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Full-Text Articles in Environmental Law
The Changing Intersection Of Environmental Auditing, Environmental Law And Enforcement Policy, George Van Cleve
The Changing Intersection Of Environmental Auditing, Environmental Law And Enforcement Policy, George Van Cleve
Faculty Articles
This article examines the changing intersection of environmental auditing, environmental law, and enforcement policy. It will begin by reviewing the concept of environmental auditing and will then discuss sources of existing legal authority to require or encourage audits and their limitations. Next, the article examines EPA's existing audit policies and the rationale behind them. It will consider the relationship between these audit policies, enforcement policy, and voluntary disclosures of environmental violations, which has recently been reviewed by the Department of Justice. The article will then consider two alternative models which might be used to establish the role of environmental auditing …
Oil And The Public Trust Doctrine In Washington, Ralph W. Johnson
Oil And The Public Trust Doctrine In Washington, Ralph W. Johnson
Seattle University Law Review
During the past 15 years, in half the United States, more than 100 reported cases involving the public trust doctrine have had a major impact on natural resources protection. In Washington, two key cases decided in 1987 give major support to the public trust doctrine. In Caminiti v. Boyle, the court affirmed that the public trust doctrine is the law of this state and always has been. In Orion Corporation v. State, the court upheld the classification of private tidelands as open space and stated that classification that prohibits fill for residential housing and development raises no constitutional …
Boeing Co. V. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.: Cercla Response Costs Covered "As Damages" Under Comprehensive General Liability Insurance Policies , Kimberly A. Richter
Boeing Co. V. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.: Cercla Response Costs Covered "As Damages" Under Comprehensive General Liability Insurance Policies , Kimberly A. Richter
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment will examine the CERCLA provisions that empower the government to clean up dangerous hazardous waste sites and to seek reimbursement of clean-up costs from polluters. It will then outline the standard provisions of CGL policies, which require insurers to indemnify insureds for all costs incurred "as damages" under the terms of the policy. Next, the Comment will set forth the two primary methods of interpretation employed by courts to determine whether CERCLA response costs are covered damages under CGL policies. The Comment will then set forth Washington law which provided the foundation for the Washington Supreme Court's decision …
Preserving Rural Gas Stations: State Financial Assistance For Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks, John S. Conniff, Charles G. Gavigan
Preserving Rural Gas Stations: State Financial Assistance For Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks, John S. Conniff, Charles G. Gavigan
Seattle University Law Review
This Article briefly reviews environmental regulations requiring the upgrading of Underground Storage Tankss, analyzes the development and implementation of the new financial assistance program, and considers the constitutionality of the program in light of state ing of credit prohibitions.