Pollution Law Handbook: A Guide to Federal Environmental Laws

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This may be the book to guide advocates and citizens through our complex environmental laws. . . . Not a critique of the pollution laws, this is a detailed summary of their provisions, such as who is responsible for administration; criteria and schedules to be met; citizens' right to bring suit; and the like. Not easy reading, it beats hacking through the language of the laws themselves. Library Journal Pollution Law Handbook is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to eight major federal statutes concerned with controlling pollution. Written for attorneys and their corporate clients concerned with environmental matters, the handbook is designed to help the reader fully comprehend both the general intent and the essential provisions of each statute--many of which seem convoluted, confusing, and unduly complex in their original statutory text. The eight statutes selected for inclusion are those which provide the principal authority for regulating air, water, and land pollution, and toxic waste.

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Students and citizens groups will find this most helpful on topics including water and air pollution; toxic and solid waste; pesticides; superfund' liability; and community right to know' laws. An especially good purchase for smaller libraries that don't have copies of the original laws, this is essential for all libraries as an accessible summary of a popular subject.-Library Journal
"Students and citizens groups will find this most helpful on topics including water and air pollution; toxic and solid waste; pesticides; superfund' liability; and community right to know' laws. An especially good purchase for smaller libraries that don't have copies of the original laws, this is essential for all libraries as an accessible summary of a popular subject."-Library Journal

Author Bio

SIDNEY M. WOLF is a Professor in the Social Science Division at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.