Sample Syllabi for 9th edition of Environmental Regulation Casebook

Environmental Regulation: Law, Science & Policy

Syllabus 1 - Comprehensive Coverage

Introduction

  1. Environmental Ethics and Values, 8-16
  2. Environmental Justice, 16-28
  3. Economics and the Environment, 28-42
  4. Common Law Roots, 61-93
  5. Regulatory Legislation, 93-138
  6. Approaches to Regulation: Assessing the Options, 138-166
  7. The Regulatory Process, 166-184

Waste Management and Pollution Prevention

  1. Statutory Authorities Affecting Waste Management, 303-306
  2. Identifying Hazardous Waste, Household Waste Exclusion and Incinerator Ash, Subtitle D, 329-347
  3. Introduction to CERCLA, CERCLA Liability, Responsible Parties, 347-363
  4. CERCLA Liability: Operators and Arrangers, 363-382
  5. Strict, Joint and Several Liability and Allocation of Liability, 382-416
  6. Commerce Clause Limitations, 416-434

Regulation of Toxic Substances

  1. Uncertainty, Risk Assessment, and the Precautionary Principle, 185-228
  2. How Safe is Safe?- Modern Approaches to Managing Risk, 228-279
  3. Regulation Through Revelation, 279-298

Air Pollution Control

  1. Introduction to CAA, Ambient Air Quality Standards, 450-456, 480-502
  2. State Implementation Plans, 503-511
  3. Offsets, Bubbles, Emissions Trading and Interstate Pollution, 512-576
  4. Mobile Sources & Technology-Forcing, 466-480

Water Pollution Control

  1. Statutory Authorities for Protecting Water Quality, 582-612
  2. Effluent Limitations on Point Source Discharges, 612-662
  3. Water Quality-Based Controls, 662-698
  4. Wetlands Protection and the Section 404 Program, 698-713

Land Use Regulation and Regulatory Takings

  1. Land Use and the Environment, state and Local Regulation of Land Use, Introduction to Regulatory Takings Law, 734-746
  2. The Modern Revival of Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence, 746-779

Environmental Assessment

  1. The National Environmental Policy Act: An Overview, 814-822
  2. Adequacy of EISs, How Well Has NEPA Worked, 874-899

Biodiversity Protection

  1. Rationale for Preserving Biodiversity, Introduction to the Endangered Species Act, 902-914
  2. Protecting Endangered Species Against Private Actions, Public Resource Management, 951-968

Environmental Enforcement

  1. Detecting Violations, Enforcement Authorities and Policies, 974-995
  2. Criminal Enforcement, 999-1016
  3. Standing and Citizen Access to the Courts, 1026-1058
  4. Citizen Suits, 1016-1026, 1059-1067

Protection of the Global Environment

  1. Introduction to International Environmental Law, Protection of the Global Atmosphere, 1073-1113
  2. International Trade and the Environment, 1113-1148

Conclusion

  1. Environmental Progress, Environmental Prospects, 1165-1190

Syllabus 2 – Less Toxics, More Water, Nepa, Esa, International

Introduction

  1. Environmental Ethics and Values, 8-16
  2. Environmental Justice, 16-28
  3. Economics and the Environment, 28-42
  4. Common Law Roots, 61-93
  5. Statutory Law, 93-104
  6. Regulation and its Alternatives, Regulatory Options, 138-158
  7. The Regulatory Process, 166-184

Waste Management and Pollution Prevention

  1. Statutory Authorities Affecting Waste Management, 303-306
  2. Identifying Hazardous Waste, Household Waste Exclusion and Incinerator Ash, Subtitle D, 329-347
  3. Introduction to CERCLA, CERCLA Liability, Responsible Parties, 347-363
  4. CERCLA Liability: Operators and Arrangers, 363-382
  5. Strict, Joint and Several Liability and Allocation of Liability, 382-416
  6. Commerce Clause Limitations, 416-434

Regulation of Toxic Substances

  1. How Safe is Safe? - Modern Approaches to Managing Risk, 228-279
  2. Regulation Through Revelation, 279-298

Air Pollution Control

  1. Introduction to CAA, Ambient Air Quality Standards, 450-456, 480-502
  2. State Implementation Plans, 503-511
  3. Offsets, Bubbles, Emissions Trading and Interstate Pollution, 512-576
  4. Mobile Sources & Technology-Forcing, 466-480

Water Pollution Control

  1. Statutory Authorities for Protecting Water Quality, 582-612
  2. Effluent Limitations on Point Source Discharges, 612-662
  3. Variances, POTWs and Interstate Pollution, 650-662, 667-673
  4. Individual Control Strategies, Section 401 Certification & TMDLs, 673-698
  5. Wetlands Protection and the Section 404 Program, 698-713

Land Use Regulation and Regulatory Takings

  1. Land Use and the Environment, state and Local Regulation of Land Use, Introduction to Regulatory Takings Law, 734-746
  2. The Modern Revival of Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence, 746-779

Environmental Assessment

  1. The National Environmental Policy Act: An Overview, 814-822
  2. Under what circumstance must an Environmental Impact Statement be Prepared? 823-874
  3. Adequacy of EISs, How Well Has NEPA Worked?, 874-899

Biodiversity Protection

  1. Rationale for Preserving Biodiversity, Introduction to the Endangered Species Act, 902-914
  2. Listing Process, Review of Federal Actions, 924-936, 940-951
  3. Protecting Endangered Species Against Private Actions, Public Resource Management, 951-968

Environmental Enforcement

  1. Detecting Violations, Enforcement Authorities and Policies, 974-995
  2. Criminal Enforcement, 999-1016
  3. Standing and Citizen Access to the Courts, 1026-1058
  4. Citizen Suits, 1016-1026, 1059-1067

Protection of the Global Environment

  1. Introduction to International Environmental Law, Protection of the Global Atmosphere, 1073-1113
  2. Global Climate Change: Legal and Policy Responses, 1098-1113
  3. International Trade and the Environment, 1113-1148

Environmental Progress, Environmental Prospects

  1. Environmental Progress, Environmental Prospects, 1165-1190

Syllabus 3– Hazardous Waste and Toxics Seminar

Introduction

  1. Environmental Ethics and Values, 8-16
  2. Environmental Justice, 16-28
  3. Economics and the Environment, 28-42
  4. Common Law Roots, 61-93
  5. Toxic Substance Problem; Common Law Causes of Action, 104-116
  6. Common Law Causes of Action and the Rise of Regulatory Legislation, 93-138

Regulation of Toxic Substances

  1. Regulatory Options, 138-166
  2. The Regulatory Process, 166-184
  3. Statutory Authorities for Regulating Toxic Substances, 231-233
  4. Coping with Uncertainty: The Road to Risk Assessment, 186-228
  5. The Toxic Substances Control Act, 233-246
  6. How Safe is Safe?: Feasibility-Limited Regulation (OSHA and SDWA) and Health-Based Limits (Delaney Clause), 246-263
  7. Setting and Revising NAAQSs, 480-503
  8. Water Quality Standards, Individual Control Strategies and TMDLs, 662-667, 673-698
  9. How Safe is Safe?: Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, Comparative Risk, 266-279
  10. Informational and Burden Shifting Strategies, 279-298

Waste Management and Pollution Prevention

  1. Introduction to RCRA, Defining Hazardous Waste, 307-316, 329-334
  2. Identifying Hazardous Waste, the Household Waste Exclusion, 329-343
  3. Introduction to CERCLA, CERCLA Liability, Responsible Parties, 347-363
  4. CERCLA Liability: Operators and Arrangers, 363-382
  5. Strict, Joint and Several Liability and Allocation of Liability 382-416
  6. Commerce Clause Limitations, 416-434
  7. Flow Control, Siting Controversies and the Environmental Justice Movement, 434-442
  8. Protecting the Ozone Layer, International Trade in Hazardous Substances, 1219-1227, 1086-1094

Enforcement

  1. Detecting Violations, Enforcement Authorities and Policies, 974-995
  2. Criminal Enforcement, 999-1016

Syllabus 4 – Starting with Clean Air

Introduction

  1. Environmental Ethics and Values, 8-16
  2. Environmental Justice, 16-28
  3. Economics and the Environment, 28-42
  4. Common Law Roots, 61-93
  5. Regulatory Legislation, 93-138
  6. Approaches to Regulation: Assessing the Options, 138-166
  7. The Regulatory Process, 166-184

Air Pollution Control

  1. Introduction to CAA, Ambient Air Quality Standards, 450-456, 480-502
  2. Revising National Ambient Air Quality Standards, State Implementation Plans, 489-510
  3. Offsets, Bubbles, Emissions Trading and Interstate Pollution, 512-576
  4. Mobile Sources & Technology-Forcing, 466-480

Water Pollution Control

  1. Introduction, Scope of Federal Authority, 577-612
  2. Federal Authority, Effluent Limitations on Point Sources, 591-612, 631-657
  3. Effluent Limitations and Water Quality Standards, 645-667
  4. Impact of Water Quality Standards on Permit Limits, 667-673
  5. Wetlands Protection and the Section 404 Program, 698-713

Land Use Regulation and Regulatory Takings

  1. Land Use and the Environment, state and Local Regulation of Land Use, Introduction to Regulatory Takings Law, 734-746
  2. The Modern Revival of Regulatory Takings Jurisprudence, 746-779

Environmental Assessment

  1. The National Environmental Policy Act: An Overview, 814-822
  2. Under what circumstance must an Environmental Impact Statement be Prepared? 823-874
  3. Adequacy of EISs, How Well Has NEPA Worked, 874-899

Biodiversity Protection

  1. Rationale for Preserving Biodiversity, Introduction to the Endangered Species Act, 902-914
  2. Listing Process, Review of Federal Actions, 924-936, 940-951
  3. Protecting Endangered Species Against Private Actions, Public Resource Management, 951-968

Waste Management and Pollution Prevention

  1. Statutory Authorities Affecting Waste Management, 303-306
  2. Identifying Hazardous Waste, Household Waste Exclusion and Incinerator Ash, Subtitle D, 329-347
  3. Introduction to CERCLA, CERCLA Liability, Responsible Parties, 347-363
  4. CERCLA Liability: Operators and Arrangers, 363-382
  5. Strict, Joint and Several Liability and Allocation of Liability, 382-416
  6. Commerce Clause Limitations, 416-434

Regulation of Toxic Substances

  1. Uncertainty, Risk Assessment, and the Precautionary Principle, 185-228
  2. How Safe is Safe?- Modern Approaches to Managing Risk, 228-279
  3. Regulation Through Revelation, 279-298

Environmental Enforcement

  1. Detecting Violations, Enforcement Authorities and Policies, 974-995
  2. Criminal Enforcement, 999-1016
  3. Standing and Citizen Access to the Courts, 1026-1058
  4. Citizen Suits, 1016-1026, 1059-1067
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