Showing papers on "Environmental law published in 1976"

Coal Law from the Old World: A Perspective on Land Use and Environmental Regulation in the Coal Industries of the United States, Great Britain, and West Germany

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Urban Environmental Law: Emergent Citizens' Rights for the Aesthetic, the Spiritual, and the Spacious

Abstract: The issues in environmental law have been largely directed toward the natural environment, however, very recently and with growing force, new law has been channeled into the service of our nation’s urban centers. Traditionally, urban environmental law included only broad schemes to redress urban ills, such as zoning laws, public housing programs, and urban renewal. In the past few years, there has been an increase in the development of personally held and asserted citizens rights to a quality urban environment. While articles on the urban environment often deal with statutory and administrative action, this article presents a different perspective, that of citizen enforcement and the judicial consequences of such a development. Illustrative of the emergent role of courts in enforcing citizens’ claims are the areas of historic preservation, noise regulation, and the use of environmental impact statements.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW- Federal Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act of 1972- Jurisdiction to Review Effluent Limitation Regulations Promulgated Pursuant to the Act by Environmental Protection Agency Lies in Circuit Courts

Abstract: Plaintiffs, eight corporations engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, brought an action against the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA seeking review of certain regulations promulgated by the Administrator under the Federal Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act of 1972 (Act). The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction to review the regulations. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed. It seems clear that the Supreme Court will have to decide the question of the Administrator’s authority to issue effluent limitations pursuant to section 301 of the Act before the collateral issue of technical adequacy of the regulations, the function of state permit issuing agencies, and the jurisdictional questions can be resolved.