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Environmental Law - Atomic Energy Act, Steven B. Bennett

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Natural Resources - Constitutional Law, Celia L. Jorgensen

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Water Law - Sporhase V. Nebraska, Mary Ann Green

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Transboundary Groundwater Law: Focus On The U.S.-Mexico Boundary [Includes Appended Opinion In City Of El Paso Ex Rel. Pub. Serv. Bd. V. Reynolds, Civ. No. 80-730 Hb, 563 F. Supp. 279 (D.N.M. 1983)], Albert E. Utton

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

48 pages.

Federal And Indian Reserved Rights To Groundwater [Outline], Robert S. Pelcyger

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

6 pages.

Comparative Approaches To Groundwater Management, Robert D. Hayton

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

38 pages.

Problems Of Interstate Allocation Of Groundwater, Charles E. Corker

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

41 pages.

Ground Water Monitoring System And Procedures At Kin-Buc I Landfill Middlesex County New Jersey, Dan D. Raviv

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

37 pages (includes illustrations and map).

Groundwater Management Under The Florida Water Resources Act, Richard Hamann

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

44 pages (includes maps).

Groundwater And Intergovernmental Relations In The Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, Sally K. Fairfax, Barbara T. Andrews

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

25 pages (includes maps).

Ogallala Ground Water, Morton W. Bittinger

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

12 pages.

The San Luis Valley Groundwater Dispute, David Harrison, Jeris Danielson

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

25 pages (includes illustrations and map).

Groundwater Quality: The Issues, Remedies And Strategies, Kathleen M. Kulasza

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

34 pages.

Groundwater Pollution Problems In Mining And Energy Production, Henry W. Ipsen

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

17 pages.

Subsidence Of Land Caused By Ground-Water Pumping, Thomas L. Holzer

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

22 pages (includes illustration).

Contains references (pages 2-6).

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).

Hydrology: Unraveling The Mysteries Of Groundwater Occurrence And Movement, Thomas M. Stetson

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

31 pages (includes illustrations).

Glossary omitted.

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.

The Path Along The Ridge: Regional Planning In The Face Of Uncertainty, Kai N. Lee

Washington Law Review

The Northwest Power Act responds to the changing circumstances of electric power in the Pacific Northwest by defining policy directions and creating new institutional arrangements for regional power planning. The Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) is the agent of the region in meeting the challenges of planning under the Act. This paper discusses the conceptual framework of regional power planning—a task that confronts a degree of uncertainty and risk without historical precedent.

Darkness To Dawn? Generating And Conserving Electricity In The Pacific Northwest: A Primer On The Northwest Power Act, Roger D. Mellem

Washington Law Review

The Pacific Northwest's energy future is being shaped today by two institutions. The first is the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council ("Planning Council") which was created by the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act ("Northwest Power Act"). The other institution is the Bonneville Power Administration, ("BPA"), created forty-six years ago by Congress. Together the Planning Council and BPA are making crucial electrical energy decisions affecting the region's economy and environment. This article is intended to familiarize the reader with the structure of the region's electrical energy supply and demand as that structure has been altered …

Nonfirm Energy And Bpa's Industrial Customers, Eric Redman

Washington Law Review

There are several reasons why the Bonneville Powr Administration uses combination service rather than firm power service to meet the DSI top quartile demand: (1) if properly designed, combination service can provide adequate power quality for this portion of the DSI demand; (2) environmental impacts and costs to non-DSI consumers would be greater if firm resources, planned and installed for other loads, were increased by the amount of the DSI top quartile; and (3) although combination service imposes costs on the DSIs in the form of periodic interruptions, it saves money for all BPA customers by permitting BPA to take …

Unconscionability In A Commercial Setting: The Assessment Of Risk In A Contract To Build Nuclear Reactors, Steven Goldberg

Washington Law Review

Eighty-eight Pacific Northwest public utilities in 1976 contracted with the Washington Public Power Supply System ("WPPSS") for the construction of two nuclear power plants. The contract, or Participants' Agreement, contained a so-called "hell-or-high-water" clause which obligated the utilities to pay for the construction of the nuclear plants whether or not any electricity was ever produced. This article explores the possibility that such a clause might be unenforceable because of its unconscionability. The article demonstrates that, contrary to popular belief, unconscionability has often been found in non-consumer commercial settings. It considers several common avenues to finding substantive and procedural unconscionability and …

The Northwest Power Act And Reserved Tribal Rights, Allen H. Sanders

Washington Law Review

Since the implementation of the Act's fish protection provisions will undoubtedly affect the scope of protection provided to Indian tribes, the Act's ambiguities must be interpreted in a way that honors and preserves these reserved tribal rights. This article examines the substantial body of case law applicable to these reserved tribal rights, with particular attention to the major fish protection issues that may arise under the Act.

Potential Legal Facilitation Or Impediment Of Wind Energy Conversion System Siting, Kim R. York, Richard L. Settle

Washington Law Review

The purpose of this article is to broadly identify competing interests at stake in wind energy conversion systems (WECS) development and the potential constraints of local, state, and federal regulation and common law principles on the siting of WECS. First, the article addresses common law and regulatory means of facilitating wind energy development by protecting the WECS developer's interest in unobstructed wind flow. Second, it examines the potential restriction of WECS development by common law and regulatory responses to the demands of neighbors and the general public whose interests may be detrimentally affected by wind turbine operation.

The Preference Clause Revisited: Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District V. Johnson And The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning And Conservation Act, Joseph P. Mentor Jr., David C. Jory

Washington Law Review

This article analyzes the legislative development of the preference clause to its inclusion in the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act). This analysis demonstrates the Northwest Power Act's reaffirmation of the supply preference traditionally included in federal power marketing legislation. The analysis also reveals a unique price discount for customers entitled to a supply preference under the Northwest Power Act. Additionally, the article considers recent Ninth Circuit decisions applying the preference clause to various forms of power allocation by federal agencies. The analysis identifies legislative and judicial adherence to the preference concept based on congressional …

Conservation And Renewable Energy In The Four Pacific Northwest States: A Compilation Of Relevant State Statutes, Linda Steinmann

Washington Law Review

This Comment is limited in scope and purpose. It surveys the laws of the four Northwest states and identifies the problems and programs that are unique to each. By assembling the different ways that each state has addressed conservation and renewable resource development, this Comment hopes to aid policy makers in each of the states to copy the successes, and avoid the failures, of the others.

High Ross Dam: The International Joint Commission Takes A Hard Look At The Environmental Consequences Of Hydroelectric Power Generation—The 1982 Supplementary Order, Mary Patrice Mccausland

Washington Law Review

This Note discusses a 1982 decision by the International Joint Commission (IJC) that effectively prohibits Seattle from raising the dam. It surveys the forty-year history leading to the decision, especially noting the role of the IJC. The Note compares the 1982 decision and the procedures used by the IJC in reaching its decision, particularly its examination of environmental concerns, with the application and operation of the "hard look" doctrine as it is used in environmental cases in the American judicial system. It suggests that applying the priniciples of the "hard look" doctrine is both appropriate and consistent with the IJC's …

Interstate Gas Pipeline Ratemaking And Contract Implications, Henry E. Brown

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

61 pages.

Contains references.

Contains 7 attachments.