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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Environmental Law Articles
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Recommendations to Reform and Finance New York State’s Remedial Programs
From Riker Danzig Environmental UPDATE, August 1999. On June 2, 1999, the Superfund Working Group established by Governor George E. Pataki issued its report and recommendations for reform of New York State.s Superfund and other remediation programs ...
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Redevelopment Under State Super Fund Laws
In the fourteen years since CERCLA, nearly all states have passed some form of state hazardous substance cleanup law, and the trend over the last five years is toward increased state activity in Superfund matters and increased federal accomodation ...
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Remedial Design is Not Remediation
In the case of Louisiana v. Braselman Corporation, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana was presented with the question of when the period commences for the determination of the statute of limitations under the Comprehensive ...
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Removal of Underground Storage Tanks
The scenario is becoming commonplace... Sellers list their residence for sale. Buyers submit an offer conditioned upon the removal of a 25-year-old underground storage tank (UST) which is to be replaced with one or more new indoor tanks. Sellers ...
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Resolving Environmental Issues In Washington: Agencies, Policymakers, and Strategies For Success
Washington environmental policymaking and regulatory affairs are not the disorderly mix of influence peddling and unchecked agency action that many outside the process think it is. In fact, environmental policymaking in the nation's capital involves ...
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Response Costs Must Be Necessary To Be Recovered
In the case of Southfund PartnersIII v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 57F. Supp. 2d 1369 (N. D. Ga. 1999), plaintiff was a purchaser of property formerly owned by Sears. Buyer discovered underground storage tanks that contained solvents and removed them ...
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Ruling Opens the Door for Review of Economic Factors in Wastewater Discharge Permits
In a closely watched case interpreting California and federal water law, the California Supreme Court ruled on April 4, 2005 that Regional Water Quality Control Boards ("Regional Boards") must consider the economic costs of compliance with ...
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Science and the High Cost of Cleaner Air
Originally published in in The San Diego Union-TribuneThe Achilles' heel of clean air protection may turn out to be the growing backlash against the Environmental Protection Agency's arbitrary approach to pollution abatement. At issue are EPA's new ...
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Selecting and Working with Environmental Consultants
Your client is a manufacturer who has long outgrown its original four-story brick building that is now surrounded by a residential neighborhood. A nearby expressway and an exit and entrance ramp make the property attractive to a local real estate ...
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Selection And Effective Use Of Environmental Consultants- Part I
This article, which is the first in a series of articles (see Part II and Part III), reviews the basic considerations in preparing or issuing a request for qualifications or request for propose to an environmental consultant. It is adapted from the ...
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