Category: Environmental Law
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Strict Liability
Strict Liability in the United States Strict Liability in Environmental Law A standard used to determine whether a particular action or connection with an activity should be the primary basis for holding the actor responsible for damages caused by the activity. The concept does not require […]
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De Minimis
De Minimis in the United States In Industries: De minimis Rules and Guidelines § 734.4 and Supplement No. 2 to part 734 of the EAR (as modified on 11 March 2016). When: Non-U.S.-made commodity ‘incorporates’ controlled U.S.-origin commodities, Non-U.S.-made commodity is ‘bundled’ […]
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De Minimis
De Minimis in the United States In Industries: De minimis Rules and Guidelines § 734.4 and Supplement No. 2 to part 734 of the EAR (as modified on 11 March 2016). When: Non-U.S.-made commodity ‘incorporates’ controlled U.S.-origin commodities, Non-U.S.-made commodity is ‘bundled’ […]
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Delegation
Delegation in United States Delegation Definition In Civil Law. A kind of novation by which the original debtor, in order to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor or to the person appointed by him. See Novation. Perfect […]
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Delegation
Delegation in United States Delegation Definition In Civil Law. A kind of novation by which the original debtor, in order to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor or to the person appointed by him. See Novation. Perfect […]
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Superfund
Superfund in the United States The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 USC 9601 et. seq.) is known as the Superfund Law or CERCLA. It makes all past and present owners of a polluted plot of land liable for the clean-up costs. Legal Materials The […]
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Chemicals
Chemicals in the United States Executive Order Executive Order in relation with Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security (August 01, 2013): By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: […]
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Environmental Enforcement
Environmental Enforcement in the United States Both federal and state governments can enforce the pretreatment regulations. However, the EPA generally holds the permittee (the publicly owned treatment works) responsible for violations of its permit, even if an industry caused them. Thus the […]
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Administrative Agency
Administrative Agency in the United States Administrative Agency in Environmental Law An administrative division of government created either by the executive head of the government (the president for federal agencies, the governor for state agencies) or by the legislative branch. Some […]
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Cost Recovery
Cost Recovery in the United States Cost Recovery in Environmental Law A lawsuit brought by the government, and in some cases, a private party who has incurred expenses to respond to a release or threatened release of hazardous substances. The defendants in such lawsuits are parties who are […]
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Drought Resilience
Drought Resilience in the United States Definition As indicated by Presidential Memoranda (see below), Drought has the meaning provided in section 2(1) of the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 (15 U.S.C. 313d note), namely, a deficiency in precipitation that leads to a […]
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Drought Resilience
Drought Resilience in the United States Definition As indicated by Presidential Memoranda (see below), Drought has the meaning provided in section 2(1) of the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 (15 U.S.C. 313d note), namely, a deficiency in precipitation that leads to a […]
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Clean Air
Clean Air in the United States Notions of the Clean Air Act Definition of Clean Air Act in the context of U.S. international business and public trade policy: A federal statute to protect public health and welfare from the effects of air pollution. Through this act national air quality […]
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Hearing
Hearing in United States Hearing Definition In legal contemplation, the word hearing, when used in connection with the trial of a lawsuit, includes not only the listening to the examination of the witnesses but the entire judicial examination of the issues, both of law and of fact, between […]
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Pollution
Pollution in the United States Pollution meaning The contamination of air, water and soil by poisonous or noxious substances or noises. Some nuisances cause pollution. Toxic torts (q.v.) are examples of pollution as are some mass torts (see this entry). Waste, Pollution, and the […]