Environmental Regulation : Law, Science, and Policy

by Percival, Robert V.; Schroeder, Christopher H.; Miller, Alan S.; Leape, James P.

• ISBN13: 9780735536562
• ISBN10: 0735536562
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

This comprehensive yet highly accessible casebook earned its loyal following by exploring and explaining both environmental regulations And The policy also represents a wide range of new material to reflect significant developments in the area. the casebook provides a smooth introduction To The complex web of environmental law: The detailed policy examination focuses not only on the substance of environmental statutes, but also on how they are translated into regulations and how they influence real-world behavior the clear text is written with the non-specialist in mind Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy, has been scrupulously updated to reflect the many significant changes in the law between editions: significant new Supreme Court cases, including Whitman v. American Trucking Association, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, Palazollo v. Rhode Island, and Sierra-Tahoe Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency the first use of the Congressional Review Act to veto agency regulations, The Bush Administration's use of regulatory review, An update on the effects of the Oil Pollution Act in preventing oil spills, and trends in judicial review of agency action significant changes of Superfund liability resulting from the Superfund Recycling Equity act And The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act the latest developments in EPA's long-running saga concerning the definition of solid waste new problem exercises on the risks of transporting and storing high-level nuclear waste in a central repository in Yucca Mountain, Nevada; on the controversy over regulation of arsenic in drinking water; and on establishing total maximum daily loadings to control non-point source pollution

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Environmental Values and Policies: An Introduction	p. 1
Environmental Law: A Structural Overview	p. 59
Waste Management and Pollution Prevention	p. 163
Regulation of Toxic Substances	p. 333
Air Pollution Control	p. 491
Water Pollution Control	p. 569
Land Use Regulation and Regulatory Takings	p. 701
Environmental Impact Assessment	p. 783
Preservation of Biodiversity	p. 853
Environmental Enforcement	p. 931
Protection of the Global Environment	p. 1033
Environmental Progress and Prospects	p. 1125
App. A: Glossary	p. 1155
App. B: List of Acronyms	p. 1175
Table of Cases	p. 1183
Index	p. 1189
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