Environmental Law Web Links
Spring 2024 - Professor Johnson
Spring 2024 - Professor Johnson
Environmental Philosophies and Values; Economics and Ecology
EPA report re: Air Quality Trends
U.S. Congress Environmental Voting Records - League of Conservation Voters
Earth Liberation Front
EPA's Report on the Environment
Ecological Footprint Calculator
Map of Climate Conditions in 2080 Based on Climate Change
A Moment on the Earth
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
PHOTO COLLECTIONS
National Archives - EPA Documerica Collection
Flickr View of EPA Documerica Collection
Common Law Actions
Health and Environmental Effects of Sulfur Dioxide
Historical information about mining and development in the Ducktown region (from USGS)
Historical information about reversal of the Chicago River
Photo Tour of sites at issue in Ducktown and Missouri cases (from Professor Percival's website)
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Jonathan Harr - A Civil Action
Health and Environmental Effects of Sulfur Dioxide
Historical information about mining and development in the Ducktown region (from USGS)
Historical information about reversal of the Chicago River
Photo Tour of sites at issue in Ducktown and Missouri cases (from Professor Percival's website)
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Jonathan Harr - A Civil Action
Public Law
General Mining Law of 1872 - Background and reforms - (Earthworks Web site)
History of EPA - from EPA's History Office
Environmental Council of the States
BOOK LINK
Peter Langrock, Addison County Justice, Tales from a Vermont Courthouse
General Mining Law of 1872 - Background and reforms - (Earthworks Web site)
History of EPA - from EPA's History Office
Environmental Council of the States
BOOK LINK
Peter Langrock, Addison County Justice, Tales from a Vermont Courthouse
Regulation and Its Alternatives
Revised Green Marketing Guidelines from the FTC
Toxic Release Inventory Information from EPA
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Stephen Breyer, Breaking the Viscious Cycle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation
Cass Sunstein, After the Rights Revolution:Reconceiving the Regulatory State
Stephen Johnson, Economics, Equity and the Environment
Revised Green Marketing Guidelines from the FTC
Toxic Release Inventory Information from EPA
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Stephen Breyer, Breaking the Viscious Cycle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation
Cass Sunstein, After the Rights Revolution:Reconceiving the Regulatory State
Stephen Johnson, Economics, Equity and the Environment
Basic Principles of Administrative Law
EPA's Environmental Appeals Board Home Page
OMB's Regulations Website
Regulations.Gov
EPA's Environmental Appeals Board Home Page
OMB's Regulations Website
Regulations.Gov
NEPA, Judicial Review and Standing
Council of Environmental Quality's NEPA Web Page
National Association of Environmental Professionals
EPA database for Environmental Impact Statements
EIS from the Department of Energy for a Lithium Mine
DOE Environmental Impact Statements
Draft EIS for the Dakota Access Pipeline - Corps of Engineers
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Christopher D. Stone, Should Trees Have Standing?
Council of Environmental Quality's NEPA Web Page
National Association of Environmental Professionals
EPA database for Environmental Impact Statements
EIS from the Department of Energy for a Lithium Mine
DOE Environmental Impact Statements
Draft EIS for the Dakota Access Pipeline - Corps of Engineers
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Christopher D. Stone, Should Trees Have Standing?
Environmental Justice
Executive Order 12898
EPA's Office of Environmental Justice
Executive Order 13166
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Robert Bullard, Unequal Protection, Environmental Justice and Communities of Color
Stephen Johnson, Economics, Equity and the Environment
Executive Order 12898
EPA's Office of Environmental Justice
Executive Order 13166
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Robert Bullard, Unequal Protection, Environmental Justice and Communities of Color
Stephen Johnson, Economics, Equity and the Environment
Introduction to RCRA
EPA Report - Characterization of Municipal Waste
Data on hazardous waste generators and TSD facilities (Search EPA databases)
EPA information re: authorization of State H.W. programs
EPA Report - Characterization of Municipal Waste
Data on hazardous waste generators and TSD facilities (Search EPA databases)
EPA information re: authorization of State H.W. programs
Identifying Hazardous Waste
EPA's universal waste rule (Final rule)
EPA's universal waste rule (Final rule)
Introduction to Superfund
EPA Superfund web page
Superfund regulations (NCP = Part 300; List of haz. substs. = Part 302)
EPA fact sheets re: NPL sites
National Response Center
EPA Superfund web page
Superfund regulations (NCP = Part 300; List of haz. substs. = Part 302)
EPA fact sheets re: NPL sites
National Response Center
Responsible Parties Under CERCLA
Information about chemicals usually found at Superfund sites
EPA's Brownfields Home Page
Information about chemicals usually found at Superfund sites
EPA's Brownfields Home Page
Introduction to the Clean Water Act
EPA report re: water quality in the states (required by Section 305(b))
EPA report re: NPS success stories
EPA fact sheet - What we can do to prevent NPS pollution
EPA's effluent guideline regulations (40 CFR Subchapter N)
EPA's Nonpoint Source Web Page
"How's My Waterway" (WQ information re: your watershed)
ELI report re: State nonpoint source control programs
EPA report re: water quality in the states (required by Section 305(b))
EPA report re: NPS success stories
EPA fact sheet - What we can do to prevent NPS pollution
EPA's effluent guideline regulations (40 CFR Subchapter N)
EPA's Nonpoint Source Web Page
"How's My Waterway" (WQ information re: your watershed)
ELI report re: State nonpoint source control programs
Effluent Standards under the Clean Water Act
Pretreatment requirements in the State of North Carolina
Camden County, N.J. Municipal Utilities Authority Pretreatment Program
Georgia's water quality standards (Sec. 391-3-6-.03) (PDF format)
EPA TMDL page (guidance, case studies, advisory committee)
Pretreatment requirements in the State of North Carolina
Camden County, N.J. Municipal Utilities Authority Pretreatment Program
Georgia's water quality standards (Sec. 391-3-6-.03) (PDF format)
EPA TMDL page (guidance, case studies, advisory committee)
Wetlands
EPA wetlands fact sheets
EPA wetlands page
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory
Corps of Engineers - Sacramento District
National Wildlife Federation wetlands page
Corps wetlands regulations
EPA's wetlands regulations
Corps of Engineers fact sheet re: Recognizing Wetlands
Corps of Engineers Regulatory Guidance Letters
Overview of the types of wetlands permits from the Corps of Engineers
Permit application
Nationwide Permits from the Corps of Engineers
EPA fact sheet re: mitigation banking
EPA Fact sheet re: takings and wetlands regulation
Impact of Sackett - Wetland Loss
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Audubon Society Nature Guide - Wetlands
EPA wetlands fact sheets
EPA wetlands page
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory
Corps of Engineers - Sacramento District
National Wildlife Federation wetlands page
Corps wetlands regulations
EPA's wetlands regulations
Corps of Engineers fact sheet re: Recognizing Wetlands
Corps of Engineers Regulatory Guidance Letters
Overview of the types of wetlands permits from the Corps of Engineers
Permit application
Nationwide Permits from the Corps of Engineers
EPA fact sheet re: mitigation banking
EPA Fact sheet re: takings and wetlands regulation
Impact of Sackett - Wetland Loss
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Audubon Society Nature Guide - Wetlands
Environmental Enforcement
EPA Environmental Enforcement Policies
EPA's Office of Enforcement Home Page
EPA's FY 2023 Enforcement report
EPA's Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy
EPA Environmental Enforcement Policies
EPA's Office of Enforcement Home Page
EPA's FY 2023 Enforcement report
EPA's Supplemental Environmental Projects Policy
Endangered Species
US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Home Page
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Overview of the Endangered Species Act (Congressional Research Service)
ESA listing process (USFWS description)
Federal Endangered Species list
Habitat Conservation Plans
Evolution of the Conservation Movement (Library of Congress)
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Edward O. Wilson, The Diversity of Life
US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Home Page
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Overview of the Endangered Species Act (Congressional Research Service)
ESA listing process (USFWS description)
Federal Endangered Species list
Habitat Conservation Plans
Evolution of the Conservation Movement (Library of Congress)
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Edward O. Wilson, The Diversity of Life