| Description |
xix, 441 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Introduction to environmental law and policy -- Overview of modern environmental problems -- Environmental regulation in the Americal legal system -- Mechanisms and models of environmental regulation -- pt. 2. Regulating uses of specific substances -- The federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide Act (FIFRA) -- The toxic substances control act (TSCA) -- The resource conservation and recovery act (RCRA) -- pt. 3. Remediating environmental contamination -- The comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act (CERCLA) -- pt. 4. Media specific protection -- The clean water act (CWA) -- The clean air act (CAA) -- pt. 5. Special issues in environmental regulation -- Environmental regulation of federal lands, federal facilities, and tribal lands -- International environmental law. |
| Subject |
Environmental law -- United States.
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Environmental policy -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Valente, William D.
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| ISBN |
031404356X (hardbound : alk. paper) |
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9780314043566 (hardbound : alk. paper) |
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