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Michigan Air Pollution Control: A Case Study, William A. Irwin Jan 1970

Michigan Air Pollution Control: A Case Study, William A. Irwin

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The State of Michigan began its fight against air pollution with the passage of two Acts in 1965: the Air Pollution Act and the Tax Exemption for Air Pollution Control Act. In adopting these acts the legislature hoped to solve the state's special needs for immediate air pollution control, created by the heavy concentration of automobile manufacturers and their suppliers in the state. The fight was to be waged through the efforts of a newly-created Air Pollution Control Commission and its staff. To present an evaluation of the success of these efforts, this comment concentrates upon two case studies of …

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Effluent Charges: Water Polution Control, Giovanna M. Longo Jan 1970

Effluent Charges: Water Polution Control, Giovanna M. Longo

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Various schemes to abate pollution have been proposed as the answer to the problem: expansion of existing treatment facilities; imposition of heavy penalties on individual polluters; granting tax incentives to reduce pollution; an absolute prohibition on dumping of certain or all pollutants; and the imposition of effluent charges. The particular remedy that is pursued should be selected on the basis of its ability to eliminate the root causes of pollution. Therefore, before an effective solution may be formulated, it is necessary to consider the reasons for the existence of the water pollution problem.

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Water Pollution Control In Vermont: A System Of Effluent Charges, Hobart Birmingham Jan 1970

Water Pollution Control In Vermont: A System Of Effluent Charges, Hobart Birmingham

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In the final hours of a three month session, Vermont's legislature adopted a water pollution control law which imposes fees on polluters. Control of water pollution has been a popular issue in Vermont-its first comprehensive laws on the subject were passed in 1949 -and this new legislation is designed to be a major step toward upgrading much of that state's water resources. Increasing industrial and municipal water use has resulted in such widespread pollution that the traditional private law of riparian rights provides an inadequate remedy to the problem of unclean water. Consequently, state intervention has become essential to the …

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Water Quality Control: A Modern Approach To State Regulation, Richard C. Ausness, Frank E. Maloney Jan 1970

Water Quality Control: A Modern Approach To State Regulation, Richard C. Ausness, Frank E. Maloney

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The American public of late has shown increasing concern over the quality of the environment. Water pollution has long been recognized as a major threat to a better environment. Municipal, industrial, and agricultural operations all contribute to the pollution problem. Municipalities empty millions of gallons of inadequately-treated sewage into the nation's rivers and streams. Municipal wastes are almost exclusively organic in nature. Currently municipal wastes are estimated to average about ten million tons annually while industrial pollution averages approximately fifteen million tons. Treatment in general is technologically feasible; the primary impediment is financial inability on the part of municipalities to …

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Automobile Noise- An Effective Method For Control Jan 1970

Automobile Noise- An Effective Method For Control

University of Richmond Law Review

The automobile as a contributing factor to air pollution has in recent years received widespread attention. Deserving of similar attention is the automobile's contribution to another increasing environmental problem, "noise pollution."

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The Right To A Decent Environment; E =Mc²: Environment Equals Man Times Courts Redoubling Their Efforts, E. F. Roberts Jan 1970

The Right To A Decent Environment; E =Mc²: Environment Equals Man Times Courts Redoubling Their Efforts, E. F. Roberts

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Public Relations, Law, And Environmental Pollution, Barbara L. Schoonover, David J. Sherriff Jan 1969

Public Relations, Law, And Environmental Pollution, Barbara L. Schoonover, David J. Sherriff

Cleveland State Law Review

In public relations, however, the relationship is a complementary one, in which the law acts as the formulator of the rules of society and public relations serves as the interpreter of them to the people. Beyond that, public relations often can support the law by creating an atmosphere in which the law can more effectively perform its function of protecting the people and preserving the health of society. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the area of air and water pollution control.

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The Expanding Scope Of Air Pollution Abatement, Edward Perry Johnson Feb 1968

The Expanding Scope Of Air Pollution Abatement, Edward Perry Johnson

West Virginia Law Review

The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare estimates that sixty per cent of all Americans now live in areas of persistent air pollution. Scientific evidence links the air pollution problem with increases in such health hazards as bronchitis, hypertension, lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease, circulatory ailments, and even the common cold. We learn that the quality of the nation's air has deteriorated to such an extent that it now costs the United States some eleven billion dollars annually to rectify the damage done by airborne pollutants. The federal government has cited three separate areas in West Virginia as contributors to …

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Air Pollution As A Private Nuisance Sep 1967

Air Pollution As A Private Nuisance

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Power Of State Of Indiana To Prevent Pollution Of The Ohio River Jan 1943

Power Of State Of Indiana To Prevent Pollution Of The Ohio River

Indiana Law Journal

Notes and Comments: Conservation

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