美国环保法概述分解.ppt

Prepared By: Sanne Knudsen, July 2001 Faculty Guidance Provided By: Dr. Gregory Keoleian;Presentation Roadmap;Presentation Roadmap (contin…);Part I: Structural Overview of Environmental Law;Sources of Environmental Law;Some state laws implement federal programs Clean Water Act programs Clean Air Act programs Some state laws are independent from federal programs Massachusetts: Toxic Waste Minimization Law California: Proposition 65 New Jersey: Property Transfer Environmental Law;Targets of Environmental Laws:Who or what gets regulated? ;Regulatory Objectives:What is the desirable level of protection?;Regulatory ObligationsHow will regulations achieve their objectives?;Translating Statutes into Regulations;Sources of information to help identify regulatory obligations;Part II:Environmental Laws;Federal Environmental Statutes;Clean Air Act;CAA. . . ;Clean Water Act;CWA;Resource Conservationand Recovery Act;RCRA ….;Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;CERCLA. . . ;Toxic Substances Control Act;TSCA . . . ;Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act;FIFRA . . .;National Environmental Policy Act;NEPA. . . ;Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act;EPCRA;Occupational Safety and Health Act;OSHA;Pollution Prevention Act;Pollution Prevention Act;Common Law Liabilities;Common Law v. Statutory Law;Common Law: Trespass;Common Law: Strict Liability for Ultra Hazardous Activities;Common Law: Nuisance;Common Law:Toxic Torts;International Treaties;International Treaties:Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978;International Treaties: The Kyoto Protocol;International Treaties: The Montreal Protocol;International Treaties: International Organization for Standards;Part III: ;Resource Extraction;Case Example: Using the Life Cycle Framework to Track the Many Environmental Statutes that Govern Petroleum-Based Fuel;Petroleum Case Example:Onshore Petroleum Extraction;Offshore Petroleum Extraction;Refining;Use;Performa