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Agenda: Groundwater: Allocation, Development And Pollution, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)

Even before the [Natural Resources Law] Center was established [in the fall of 1981], the [University of Colorado] School of Law was organizing annual natural resources law summer short courses. To date four programs have been presented:

- July 1980: "Federal Lands, Laws and Policies-and the Development of Natural Resources"

- June 1981: "Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues"

- June 1982: "New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: lnterbasin Transfers"

- June 1983: "Groundwater: Allocation; Development and Pollution"

(Reprinted from Resource Law Notes, no. 1, Jan. 1984, at 1.)

University of Colorado School of Law professors …

Legal Systems For Allocating Groundwater And Controlling Its Extraction, Charles F. Wilkinson

Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)

22 pages (includes illustration).

Contains research sources list (pages 1-2).

Observations On Groundwater Law From The Federal Perspective, Carol E. Dinkins

Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)

66 pages.

Contains several cases and US Congress bills as supplemental materials.

Digitized copy lacks the Memorandum Opinion for City of El Paso v. Reynolds (563 F.Supp 379 (D. New Mexico 1983)).

Sustaining Aquifer Productivity, Harrison C. Dunning

Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)

12 pages.

Includes full text of the Owens Valley Groundwater Management Referendum Measure A, which is an ordinance to regulate the extraction of groundwater within the Owens Valley groundwater basin.

Kell V. Appalachian Power Co.: Aerial Application Of Herbicides On Utility Right-Of-Ways, Thad S. Huffman West Virginia University College Of Law

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments Under The Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act Of 1977, Rebecca L. Stepto

West Virginia Law Review

The body of case law construing the regulatory scheme of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 continues to expand. During 1982, courts considered venue, jurisdiction and constitutional issues, the prime farmland grandfather exemption and "second mining." This article examines the courts' continuing attempts to achieve the Act's purpose of "establishing a nationwide program to protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of surface coal mining operations."

Land Acquisition And Coastal Resource Management: A Pragmatic Perspective, David Owens

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Interbasin Transfer In A Riparian Jurisdiction, Robert Haskell Abrams

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Public Access To Virginia's Tidelands: A Framework For Analysis Of Implied Dedications And Public Presecriptive Rights, Margit Livingston

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Canadian Environmental Law In The Eighties: Problems And Perspectives, Peter Z. R. Finkle

Dalhousie Law Journal

Environmental law in Canada has developed slowly during the last two decades. While the rise and popularisation of the environmental movement of the sixties and early seventies did encourage the creation of a federal Department of Environment and many provincial counterparts, as well as facilitate the passage of a number of pieces of legislation, there is some question as to how substantial an impact the institutions and legislation have made on Canada society. One problem which has beset the development of adequate environmental legislation is the significant gap which has opened up between the words on paper, the "black letter …

Does Nepa Require An Impact Statement On Inaction?, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note considers the question of whether NEPA requires an EIS in cases of official refusal to exercise discretionary agency authority. Part I develops the competing theories for resolving this question. The current judicial attitude, which has excluded important cases with far-reaching environmental effects from the EIS requirement, plainly frustrates the statute's procedural purposes. Regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality define "major federal action" to include the failure to act under certain circumstances, and offer one alternative to the current approach. But the regulations condition the classification of inaction as action upon reviewability under the Administrative Procedures Act, …

Teaching Environmental Law: Some Observations On Curriculum And Materials, Joel A. Mintz

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Vii. Environmental Law

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Environmental Decade In Court, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Environmental Decade in Court by Lettie McSpadden Wenner

Comprehensive Land Use Plan : For Areas Within The Jurisdiction Of The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, Land Use Regulation Commission

Maine Collection

Comprehensive Land Use Plan : For Areas Within the Jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission

Maine Department of Conservation, Land Use Regulation Commission, Augusta, Maine.

Originally Adopted in 1976; Revised in 1983.

Contents: Chapter 1 : The Land Use Regulation Commission / Chapter 2 : Natural Resources / Chapter 3 : Development / Chapter 4 : Goals and Policies of the Commission / Chapter 5 : Issues for the Present and the Future / Appendices

Book Review: Backyard Wilderness, John C. Bjorkman

Seattle University Law Review

This book review examines David Knibb's Backyard Wilderness.

Exemption Of Government Securities Vs. State Taxation Of Bank Stock: A Legal Tug-Of-War., Thomas M. Schlenker

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Adjudicative Resolution Of Commercial Disputes Between Nationals Of The United States And Mexico., Edward H. Kurth

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Sporhase, The Commerce Clause, And State Power To Conserve Natural Resources - Is The Local Well Running Dry Symposium - Selected Topics On Constitutional Law - Comment., Nancy Nowlin Kerr

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Representative Democracy Symposium - Selected Topics On Constitutional Law., Glen E. Thurow

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

The Emergence Of Punitive Damages In Product Liability Actions: A Further Assault On The Citadel., James B. Sales

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

The Ocean Dumping Deadline: Easing The Mandate Millstone, Julian H. Spirer

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article examines the development the "mandate millstone," the inflexible federal rules and regulations directed at state and local governments in the environmental arena. It surveys how the mandate millstone has burdened or threatened to burden the ocean dumping of sewage sludge by New York City. The Article reviews the method by which the city has traditionally disposed of its sewage sludge in the ocean waters surrounding the city, and how the city's disposal practices would have been altered radically had the city been forced to implement a plan, pursuant to United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, to end …

Alternatives For Regulatory Control Of Acid Rain In The Northeastern United States, Deborah J. Hartman

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article will define regulatory options for curbing acid rain the northeastern United States. The first section will discuss those provisions of the Clean Air Act which address interstate air pollution. The second section examines the prominent proposals for amending the Clean Air Act to provide for acid rain regulation as enunciated by legislators, commentators and environmental organizations. The third section presents a two-pronged recommendation for broadening the Clean Air Act to prevent and control acid rain.

Environental Impact Statements: Instruments For Environmental Protection Or Endless Litigation?, Fran Hoffinger

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Congress enacted the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on January 1, 1970. NEPA's purpose is to "declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment." In an effort to achieve this national policy, NEPA requires federal agencies proposing certain major federal actions that affect the environment to include an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in their proposal or recommendations. The EIS must include both an assessment of the beneficial and adverse environmental impacts of the proposed actions and an analysis of the impacts in light of other circumstances. This Comment discusses the historical background …

The Revised Texas Usury Ceilings - A New Alice In Wonderland., Frank A. St. Claire, Sara Greenwood Hogan

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Constitutional Law - Presidential Immunity - The President Is Absolutely Immmune From Civil Damages Liability For Acts Done Within The Outer Perimeter Of His Official Capacity Symposium - Selected Topics On Constitutional Law - Case Note., Laura H. Burney

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Surface Mining In Kentucky, Carolyn S. Bratt

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In 1977, Congress enacted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The Act, designed to protect the environment and society from the adverse effects of surface coal mining and to insure uniform minimum nationwide regulatory standards, established a comprehensive regulatory scheme for surface mining and reclamation operations of both federal and non-federal lands within the United States.

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation within the Department of the Interior, is charged with administering and implementing the Act. Implementation is divided into two stages. During the initial, or interim phase, all surface mining …

The Windfall Profit Tax Exposed., J. Matthew Dow

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Fundamentals Of Doing Business With Mexico: After The Exchange Control., Carlos R. Valencia Barrera, Rodrigo Sanchez-Mejorada Rodrigo

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

Historic District Zoning: A Texas Overview., Margaret Corning Boldrick

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.