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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Unusual Partnership Yields $1 Million Cleanup Grant for Brownfield

On January 15, 1998 Governor Tom Ridge and Secretary of Community and Economic Development Samuel A. McCullough announced that the Administration had awarded the largest grant to date - $1 million - from the Industrial Site Redevelopment Fund to ...
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Update On Pennsylvania Ozone Transport Regulation

In a January 22 draft final rulemaking, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) embarked on a novel legal strategy to improve air quality in the state from sources in Pennsylvania as well as those outside the state. The new ...
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Update on Water Law

"Men of small means who under the theory of the bill are to receive its benefits will need a few years in which to construct the necessary waterways and bring their lands under cultivation. On the other hand, they should not be permitted to acquire ...
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Update on Wetlands Developments

On January 23, 2001, in an article titled U.S. Supreme Court Severely Narrows U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Jurisdiction Over Waters of the United States, I reported on the recent United States Supreme Court Ruling in the case of Solid Waste Agency ...
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Using Market Forces to Reduce Pollution: Michigan’s Emission Reduction Credit and Emission Averaging Rules

A recent trend in environmental regulation is to attempt to harness market forces to achieve environmental regulatory goals at less expense than traditional command and control regulations. Such market-based approaches generally involve allowing a ...
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Virginia Environmental Law Update for 1997

. The Virginia Geographic Information Network Division and the Geographic Information Network Advisory Board are established within the Council on Information Management. The Division is established to foster the creative utilization of geographic ...
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Water Boards Taking New Approach to Underground Fuel Tank Cleanups

The California State Water Resources Control Board recently issued new guidance to the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and other local oversight agencies concerning cleanup of leaking underground fuel tanks. While stating that the new ...
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Wetlands Decision May Simplify Permitting

The complexity and delays typically associated with projects with wetland issues have long challenged developers. The landscape of federal regulation changed suddenly when the Supreme Court, in Solid Waste Associates of Northern Cook County v. US ...
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Wetlands Permitting Alert!

All U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) nationwide permits (NWP) expired on January 21, 1997. Work already permitted under the NWP's in force prior to January 21, 1997 will be grand- fathered in. As part of the reissuing process, the Corps ...
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Wetlands ‘Protection’ Threatens Property Owners

If you own property that contains wetlands, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may attempt to assert its regulatory jurisdiction over those wetlands under the federal Clean Water Act. This jurisdictional issue is particularly important for landowners ...
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