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Growth Pressures And Tmdls, David G. Davis, Jamal M. Kadri, Teresa J. Norfleet
Growth Pressures And Tmdls, David G. Davis, Jamal M. Kadri, Teresa J. Norfleet
Water and Growth in the West (Summer Conference, June 7-9)
18 pages.
Alternative Dispute Resolution At The Environmental Protection Agency, Joel B. Eisen
Alternative Dispute Resolution At The Environmental Protection Agency, Joel B. Eisen
Law Faculty Publications
This chapter examines how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods to help resolve complex environmental disputes. In recent years, the EPA's use of ADR has increased dramatically in a wide variety of settings. The EPA has made ADR a central feature of its environmental enforcement strategy, encouraged its use in Title VI and environmental justice conflict settings, and turned to negotiated rulemaking as an alternative to the cumbersome notice-and-comment process for the development of new federal regulations. Other EPA programs, such as the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative, promote nonadversarial methods for tackling complex environmental …
Reforming State Brownfield Programs To Comply With Title Vi, Bradford Mank
Reforming State Brownfield Programs To Comply With Title Vi, Bradford Mank
Faculty Articles and Other Publications
Many states have adopted voluntary action programs to encourage developers to clean up and redevelop brownfields, former industrial or commercial facilities that have some environmental contamination. While brownfields redevelopment often has important benefits, states often allow cleanups that are less stringent than would otherwise be required and that raises the possibility that redevelopment could pose health risks to neighboring residents. Because many brownfield sites are located in areas with significant minority populastions, there is the potential for disproportionate impacts against these groups. If disparate impacts occur, states are arguably liable under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The …