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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Chrysler Not Liable As Successor At Willow Run Site

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has rejected claims that Chrysler Corporation (Chrysler) is subject to successor liability for cleaning up the Willow Run Creek Site based on the actions of a subsidiary of a ...
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Clean Air on the Horizon?

Local communities across the United States are facing daunting new challenges for the improvement of air quality. With the recent adoption by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") of stringent standards for ozone and particulate matter ...
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Cleaner Projects for Healthier Cashflows

As the continuing increase in environmental regulation pushes up costs and risks of compliance for the energy and industrial sectors, a new potential source of revenue for cleaner projects comes as a breath of fresh air. In March this year, the UK ...
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Coastal Barrier Resources Act

The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA), Public Law 97-348 (96 Stat. 1653; 16 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.), enacted October 18, 1982, designated various undeveloped coastal barrier islands, depicted by specific maps, for inclusion in the Coastal Barrier ...
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Commonwealth May Be Liable Under HSCA

In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that the Commonwealth can be liable as an "owner or operator" under the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act. In PFG Gas v. DEP, No. 261 M.D. 1999 (Cmwlth Ct. Nov. 4, 1999), Judge ...
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Communications Companies Fined by EPA For Failing To File Reports

In January, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed administrative complaints against three wireless communications providers (Cincinnati Bell, Covergys Customer Management and PrimeCo Personal Communications) for violating a federal ...
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Community Environmental Projects

Effective September 18, 1999, DEP revised its technical guidance document entitled "Policy for the Acceptance of Community Environmental Projects in Conjunction with Assessment of Civil Penalties." Community Environmental Projects are those that go ...
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Compliance Assurance Monitoring Upheld

In the case of Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, No. 97-1727, (Oct. 29, 1999), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the enhanced emission source monitoring rule promulgated by EPA, known as ...
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Conditional Approval of New Generating Facility

On December 21, 1998, the Energy Facilities Siting Board (the "Siting Board") issued a tentative decision conditionally approving the petition of ANP Blackstone Energy Company ("ANP" or the "Company") to construct a nominal net 580-megawatt ("MW ...
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Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Practice and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

On March 16, 2003, the Section’s Ethics Committee presented a hypothetical titled “On the Far Side of the Moon” at the 32nd Annual Conference on Environmental Law in Keystone, Colorado. The hypo concerned the adventures of Adrienne Fitch, in-house ...
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