This book is intended not only for environmental litigators but also for lawyers who occasionally litigate environmental matters and those who must determine how citizen suits or global warming litigation affect a client's project. Litigating environmental matters is unique in several respects: clients must provide the government with all the facts of the government's case, sometimes incriminating the client in the process; science questions must be litigated in an accessible way that complies with formal rules of evidence; litigation often involves social questions, such as global climate change that are invoked in the courtroom despite - or perhaps because of - the absence of federal regulation; and the scope of the litigation encompasses dozens of federal statutes, scores of state statutes, hundreds of common law rules, and thousands of pages of regulations, all played out in a complex framework of federal and state courts, arbitrations, and administrative hearings.

Toxic Tort Litigation explains the differing theories of liability and damages within the toxic tort context, as well as the key procedural and substantive defenses to toxic tort claims. Subsequent chapters cover the important aspects of scientific and medical evidence and causation, including dealing with the opinions of experts in the context of Daubert or Frye challenges. The book also addresses the important aspects of case strategy, trial management, and considerations in settlement.

This is a basic and brief overview of some of the more commonly encountered provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Topics covered include: An overview of the statute; Identification of hazardous waste; Regulation of generators and transporters; Selected treatment, storage, and disposal; Standards for specific hazardous waste TSDF units; TSDF permitting and corrective action; Underground storage tanks; and Solid waste.

This updated edition of The RCRA Practice Manual is a comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to an extraordinarily complex area of environmental law. This practice-oriented book focuses on the "cradle-to-grave" program for managing hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The RCRA program regulates the handling of these wastes by generators, transporters and treatment, storage and disposal facilities, and regulates a large segment of industry involved in manufacturing.