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Preface | v | |
Note on Administrative Law | vii | |
Chapter 1 | Introduction | 1 |
A. | Background | 1 |
Lobsenz, Washington News (UPI) | 3 | |
B. | Some Theory And Perspective | 5 |
Coase, The Problem Of Social Cost | 6 | |
Hardin, The Tragedy Of The Commons | 7 | |
Gore, Earth in the Balance, Ecology and the Human Spirit | 12 | |
Easterbrook, A Moment on the Earth, the Coming Age of Environmental Optimism | 13 | |
Chapter 2 | Common Law Considerations | 15 |
A. | Introduction | 15 |
B. | Property Law: The Law of Waste | 15 |
C. | Tort Law: The Law of Strict Liability, Negligence, Trespass, and Nuisance | 16 |
Morgan v. High Penn Oil Co. | 17 | |
Weinhold v. Wolff | 21 | |
A Note on Reserve Mining Co. v. Herbst | 32 | |
D. | Conservation and Preservation Servitudes | 34 |
Chapter 3 | Constitutional Considerations | 37 |
A. | Introduction | 37 |
B. | Enumerated and Sovereign Powers | 38 |
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority | 38 | |
Gibbs v. Babbitt | 41 | |
C. | Considerations of Federalism | 57 |
1. | The Tenth Amendment | 57 |
New York v. United States | 57 | |
2. | Preemption | 72 |
Feikema v. Texaco, Inc. | 72 | |
3. | Dormant Commerce Clause | 81 |
C & A Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown, New York | 81 | |
Sporhase v. Nebraska | 91 | |
D. | Rights of Individuals | 102 |
1. | Eminent Domain | 102 |
Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff | 102 | |
2. | The Takings Clause | 109 |
a. | Total Takings | 113 |
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council | 113 | |
Loveladies Harbor, Inc. v. United States | 122 | |
b. | Less Than Total Takings | 124 |
Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City | 124 | |
Chapter 4 | The National Environmental Policy Act | 137 |
A. | Introduction | 137 |
Twentieth Annual Report of the Council of Environmental Quality | 137 | |
Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission | 141 | |
NEPA at 19: A Primer on an 'Old' Law with Solutions to 'New' Problems | 152 | |
B. | Exceptions to Applicability | 155 |
C. | Whether to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") | 157 |
National Parks & Conservation Association v. Babbitt | 159 | |
Sierra Club v. United States Forest Service | 174 | |
D. | Environmental Impact Statements | 178 |
1. | The Role of EISs in Decisionmaking | 178 |
Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council | 179 | |
2. | EIS Content and Availability Requirements | 190 |
A Note on Environmental Justice | 195 | |
A Note on NEPA [section] 102(1) | 198 | |
Chapter 5 | Federal Lands | 201 |
A. | Introduction | 201 |
B. | Historical Background | 202 |
1. | Acquisition of the Public Lands | 202 |
2. | Phases of Federal Land Policy | 203 |
a. | Alienation of the Public Lands | 204 |
b. | Retention and Management | 209 |
Clawson, Uncle Sam's Acres | 209 | |
C. | Power over Federal Land | 211 |
1. | Constitutional Authority | 211 |
Kleppe v. New Mexico | 212 | |
2. | Power to Withdraw and Reserve Federal Lands | 218 |
United States v. Midwest Oil Co. | 219 | |
3. | Federal Reserved Water Rights | 227 |
Cappaert v. United States | 227 | |
4. | Indian Reserved Rights | 236 |
Winters v. United States | 236 | |
5. | The Wilderness Act of 1964 | 239 |
Stupak-Thrall v. United States | 241 | |
D. | Federal Land Management | 246 |
1. | Managing Agencies | 246 |
2. | Management Regimes | 248 |
a. | Mineral lands | 248 |
i. | The General Mining Act of 1872 | 249 |
United States v. Coleman | 251 | |
A Note on the Federal Land Policy and Management Act | 258 | |
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 | 258 | |
ii. | The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 | 262 |
iii. | The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | 264 |
b. | Timber Lands | 266 |
Sierra Club v. Peterson | 269 | |
c. | Grazing lands | 277 |
Public Lands Council v. Babbitt | 279 | |
d. | Recreation and Wildlife lands | 293 |
i. | National Park System | 293 |
a. | National Parks | 293 |
b. | National Monuments | 294 |
c. | Other Federal Lands | 296 |
Alternative Land Designations in The National Park System | 296 | |
ii. | National Wildlife Refuges | 298 |
Chapter 6 | The Public Trust Doctrine | 301 |
A. | Introduction | 301 |
B. | Illinois Central | 302 |
Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois | 302 | |
C. | The Public Trust Doctrine in State Law | 310 |
National Audubon Society v. Superior Court of Alpine County | 311 | |
Chapter 7 | Endangered Species Act | 321 |
A. | Introduction | 321 |
Sheldon, Overview of Wildlife Law | 322 | |
B. | Section 4 | 330 |
1. | The Listing Process | 330 |
Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. Babbitt | 331 | |
Defenders of Wildlife v. Babbitt | 336 | |
2. | Designation of Critical Habitat | 343 |
Natural Resources Defense Council v. U. S. Department of Interior | 344 | |
New Mexico Cattle Growers v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 350 | |
C. | Section 7 | 356 |
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill | 357 | |
D. | Section 9 | 374 |
Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon | 374 | |
E. | Statutory Flexibility Initiatives | 384 |
Loggerhead Turtle v. County Council of Volusia County, Florida | 386 | |
F. | Administrative Flexibility Initiatives | 396 |
A Note on the Animal Welfare and Animal Rights Movements | 398 | |
Chapter 8 | Water Rights | 399 |
A. | Introduction | 399 |
B. | Surface Waters | 401 |
1. | Riparianism | 401 |
2. | Prior Appropriation | 403 |
Irwin v. Phillips | 403 | |
A Note on Diffuse Waters | 407 | |
C. | Groundwater | 407 |
D. | Federal Water Rights | 408 |
1. | Federal Legislation and Water Projects | 408 |
California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | 409 | |
2. | The Navigational Servitude | 413 |
United States v. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma | 413 | |
A Note on Interstate Allocation | 418 | |
Chapter 9 | The Clean Air Act | 421 |
A. | Introduction | 421 |
B. | The 1970 Act | 423 |
1. | Regulation of Criteria Pollutants | 423 |
a. | National Ambient Air Quality Standards | 423 |
Lead Industries Ass'n, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 427 | |
Whitman v. American Trucking Assn's | 431 | |
Ruckelshaus, Risk, Science and Democracy | 435 | |
b. | Emissions Limitations | 439 |
2. | New Source Performance Standards | 443 |
a. | Applicability | 443 |
Potomac Electric Power Co. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 443 | |
b. | Operation | 450 |
Lignite Energy Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 451 | |
3. | Hazardous Air Pollutants | 454 |
C. | The 1977 Amendments | 456 |
1. | Nonattainment | 457 |
Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance v. Browner | 457 | |
2. | Prevention of Significant Deterioration | 469 |
Alabama Power Company v. Costle | 470 | |
Wisconsin Electric Power Company v. Reilly | 475 | |
A Note on Emissions Trading | 488 | |
EPA Emissions Trading Policy Statement | 488 | |
D. | The 1990 Amendments | 492 |
1. | National Ambient Air Quality Standards | 492 |
2. | Hazardous Air Pollutants | 493 |
Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 494 | |
3. | Acid Deposition Control | 507 |
Senate Report No. 101-228, 101[superscript st] Cong. 2d Sess. | 507 | |
4. | Permits | 511 |
5. | Stratospheric Ozone Protection | 512 |
A Note on Global Warming | 513 | |
Chapter 10 | The Clean Water Act | 519 |
A. | Introduction | 519 |
B. | Issues of Applicability | 523 |
Washington Wilderness Coalition v. Hecla Mining Co. | 523 | |
C. | Point Source Regulation | 529 |
1. | Effluent Limitations | 529 |
Reynolds Metals Company v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 532 | |
a. | Best Practicable Technology (BPT) | 542 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Costle | 542 | |
b. | Best Available Technology (BAT) | 546 |
Kennecott v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 546 | |
c. | Water Quality Standards | 556 |
Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 557 | |
2. | Section 401: Certification | 563 |
American Rivers, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm'n | 563 | |
PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County and City of Tacoma v. Washington Department of Ecology | 568 | |
3. | The National Pollution Discharge Elimination | 577 |
Atlantic States Legal Foundation v. Eastman Kodak Co. | 577 | |
American Forest and Paper Association v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 582 | |
D. | Total Maximum Daily Loads | 586 |
Pronsolino v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 589 | |
E. | Wetlands Protection | 608 |
United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. | 610 | |
Solid Waste Agency v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 618 | |
United States v. Brace | 626 | |
National Mining Association v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | 634 | |
Chapter 11 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | 645 |
A. | Introduction | 645 |
American Mining Congress v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("AMC I") | 646 | |
B. | Subchapter IV-Solid Waste Regulation | 653 |
C. | Subchapter III-Hazardous Waste Regulation | 655 |
1. | Applicability | 655 |
Mobil Oil Corp. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 655 | |
2. | Regulatory Structure | 658 |
3. | Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 | 661 |
a. | Land Disposal Restrictions | 661 |
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 663 | |
Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 670 | |
b. | Corrective Action | 679 |
c. | Underground Storage Tanks | 681 |
D. | Federal and State Relations in Enforcement | 684 |
Harmon Industries, Inc. v. Browner | 685 | |
Chapter 12 | The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA") | 697 |
A. | Introduction | 697 |
Environmental Protection Agency, National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites | 703 | |
United States v. Alcan Aluminum Corp. | 709 | |
B. | Personal Liability | 714 |
1. | Prima Facie Liability | 714 |
a. | Owners and Operators | 714 |
Commander Oil Corp. v. Barlo Equipment Corp. | 714 | |
A Note on Passive Migration | 722 | |
United States v. Gurley | 725 | |
United States v. Bestfoods | 731 | |
A Note on the Special Case of Lenders | 742 | |
b. | Arrangers | 743 |
Catellus Dev. Corp. v. United States | 743 | |
c. | Transporters | 749 |
United States v. Western Processing Co. | 749 | |
2. | Defenses | 751 |
Westwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. National Fuel Gas Distrib. Corp. | 752 | |
C. | Issues of Liability and Damages | 759 |
Bedford Affiliates v. Sills | 759 | |
Bell Petroleum Services, Inc. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 769 | |
United States v. R.W. Meyer, Inc. | 779 | |
D. | Natural Resources Damages | 783 |
A Note on CERCLA and Comprehensive General Liability Insurance | 786 | |
A Note on CERCLA Reforms | 787 | |
E. | RCRA and CERCLA | 787 |
United States v. Rohm and Haas Co. | 788 | |
Appendix 1 | Table of Acronyms | 1 |
Appendix 2 | Canons of Statutory Interpretation | 7 |
Table of Cases | 1 | |
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