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Lecture 25 - Regulating Chemicals in the Environment

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Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the drivers and processes in environmental law development.
  2. Understand a structural summary of how the US Federal legal system works.
  3. Understand a structural summary of how laws, regulations and policies are made.
  4. Understand the fundamentals of administrative law.
  5. List the major US environmental laws.
  6. Explore the key environmental laws interfacing with issues of concern in environmental toxicology.
  7. Use a case study to understand the historical development of air quality regulation in California.

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CA Air Resources Board, Clearing California Skies 12 mins

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LECTURE ACTIVITIES

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Advanced Reading

  1. EPA: Laws, Regulations, Guidance and Dockets

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Keywords

  • Federalism
  • Legislative branch
  • Executive branch
  • Judicial branch
  • Trial court
  • Court of appeals
  • Rule making
  • Adjudication
  • Administrative law
  • Common law
  • Statutory law
  • Trial de novo
  • Technology standards
  • Ambient standards
  • Clean Air Act (CAA)
  • Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • CERCLA, Superfund
  • Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA)
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
  • Freedom of Information Act (FIA)
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
  • Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
  • Oil Pollution Act of 1990
  • Pollution Prevention Act
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
  • Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
  • Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  • Environmental impact statement
  • Hazardous waste
  • Hazardous substance
  • Listed, characteristic waste
  • National Priorities List (NPL)
  • Superfund
  • Air quality standard

Suggested Reading

  1. EPA: CAA
  2. EPA: CWA
  3. EPA: CERCLA
  4. EPA: EPCRA
  5. EPA: ESA
  6. EPA: FIFRA
  7. EPA: OSHA
  8. EPA: OPA
  9. EPA: PPA
  10. EPA: RCRA
  11. EPA: SARA
  12. EPA: SDWA
  13. EPA: TSCA