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Landlord's Handbook: Guide To Promoting Lead Safe Housing

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

This Handbook is intended as advisory and informational guidance only. It is designed to assist property owners understand their legal obligations regarding lead in housing and how to reduce lead hazards on their property. The information contained herein is not intended as legal advice per se because the law can be interpreted differently depending upon the particular facts of each case. While every precaution has been taken in preparation of this Handbook, the authors and publisher assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.

Fighting Mad, Tegan M. Mclane

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

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Water Quality Control Plan. San Francisco Bay Basin (Region 2), California Regional Water Quality Control Board

California Agencies

The San Francisco Bay estuarine system conveys the waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers into the Pacific Ocean. Located on the central coast of California (Figure 1-1 ), the Bay system functions as the only drainage outlet for waters of the Central Valley. It also marks a natural topographic separation between the northern and southern coastal mountain ranges. The region's waterways, wetlands, and bays form the centerpiece of the United States' fourth largest metropolitan region, including all or major portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties.

Canada's International Forest Protection Obligations: A Case Of Promises Forgotten In British Columbia And Alberta, Paul Stanton Kibel

Publications

Part I of this Article sets forth Canada's,numerous international forest protection obligations. Part II reveals the pattern of forest destruction and provincial government corruption in British Columbia and Alberta. Part III examines why the Canadian federal government has thus far been reluctant to interfere with provincial forest management. The constitutional arguments supporting this "hands-off" policy are assessed and rejected. Therefore, this Article concludes that the Canadian federal government must ultimately be held accountable for provincial violations of international law.

State Reactions To The Trading Of Emissions Allowances Under Title Iv Of The Clean Air Act Amendments Of 1990, Deborah M. Mostaghel

Publications

To cut down on the S02 emissions from coal-fired electric utilities, Title IV creates a two-pronged approach. First, it sets a national cap on emissions. Title IV allocates to each utility a number of pollution allowances to emit a certain amount of S02.11 The sum of all the allowances equals the nationwide cap. Second, Title IV recasts S02 as a commodity. If a utility does not need all of its allowances in a particular year, it may either trade them on a public exchange, or it may arrange private sales to a utility that needs more allowances to stay within …

Some Thoughts On The North American Free Trade Agreement, Political Stability And Environmental Equity, Colin Crawford

Publications

This Article will focus on NAFTA and NAFTA's supplemental environmental side agreement - the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (Supplemental Agreement) -in light of recent events. In doing so, it will suggest that recent events in Chiapas demand a re-evaluation of NAFTA's environmental protections. This is not at all to suggest that stronger environmental protection alone would avert future Zapatista insurrections. The inequities of Mexican land distribution and the poverty of southern Mexican states such as Chiapas have historical roots that will hardly be rectified by more vigorous enforcement of environmental laws.

The argument is divided into two main …

Tenant's Handbook: Your Legal Right To Lead Safe Housing

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic

This Handbook is intended as advisory and informational guidance only. It is designed for tenants who are interested in their rights regarding lead safe housing. The information contained herein is not intended as legal advise per se, because the law can be interpreted differently depending upon the particular facts of each case. While every precaution has been taken in preparation of this Handbook, the author and publisher assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.