clean water act Books and Publications

The Tools of Prevention: Opportunities for Promoting Pollution Prevention Under Federal Legislation Report

This report focuses on the Clean Water Act and RCRA, the two statutes currently under consideration for congressional reauthorization. Our analysis of these laws reveals that the major barrier to pollution prevention are not statutory in origin. Both the Clean Water Act and RCRA -- without ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

The Clean Water Act and the Constitution: Legal Structure and the Public"s Right to a Clean Healthy Environment

The Clean Water Act and the Constitution: is a comprehensive, clearly organized, and insightful exploration of the Clean Water Act’s intended and actual experience with federalism concerns. After introducing the subject and describing its pivotal role, Professor Craig examines the ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Basic Practice Series: Clean Water Act

Get the facts quickly on environmental, energy and resources law issues with these practice-oriented guides! The Basic Practice Series is an essential library providing concise information in an easy-to-use format. Each volume focuses on either a specific statute or an area of concentration within environmental, energy, or resources law. Whether you're new or seasoned professional, you'll find ...

By American Bar Association (ABA)

The Clean Water Act Handbook, Second Edition

This updated guide is the definitive resource to the provisions and complexities of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and how it continues to evolve. Recent court rulings and the change of administration have resulted in significant changes that dramatically affect practitioners working in the area. This new ...

By American Bar Association (ABA)

Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act

Recognizing the importance of wetland protection, the Bush administration in 1988 endorsed the goal of “no net loss” of wetlands. Specifically, it directed that filling of wetlands should be avoided, and minimized when it cannot be avoided. When filling is permitted, compensatory mitigation must be undertaken; that is, wetlands must be restored, created, enhanced, and, in exceptional cases, ...

By The National Academies Press (NAP)

Clean Water Act TMDL Program: Law, Policy, and Implementation, 2nd Edition

The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program is becoming a fact of life for many industries, the EPA, and state and local agencies. Make sure that you know all there is to know about the TMDL requirements of clean water legislation! This is the definitive guide—newly revised and updated to include new ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases & Materials on Water Pollution Control

The study of water pollution control regulation is a study of statutes and their administration. This casebook explores water pollution and the federal statute chiefly designed to control it, the Clean Water Act, and examines how water pollution is addressed, first by the common law and then by ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Smart Growth and the Clean Water Act Report

Land uses directly and indirectly affect the quality of our nation"s waters. Various patterns of urban, suburban, exurban, and rural development can contribute either to improving water quality or to impairing it. At the same time, state and federal programs directed at controlling water pollution can ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

The Clean Water Act and the Constitution: Legal Structure and the Public’s Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment, 2nd Edition

In this second edition of a landmark book, author Robin Kundis Craig explores the structural implications for water quality regulation when the primary federal statute for regulating water quality—the Clean Water Act—operates in a context complicated by a variety of constitutional requirements and ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Wetlands Law & Policy

The federal government has taken the primary role in protecting the nations wetlands, with the centerpiece of these efforts the Clean Water Acts Section 404 permitting program. Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404 is a comprehensive new guide to this important yet controversial regulatory ...

By American Bar Association (ABA)

Defining and Assessing Adverse Environmental Impact from Power Plant Impingement and Entrainment of Aquatic Organisms: Symposium in Conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 2001, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA

The U.S. Clean Water Act calls for the minimization of adverse environmental impact at cooling water intake structures. To facilitate an exchange of information among all stakeholders in the issue, the Electric Power Research Institute organized a national symposium in 2001 to discuss the meaning of ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management

The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areas—the lands bordering ...

By The National Academies Press (NAP)

Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management

in the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. With this in mind, there is a need for a quick ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Anchoring the Clean Water Act: Congress’s Constitutional Sources of Power to Protect the Nation’s Waters Report

Recent Supreme Court rulings have called into question federal Clean Water Act coverage for certain wetlands and streams. Legislation recently introduced in the House of Representatives would amend the Act to restate and clarify Congress’s intent to regulate the waters of the United States to the fullest ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

North Carolina Practice Guide—Handling Environmental Matters

Consider this text your guide to environmental laws affecting North Carolina businesses and governmental entities. Provides an overview of environmental agencies, laws, regulations, and policies. Explains the impact of major environmental programs, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Community ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

Westlaw Journal Environmental

This reporter covers the most recent developments in litigation arising under federal and state environmental statutes, including the Superfund Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, the National Environmental Policy Act, and ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

ASTM And U.S. EPA Standards For Cyanide Analysis, Sampling, And Mitigating Interferences

This unique collection features 12 of the latest ASTM standards for the analysis of cyanide in water, solids, and air. Six of these test methods and one practice are currently being proposed by the U.S. EPA for compliance monitoring at 40 CFR Part 136 under the Clean Water Act. In addition to D2036-09, ...

By ASTM International

The Environmental Counselor

This newsletter includes feature articles and periodic updates on environmental issues important to corporate counsel. It covers a wide range of subjects related to environmental law, including community right-to-know, environmental audits, asbestos, criminal risks, the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, OSHA & ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

Environmental Litigation Reporter (Andrews Litigation Reporter)

This reporter covers the most recent developments in litigation arising under federal and state environmental statutes, including the Superfund Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, the National Environmental Policy Act, and ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

2005 Status Report on Compensatory Mitigation in the United States

ELI’s groundbreaking mitigation research continues with the completion of the 2005 Status Report on Compensatory Mitigation in the United States. The report, an update of the seminal 2001 Banks and Fees Study, is designed to determine the extent and nature of wetland mitigation banking and in-lieu fee mitigation activities in the nation. It examines all active wetland mitigation banks, ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

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