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Spring 2012
Background
• Grad, Treatise on Environmental Law (on
Lexis)
• Rodgers, Environmental Law
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4 volume set, analysis of statutes and regs. Also on
Westlaw (ENVLAW)
• Clean Air Act Handbook
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On Westlaw (CLNAIRHB)
Current Issues (news)
• Environment Reporter
• Environment and Energy Daily
• EPA.gov
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• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
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Law Library website
Article Finding
Databases
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Index to Legal Periodicals
LegalTrac
HeinOnline
Lexis
Westlaw
Bibliographies
Which statutes are applicable?
• Treatises
• Environmental Law Research Guides (for
example, Georgetown Law Library's guide)
• EPA website
• Index to USCA or USCS
Where can I locate the relevant
statutes?
Tips:
• Know the difference between codified
statutes (USC, USCA, USCS) and public
laws (Statutes at Large).
• Use the Popular Name Table
Where can I locate the relevant
statutes?
• United State Code - available in print or on
FDsys
• United States Code Annotated (USCA) –
available in print or in Westlaw
• United States Code Service (USCS) –
available in print or in Lexis
Easy Legislative History
• HeinOnline
• Lexis/Westlaw
Proposed Legislation
Thomas.gov
Proquest Congressional
Columbia Law School Center for Climate
Change Law
What do federal agencies do?
• Rulemaking (regulations published in the
Code of Federal Regulations)
• Adjudication (administrative decisions)
Which Agency?
• EPA
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Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking
Water Act, CERCLA, NEPA, FIFRA, etc.
• Endangered Species Act
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Dept. Interior: Fish and Wildlife Service; Dept.
Commerce: National Marine Fisheries Service;
NOAA
• Council On Environmental Quality
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NEPA
Federal Regulations
• Rulemaking
• Federal Register
• Code of Federal Regulations
Locating Federal Regulations
• Code of Federal Regulations – online and
in print
• Relevant volumes might include:
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40 CFR – Protection of Environment
43 CFR – Public Lands: Interior
18 CFR – Conservation of Power and Water Resources
Proposed Regulations
• Regulations.gov
• Columbia Law School Center for Climate
Change Law
Agency Decisions
• Agency Websites
• Looseleaf services
• Westlaw and Lexis
Government Websites
• Science.gov (click on environment &
environmental quality)
• EPA.gov
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Publications:
 http://www.epa.gov/nscep/
 http://www.epa.gov/nscep/
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Data
Let’s go online……
State Information
• Law.cornell.edu (law about, find by topic)
• www.envcap.org (state regulations
resource locator)
• Environment Reporter
New York
• Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Conservation Law (enabling
legislation)
o Free access to relevant Regs at dec.ny.gov
and http://www.dos.ny.gov/info/nycrr.html
o Data at www.dec.ny.gov
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Local
• Don’t forget county and other entities
• City and town laws at municode.com and
generalcode.com
Databases in Westlaw and Lexis
• Lexis and Westlaw both have databases
with:
Environmental law treatises
Environmental law cases
Environmental law statutes and administrative
materials
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 Let’s go online……..
Research Exercise: The
Endangered Species Act