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A Perfect Storm: Mercury And The Bush Administration, Part Ii, Rena I. Steinzor, Lisa Heinzerling

Faculty Scholarship

The Environmental Protection Agency's recent proposal to regulate mercury emissions from power plants, and its final rule on mercury emissions from chlor-alkali facilities, suffer from serious scientific, legal, economic, and distributional flaws. The first installment in this series examined the strong scientific basis for regulating mercury emissions and critiqued the agency's decisions from a legal perspective. This second (and final) installment finds that EPA's decisions also fail from the perspectives of economics and environmental justice. EPA and the Office of Management and Budget's economic analysis of the proposal to regulate mercury from power plants was shoddy and one-sided. EPA and …

Jul. 14, 2004 Ifc, Memo To Code Board Re Safeguard Policy Rev., Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Pops, Pic, And Lrtap: The Role Of The U.S. In Draft Legislation To Implement These International Conventions : Testimony Before The H. Subcomm. On Environment And Hazardous Materials Of The H. Comm. On Energy And Commerce, 108th Cong., Jul. 13, 2004 (Statement Of Lisa Heinzerling, Prof. Of Law, Geo. U. L. Center), Lisa Heinzerling

Testimony Before Congress

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law At Maryland, No. 19, Summer-Fall 2004

Environmental Law at Maryland

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Environmental Law, Travis M. Trimble

Mercer Law Review

In 2003 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided two cases concerning the Clean Air Act, holding that provisions allowing the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to address compliance issues through the issuance of administrative compliance orders are unconstitutional and that the Clean Air Act does not waive the United States's defense of sovereign immunity in an action for punitive penalties for past violations of air pollution laws. The court also considered for the first time the circumstances under which a state enforcement action would preempt a citizen suit under the Clean Water Act. This Article also …

Who Gets The Hooch?: Georgia, Florida, And Alabama Battle For Water From The Apalachicola- Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, C. Hansell Watt Iv

Mercer Law Review

During a time when technology is constantly changing and becoming more advanced, one of the constants that our planet, and all of the creatures on it, will always rely upon is fresh water. Throughout history, rivers have been the lifeblood that supports cities by providing drinking water, irrigation, transportation, trade, recreation, power, and many other industrial and domestic uses. As the human population grows, rivers and lakes are more pressured to support the growing needs of the communities and cities that rely on these bodies of water. Because many rivers in the United States flow across numerous states, problems develop …

Scuba Shellfishing Ban Withstands Challenge, Lance Young

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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The Myth Of What Is Inevitable Under Ecosystem Management: A Response To Pardy, J.B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This article, second in a five-part dialogue appearing in the Pace ELR, responds to Professor Bruce Pardy's initial evaluation of ecosystem management. I defend ecosystem management, arguing it is not directed at changing nature as Pardy suggests.

The Future Of Groundwater In The West, James S. Lochhead

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

7 pages.

Advancing Binational Cooperation In Transboundary Aquifer Management On The U.S. Mexico Border [Paper And Presentation], Stephen P. Mumme

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

Presenter: Steve Mumme, Colorado State University.

23 pages and 8 slides.

Contains footnotes.

Slides: Deep Trouble On The Plains: Conflicts Over Aquifer Mining, Management And Marketing, Ronald Kaiser

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

Presenter: Ron Kaiser, Texas A&M University.

47 slides.

Slides: California Groundwater Management, Michael Fife

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

Presenter: Michael Fife, Hatch and Parent.

66 pages (includes map) and 18 slides.

Contains footnotes.

Slides: Overview Of Groundwater Management Laws In The Western United States, Gary Bryner

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

Presenter: Gary Bryner, Natural Resources Law Center and Brigham Young University (see also Groundwater Law Sourcebook of the Western United States).

37 slides.

Agenda: Groundwater In The West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

Conference moderators and/or speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors James N. Corbridge, Jr., Douglas S. Kenney, Jim Martin and Kathryn M. Mutz.

The Colorado Law Natural Resources Law Center celebrated its 25th Annual Summer Conference by exploring one of the most important natural resources of the 21st century: groundwater. Titled "Groundwater in the West," the conference was held June 16-18 at the Fleming Law Building on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Participants discussed law, policy, and management of groundwater in the West. "As demands on surface water increase and drought seems more the norm than …

Slides: Overview Of Ground-Water Quality And Related Management Issues, Mike Wireman

Groundwater in the West (Summer Conference, June 16-18)

Presenter: Mike Wireman, Regional Groundwater Expert, EPA Region 8.

32 slides.

Jun. 4, 2004, Wbg, Striking A Better Balance, The Final Report Of The Extractive Industries Review, Wbg

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

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Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Congress Should Act To Define "Prevailing Party" To Ensure Citizen Suits Remain Effective In Environmental Regulation. Sierra Club V. City Of Little Rock, Nathan A. Steimel

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Assessing Costs Under Cercla: Sixth Circuit Requires Specificity In Complaints Seeking Prejudgment Interest. United States V. Consolidation Coal Co., Andrew J. Ennis

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Court Reports

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Contribution To Inaction: Interpreting Cercla To Encourage, Rather Than Discourage, Hazardous Waste Clean-Up. Dico, Inc. V. Amoco Oil Co. , Lewis A. Fleak

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Making The Grade: The Role Of Conservation Agreements In Complying With Environmental Law Mandates. Selkirk Conservation Alliance V. Forsgren, R. Marissa Albert

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

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Supreme Court Decision Allows The Epa To Flex Its Muscle And Trump State Permitting Authorities. Alaska Department Of Enrivonmental Conservation V. Environmental Protection Agency, Patrick A. Bousquet

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

The Missouri River Compromise: Negotiated Rulemaking As A Suggested Resolution To The River Basin Dispute, Marya Kathryn Lucas

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Judges' Bench Memorandum: Sixteenth Annual Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Kirstin Etela

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Best Brief For Appellant New Union Fly Fisherman's Federation, Inc.: Sixteenth Annual Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Kathy A. Reichbach, Nicole S. Zellweger

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Best Brief For Intervenor United States: Sixteenth Annual Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Douglas Chartier, Richard Lee, Erica Tennyson

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Best Overall Brief: Sixteenth Annual Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, Noah Anstraus, Louise Melchor, Jennifer Sosa

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fuel Efficiency: The Disconnect Between Environmental Policy And Tax Policy, John J. Marciano

ExpressO

The recent high gas prices in America have intensified the debate over oil and gas efficiency, use, and reserves. As the national average for a gallon tops $2.10, Congress and the President strive to find a common position to foster energy independence, protect the environment, and bolster the struggling economy.

President Bush’s energy policy and recent Senate and House bills have not contemplated their effects on the environmental state of our nation or its impact on the internal revenue code. In this time of uncertainty, energy independence and measured use of resources may be at odds, but must we stray …

Federal Permitting Issues Related To Offshore Wind Energy, Using The Cape Wind Project In Massachusetts As An Illustration, Thomas A. Utzinger

ExpressO

Cape Wind Associates, LLC in Massachusetts intends to build a 130-turbine wind park off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in federal waters. The wind park would generate an average output great enough to power about three-quarters of the Cape’s energy needs.

Construction of this project required two permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: one for a single data tower, and one for the overall wind park. To date, the Corps has granted the data tower permit. This has been the subject of litigation in Massachusetts state and federal courts. The Corps is also conducting a lengthy environmental review of …