Basic Practice Series: Clean Water Act

Basic Practice Series: Clean Water Act is the eighth book in this popular series. This practice-focused guide provides both novice and experienced practitioners with a handy reference to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act, the primary federal statute regulating water pollution for the protection of the country's water resources. This guide explains the statute and the 1972 Amendments that created a system of permits and regulations to govern the discharge of pollutants into the nation's waters and publicly owned treatment works. This guide focuses on these uniform standards and their implementation and enforcement.

The Clean Water Act Handbook, Second Edition

This updated guide is the definitive resource to the provisions and complexities of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and how it continues to evolve. Recent court rulings and the change of administration have resulted in significant changes that dramatically affect practitioners working in the area. This new edition provides detailed explanations of these changes and considers the impact of recent court decisions, including the Supreme Court's decision in SWANCC and the Court of Appeals decisions in American Mining Assoc., Talent Irrigation, and Forsgren, among others.

Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy

The country's ocean and coastal laws and policies in many ways mirror the very resources they were created to manage, restore, and protect: they are complex, intertwined, and fluid. Published by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy provides an authoritative yet practical resource for practioners, government officials, and scholars to understand and build upon the current legal framework of our ocean and coastal policies.

Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404

The federal government has taken the primary role in protecting the nation's wetlands, with the centerpiece of these efforts the Clean Water Act's Section 404 permitting program. Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404 is a comprehensive new guide to this important yet controversial regulatory program.