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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Burden on Defendant to Prove Startup, Shutdown or Malfunction Exception
In the case of Anderson v. Farmland Industries, Inc., 70 F. Supp. 2d 1218 (D. Kansas 1999), the District Court decided motions for summary judgment in connection with a citizen suit against Farmland Industries, the operator of the refinery. Farmland ...
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Bush Administration Environmental Policy: 18 Months Later
Over a year ago I suggested in a talk to the Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group that "the Bush Administration . . . has taken more heat on its environmental policies than on any other single issue." A few months later our world was ...
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California Streamlines Endangered Species Restrictions
Three recently enacted bills amend the California Endangered Species Act to address long-standing concerns of landowners. The bills confirm the state's authority to allow "incidental takings" of endangered species, ease restrictions on farmers and ...
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CAMU Rule Litigation Settled
On February 11, 2000, EPA announced the settlement of litigation with the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Technology Council. In 1993, EPA promulgated the Corrective Action Management Unit ...
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CERCLA Amended To Limit Liability, Stimulate Brownfields Redevelopment
President Bush recently signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, the first substantial set of amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or ...
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CERCLA Contribution Defendants Held Not Liable if Discharges Are “Insignificant”
A recent decision by the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan dismissed two defendants from a contribution action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) even though the ...
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CERCLA Liability for Routine Construction Activities
The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA") imposes strict liability upon four (4) categories of potentially responsible parties ("PRPs") for any release or threatened release of a ...
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CERCLA Summary
CERCLA (pronounced SIR-cla) provides a Federal .Superfund. to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. Through the Act ...
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Changes in GAAP Put Spotlight on Environmental Disclosure
Recent changes to accounting rules governing asset retirement obligations, particularly with respect to environmental legal obligations, have put the spotlight on environmental disclosure. The new rules are quite complex and ambiguous. Many of the ...
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Changes in the Cluster Rule For Pulp Paper
The EPA has proposed amendments to the pulp paper production source category regulations, known as the "cluster rules." The changes propose equivalent compliance alternatives for reduction of hazardous air pollutant emissions. The proposed ...
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