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The Agency For International Development And Nepa: A Duty Unfulfilled, Gary M. Ernsdorff

Washington Law Review

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) establishes the Nation's environmental policy and creates a set of procedures necessary to fulfill that policy. The Agency for International Development (A.I.D.) narrowly interprets the application of NEPA's procedures and has adopted a less rigorous set of environmental evaluation procedures. This Comment examines A.I.D.'s procedures, notes their deficiencies, and suggests that Congress should amend NEPA to require A.I.D. and all agencies to utilize NEPA procedures.

United States Customs Law Affecting The Movement Of Goods Into And Out Of Mexico., Robert T. Givens, Rayburn Berry

St. Mary's Law Journal

Trade between the United State and Mexico rose dramatically over the past decade. Several factors account for this increase in trade. These factors include the relative weakness of the Mexican currency, growth of the maquiladora industry, and increased Mexican production of exportable products generally. Other factors include Mexico’s 1986 accession to General Agreements Tariff and Trade (GATT), the resultant lowering of Mexican customs duties, and a good long-term working relationship between the two countries. If ongoing negotiations culminate in a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) the trend will accelerate.

Laws regulating the importation of merchandise into the United States …

The Case For A Texas Compulsory Unitization Statute., Paula C. Murray, Frank B. Cross

St. Mary's Law Journal

Compulsory unitization of oil and natural gas reservoirs would substantially enhance the welfare of the United States and of Texas in particular. The present regulated free market for oil production produces both inefficiencies and inequities. Consequentially, oil exploration is discouraged, oil production is unnecessarily costly and wasteful, and the private distribution of oil revenues can be arbitrarily unfair. Compulsory unitization would remedy many of these shortcomings which result from extant structures. Unitization means the cooperative development of an entire reservoir of oil or gas. Compulsory unitization in most states also contains a variety of substantive and procedural prerequisites to unitization …

Incentives For Action: Market-Based Environmental Strategies, Sheikh Sarmad Hafeez

LLM Theses and Essays

Societies have dealt with problems of environmental degradation for centuries, revealing a consistent concern among law makers regarding rates of natural resource consumption. More recently, the United States and other nations have begun to face increasingly perilous environment challenges such as global climate change, indoor pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, urban smog and the degradation of public lands.

The present work explores the environmental problems that, for centuries have plagued our planet, and that continue to threaten it, as well as different approaches to curtail these problems. The present work concludes by showing the most promising of these approaches …

Sepa: A Proposed Standard For Judicial Review Of Agency Decisions Not To Require Preparation Of A Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Lori Ann Terry

Seattle University Law Review

To enable citizens opposing projects and proponents defending projects to predict more accurately the results of litigation and to discourage spurious litigation, a more definitive standard of judicial review is necessary. This Article proposes a standard of judicial review that encompasses components of both the adequacy and negative threshold standards of judicial review. The proposed standard of review discourages lawsuits that are brought merely for purposes of delay while ensuring that the agency acted reasonably in making its determination. Before this new standard can be considered, the context in which it will operate must be reviewed. Part II of this …

What Comes Out Must Go In: Cooling Water Intakes And The Clean Water Act, Karl R. Rábago

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

It is time to measure progress under section 316 of the Clear Water Act, the one section of the Act that focuses not on discharges, but on intakes. Part II of this Article discusses the environmental hazards in more detail and explains how cooling water intakes produce them. Part III of this Article examines the history of regulation and nonregulation under section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, describes the development of the "common law" concerning the regulation of cooling water intakes, and explores the effect of EPA's regulatory actions and omissions on state regulatory efforts. Part IV assesses the …

The Law Of The Non-Navigational Uses Of International Watercourses: Draft Articles On Protection And Preservation Of Ecosystems, Harmful Conditions And Emergency Situations, And Protection Of Water Installations, Ved P. Nanda

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Observations On The International Law Commission's Draft Rules On The Non-Navigational Uses Of International Watercourses: Articles 1–4, Robert D. Hayton

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Implementation: Joint Institutional Management And Remedies In Domestic Tribunals (Articles 26–28, 30–32), George E. Radosevich

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

"Preservation And Protection" Under The 1991 Ilc Draft Articles On The Law Of International Watercourses, Charles Odidi Okidi

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Observations On The International Law Commission's Draft Rules On The Non-Navigational Uses Of International Watercourses: "Management And Domestic Remedies", Sergei V. Vinogradov

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The International Law Commission's Draft Articles On The Law Of International Watercourses (General Principles And Planned Measures): Progressive Or Retrogressive Development Of International Law?, Gunther Handl

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Draft Articles On The Law Of Nonnavigational Uses Of International Watercourses, International Law Commission

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Introduction, Daniel Barstow Magraw

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Questions & Answers – Panel #1, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Relativity In International Water Law, Xue Hanqin

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Questions & Answers – Panel #2, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The International Law Commission's Draft Articles On The Law Of International Watercourses: Principles And Planned Measures, Charles B. Bourne

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Commentary On Papers Presented By Charles Bourne And Alberto Szikely, Johan G. Lammers

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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International Water Law And The International Law Commission: Articles 21 And 22 – Four Questions And Two Proposals, Albert E. Utton

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Beyond The River Basin: The Changing Geography Of International Water Problems And International Watercourse Law, James L. Wescoat

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Events Of March 1991–October 1991, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Is The International Ban On The Importation Of Ivory Saving The African Elephant?, Susan J. Keller

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Trees Of Life: Saving Tropical Forests And Their Biological Wealth By Kenton Miller And Laura Tangley, Richard Z. Donovan

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Preservation Of Biological Diversity: Toward A Global Convention, Kathyrn Rackleff

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

World Resources Institute, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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International Council Of Environmental Law, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Cedarena, Colorado Journal Of International Environmental Law And Policy

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

International Trade And The Environment: Implications Of The General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade For The Future Of Environmental Protection Efforts, K. Gwen Beacham

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.