ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Prof. Stephenson
Spring Term 2007
Mon, Tue 8:15-10:15
Course Outline & Reading Assignments
I.
The Rise of Federal Statutory Environmental Regulation
Jan. 29 – Common Law Roots: Public and Private Nuisance
CB 61-87 (Ducktown Sulphur, Missouri, Tennessee Copper)
Jan. 30 – The Rise of Federal Regulation and the Impact on Common Law
CB 88-103 (Int’l Paper)
Supp.1-9 (Bates)
Feb. 5 – Standing and Citizen Suits
CB 977-997 (Sierra Club, Lujan)
CB 1014-1023 (Laidlaw)
Supp. 10-35 (Mass v. EPA, Mass v. EPA Supreme Court oral argument,
Bennett)
II.
Approaches to Environmental Risk Management
Feb. 6 – Cost-Benefit Analysis
CB 30-38
CB 230-247 (Corrosion Proof Fittings)
SS 276-278 (Toxic Substances Control Act §§6(a)-(c))
Feb. 12 – Risk Thresholds and Health-Based Standards
CB 182-196 (Benzene)
CB 264-271
Feb. 13 – Standards of Proof
CB 165-182 (Reserve Mining, Ethyl Corp.)
CB 211-216 (Chlorine Chemistry Council)
SS 388-392 (Safe Drinking Water Act §§300g-1(a),(b)(1)-(3))
Supp. 36-46 (Washington Post article on the Information Quality Act)
SS 50-53 (Information Quality Act and Implementing Regulations)
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III.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Feb. 16 (Friday) – Overview; NEPA Triggers
CB 795-810 (Calvert Cliffs, Strycker’s Bay)
CB 823-837 (Hanley, DOT)
SS 935-938 (NEPA §§101-103)
Feb. 19 – Problems of Timing and Scope; EIS Adequacy
CB 810-823 (Kleppe, Thomas, Sierra Club)
CB 838-855 (Vermont Yankee, Corps of Engineers, Marsh)
CB 857-861
IV.
The Clean Air Act (CAA)
Feb. 20 – Overview; Federal National Ambient Air Quality Standards
CB 467-495 (Lead Industries, American Trucking)
SS 502-504 (CAA §§108-109)
Feb. 23 (Friday) – State Implementation Plans; Hazardous Air Pollutants
CB 495-509 (Union Electric, Virginia, ADEC)
SS 505-511 (CAA §110)
SS 543-548 (CAA §113)
Supp. 47-52 (Nat’l Mining)
SS 515-524 (CAA §§112(a)-(g))
Feb. 26 – Attainment, Non-Attainment, and New Source Review
CB 510-525 (Duke Energy)
Supp. 53-71 (New York I)
SS 511-515 (CAA §111)
SS 564-571 (CAA §§160-169)
SS 574-578 (CAA §§171-174)
Feb. 27 – New Source Review, continued
Supp. 72-124 (RMRR exclusion Final Rule, New York II briefs, opinion,
and petition for rehearing)
[No Class March 5-6]
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Mar. 12 – Interstate Pollution and Permit Trading
CB 534-562 (Michigan, Appalachian Power, Alliance for Clean Coal)
SS 684-706 (CAA §§401-408) (skim)
Mar. 13 – Mobile Sources
CB 562-579 (Engine Mfrs. Assoc.)
Supp. 125-151 (Mass v. EPA, Mass v. EPA Supreme Court oral argument)
SS 610-613 (CAA §§202(a)-(b))
SS 630 (CAA §§209(a)-(c))
SS 631-634 (CAA §§211(a)-(c))
V.
The Clean Water Act (CWA)
Mar. 19 – Overview; Scope of Federal Authority
CB 581-616 (Riverside Bayview, SWANCC, Rapanos)
SS 853-855 (CWA §§404(a)-(h))
SS 862-863 (CWA §502))
Mar. 20 – The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
CB 616-29 (Nat’l Mining Ass’n, Miccosukee)
CB 629-644 (Costle, Plaza Health Labs)
SS 847-852 (CWA §402)
[No Class Mar. 26-27 – Spring Break]
Apr. 2 – Effluent Limitations and Variances; State Certification
CB 644-664 (Chemical Mfrs. Ass’n)
SS 790-802 (CWA §§301-303)
CB 674-684 (PUD No. 1)
Supp. 152-157 (S.D. Warren)
SS 845-847 (CWA §401)
Apr. 3 – Private Right of Action to Enforce the CWA
CB 1005-1014 (Gwaltney)
CB 1024-1031 (Atlantic States Legal Foundation)
SS 864-864 (CWA §505)
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VI.
Hazardous Waste Regulation
Apr. 9 – The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
CB 309-356 (American Mining Congress, City of Chicago)
SS 71-73 (SWDA §1004)
SS 83-98 (SWDA §§3002-3005) (skim)
Apr. 10 – CERCLA, Cleanup, and Potentially Responsible Parties
CB 366-371
CB 374-401 (Shore Realty, Bestfoods, Aceto)
SS 164-174 (CERCLA §101) (skim)
SS 176 (CERCLA §104(a))
SS 207 (CERCLA §111(a))
SS 190-194 (CERCLA §§105(a)-(d), 106, 107(a)-(c))
Apr. 16 – CERCLA Liability
CB 401-411 (O’Neil)
CB 416-433 (Cooper, Vertac, AKZO)
CB 434-438
SS 212-214 (CERCLA §§113(a)-(j))
Apr. 17 – State Regulation and the Dormant Commerce Clause
CB 438-455 (Philadelphia, Carbone)
VII.
The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Apr. 23 – Overview; Listing; Protection Against Federal Action
CB 868-876 (TVA)
CB 898-915 (Thomas, Roosevelt Campobello, Carson-Truckee)
SS 964-970 (ESA §§2-4)
SS 973-973-979 (ESA §7)
Apr. 24 – Protection Against Private Action
CB 915-931 (Sweet Home)
SS 980 (ESA §9(a))
SS 982-983 (ESA §§10(a)-(d))
SS 986-989 (ESA §11)
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