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Unilateral Trade-Based Measures For Protection Of The Marine Environment: A Legal And Policy Perspective, David Wirth, Douglas Caldwell
Unilateral Trade-Based Measures For Protection Of The Marine Environment: A Legal And Policy Perspective, David Wirth, Douglas Caldwell
David A. Wirth
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Precaution In International Environmental Policy And United States Law And Practice, David Wirth
Precaution In International Environmental Policy And United States Law And Practice, David Wirth
David A. Wirth
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The Road To Perdition: The Demise Of Tmdl Litigation, James R. May
The Road To Perdition: The Demise Of Tmdl Litigation, James R. May
James R. May
Citizens have filed more than two dozen suits and sent nearly four dozen notices of intent to sue EPA to implement the Clean Water Act's once vaunted "total maximum daily load" (TMDL) program. 33 U.S.C. §1313(d). The results are striking. Since 1997, states and EPA have identified nearly 20,000 waters previously thought to comply with water quality standards that do not. Since 2000, EPA has established or approved nearly 8,000 plans that aim to make these dirty waters fishable and swimmable. EPA is under court order to move the TMDL program along in more than 20 states. TMDL litigation, particularly …