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Overview of Topics Covered:
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Introduction and General Overview; Some Significant Judicial Interpretations; Standing to Sue in Environmental Cases; Overview; Significant U.S. Supreme Court Decisions; Water Pollution Control; The Private Law of Water Pollution Control; Common Law Water Rights; The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (“The Refuse Act”); Control of Water Pollution; The Federal Water Pollution Control Act ([FWPCA] – A.K.A., The Clean Water Act [CWA]); General Goals, Policies and Objectives of the Statute; Principal Prohibitions and Regulatory Standards; Critical Statutory Definitions; Pretreatment Standards; NPDES Permit Program; Discharges of Oil and Hazardous Materials; Protection of Wetland Areas; Judicial Review; Enforcement; Hazardous Waste Handling & Disposal; The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Introduction and General Overview; RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulation; Air Pollution Control; Introduction and General Overview; General Requirements for Existing Stationary Sources; New Source Performance Standards; Mobile Source Emission Controls; Requirements for Existing and New Stationary Sources in Non-Attainment Areas; Pre-Enforcement Review; Monitoring and Inspection; Federal Enforcement; Superfund & Hazardous Waste Sites; The Administrative Process of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); National Priorities List (NPL); Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS); Record of Decision (ROD); Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA); Consent Decrees; § 106 Unilateral Orders; Significant Aspects of CERCLA; Remedial Action; Liability Provisions (CERCLA §§ 104, 106, 107); Requirements of PRPs; Judicial Interpretations; Retroactive Application; Application of Liability; Secured Creditor Exemption; Endangered Species Protection; Major Provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA); Basic Definitions; Listing Procedures; Obligations of Federal Agencies; Agency Jeopardy Consultations Procedures; Obligations of Private Parties; Citizen Actions; Some Judicial Interpretations of the ESA; Environmental Controls; Land-Use Environmental Controls; Introduction and Overview; Protection of Wetlands Resources; Carrying Capacity Analysis and Performance Zoning; Land-Use Restrictions on Floodplain Development; Overlay Zones for the Protection of Natural Resources; Protection of Groundwater and Watersheds; Hillside Protection Ordinances; Preservation of Agricultural Land; Historic Preservation; Development Controls; Definition and Objectives; Permanent Growth Management Restrictions