value in the current shift toward management transparency ...
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Prior Owners and Operators Held Not Liable For Passive Migration of Contamination

A federal appeals court recently held that prior owners and operators of contaminated property were not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) for "passive migration" of contamination, which is ...
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Product Marketing: Can New Government Programs Help?

Published in Sept./Oct. 1998 Issue Of Industrial Biotech News The Federal government is beginning to reinvent its method of achieving environmental goals by promoting the use and acceptance of "environmentally preferable" products. These programs ...
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