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Environmental Law

• Agencies
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    • Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI & 35 Tribes)
    • National Priorities List Sites in Wisconsin
  • WI Dept. of Natural Resources:  Environmental Protection
• Air
  • Air Management Programs (WI Legislative Fiscal Bureau)
• Contamination & Cleanup
  • Wisconsin
    • Brownfields: Redeveloping Contaminated Property (WI Dept. of Natural Resources)
    • Remediation and Redevelopment Program (WI Dept. of Natural Resources)
      Provides information about contaminated properties and other activities related to the investigation and cleanup of contaminated soil or groundwater in Wisconsin.
  • Brownfields and Land Revitalization (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
  • Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia (National Park Service)
  • Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
    Toxic chemicals used, manufactured, treated, transported, or released into the environment. Find toxic chemical releases by zip code.
  • ToxNet (Toxicology Data Network) (National Library of Medicine)
• Compliance
  • Deposit/Bail/Bond Schedule (WI Court System)
    Includes conservation, environmental protection, boating, snowmobile, ATV, and captive wildlife violations.
  • Enforcement & Compliance History Online (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
    Obtain compliance records for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide.
• Environment (General)
  • Congressional Research Service Reports
    Access reports prepared for the U.S. Congress on environmental & related topics.
  • Environmental Health Legislation (National Conference of State Legislatures)
  • Environmental Law (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
    Provides links to federal & state statutes, regulations & opinions
  • Publications (Univ. of WI Extension)
    Publications on environmental resources, forest management, timber marketing, waste management, water quality, and wildlife.
• Home & Community
  • Household Products Database (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
    What's in common household products and what are the potential health effects.
  • Window to My Environment (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
    Locate information on hazardous waste, toxic releases, air emissions, water discharges, Superfund locations in a geographical area.
• International Law
  • International Environmental Law and Policy
    Source of Internet resources on environmental law. Includes links to treaties, documents, government & non-government agencies, etc.
  • Commission for Environmental Cooperation
    Includes Summary of Environmental Law in North America and Transboundary Agreements
• Petroleum and Motor Fuel
  • Storage Tanks Database (WI Dept. of Safety & Professional Services)
• Pollution (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Commentary with links to federal statutes and opinions.
• Statistics
  • WI Environmental Public Health Tracking (WI Dept. of Health Services)
    Environmental hazards and disease data, including carcinogenic emissions, air pollutants, asthma, childhood lead poisoning, heart attacks, etc. View county environmental health profiles.
• Water
  • State, Territory & Tribal Water Quality Standards (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
    Compilation of State, Territory & Tribal water quality standards
  • Wisconsin Water Law: A Guide to Water Rights & Regulations (Univ. of WI Extension)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 66.1106 "Environmental Remediation Tax Incremental Financing"
• WI Statutes: s. 292.72 "Brownfields Revolving Loan Programs"
• WI Statutes: ch. 280-299 "Natural Resources"
• WI Admin. Code: NR 1-845 "Natural Resources"
• U.S. Code: 7 USC 6 "Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control"
• U.S. Code: 16 USC "Conservation"
• U.S. Code: 26 USC 38 "Environmental Taxes"
• U.S. Code: 33 USC 9, 26, 27, 33 & 40 "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
• U.S. Code: 42 USC 6A sub. ch. XII "Safety of Public Water Systems"
• U.S. Code: 42 USC 23, 55, 65, 73, 82, 85 , 103 "The Public Health and Welfare"
• CFR: 40 CFR "Protection of Environment"
• Major FERC Orders & Regulations (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
  Access landmark orders, statutes & regulations related to energy, natural gas, oil, and the environment.
• Federal Cases, FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

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Last Updated: April 22, 2013 | Up to Top