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Standards For Judicial Review Of Forest Plans: Will The Courts Not See The Forest For The Trees, Wells D. Burgess Jun 1987

Standards For Judicial Review Of Forest Plans: Will The Courts Not See The Forest For The Trees, Wells D. Burgess

The Public Lands During the Remainder of the 20th Century: Planning, Law, and Policy in the Federal Land Agencies (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

50 pages.

Contains 2 attachments.


Public Interest Review Of Water Right Allocation And Transfer In The West: Recognition Of Public Values, Douglas L. Grant Jun 1987

Public Interest Review Of Water Right Allocation And Transfer In The West: Recognition Of Public Values, Douglas L. Grant

Water as a Public Resource: Emerging Rights and Obligations (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

37 pages.

Contains references.


Citizen Suits And Civil Penalties Under The Clean Water Act, James L. Thompson Jun 1987

Citizen Suits And Civil Penalties Under The Clean Water Act, James L. Thompson

Michigan Law Review

Part I briefly describes the division that currently exists between the Fourth, Fifth, and First Circuits. Part II analyzes the arguments relating to statutory construction, focusing on statutory language and structure as illuminated by legislative history. Part III examines the broader policy considerations arising when courts decide questions of citizen suit jurisdiction under section 505. Resolution of this issue has usually entailed an extreme interpretation of section 505, either very rarely allowing suits for past violations or allowing them in all cases. Parts II and III argue that the most appropriate response to this problem is actually the less frequently …