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. By a professor and attorney, it covers the primary federal statutes regulating pollution: clean water, clean air, toxic substances control, safe drinking water, insecticide/fungicide/rodenticide, solid waste disposal, "superfund" (liability), and community right-to-know acts. Each chapter includes a useful table of contents. A brief history and overview open the discussion into the titles and sections of each law. Abbreviations are defined at the book's beginning, but important definitions are given with each law. 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. For informed lay readers and specialists. Daniel LaRossa, Connetquot P.L., Bohemia, Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
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

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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


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This may be the book to guide advocates and citizens through our complex environmental laws. By a professor and attorney, it covers the primary federal statutes regulating pollution: clean water, clean air, toxic substances control, safe drinking water, insecticide/fungicide/rodenticide, solid waste disposal, ``superfund'' (liability), and community right-to-know acts. Each chapter includes a useful table of contents. A brief history and overview open the discussion into the titles and sections of each law. Abbreviations are defined at the book's beginning, but important definitions are given with each law. 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. For informed lay readers and specialists. Daniel LaRossa, Connetquot P.L., Bohemia, N.Y.


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