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Notice By Citizen Plaintiffs In Environmental Litigation, Michigan Law Review
Notice By Citizen Plaintiffs In Environmental Litigation, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note evaluates judicial handling of citizen suits tainted by defective notice. After reviewing the legislative history of the citizen suit provisions, the Note presents an array of judicial responses to defective notice and classifies decisions by their stringency in applying the notice provision. In the final section, the Note argues that Congress's purpose in requiring notice should determine the limits of judicial tolerance of defective notice. It concludes that courts should dismiss citizen suits unless actual notice of intent to sue, whether or not in the form specified by EPA regulations, was given sixty days before the filing of …
Protection For Trade Secrets Under The Toxic Substances Control Act Of 1976, Paula R. Latovick
Protection For Trade Secrets Under The Toxic Substances Control Act Of 1976, Paula R. Latovick
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This article will examine the protection provided by the Act and the measures the EPA has adopted for implementing the Act's provisions. The approach will be to focus on the different functional areas in which disclosure may take place. Part I examines the scheme for designating information as confidential and the mechanics of the reporting system under TSCA. Part II deals with disclosures of confidential information made while implementing the TSCA. Part III focuses on legal disclosures of information submitted as confidential. Finally, Part IV examines the measures taken within the EPA to guarantee the safety of confidential information, the …