Environmental Law Handbook

Now in its 34th year, this updated industry standard provides readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-read look at the 14 major environmental, health and safety laws affecting U.S. businesses and organizations.

This Nineteenth Edition references all regulatory changes made in the last two years, including EPA's new joint enforcement initiative with OSHA, changes to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, current enforcement and liability trends, and recent developments affecting the Clean Air Act. It also addresses new issues affecting air permitting of industrial facilities, developments in the new source review controversy, the first revision of the Oil Pollution Act's limits of liability, and EPA's new "All Appropriate Inquiries" rule.

No matter what your title—manager, engineer, professional, or student—you'll find yourself turning to the reference again and again for practical legal insight into the 14 major environmental, health and safety laws that affect U.S. businesses and organizations, including Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Pollution Prevention Act, and Occupational Safety and Health Act.

You'll find easy-to-read explanations of the requirements, sample and cited cases, a section of research sources at the end of every chapter, and a detailed Table of Contents and index that make finding what you need easy.