Environmental Law

APES Study Session

2011

Homestead Act

1862

Antiquities Act of 1906

Soil Conservation Act

1935

The Wilderness Act

1964

National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

1968

Estuary Protection Act

1968

National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA)

EIS

1970

FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act 1972

Ocean Dumping Act

1988Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuary Act 1972

Clean Water Act

1972

Arch Coal to Pay $4 Million to Settle Clean Water Act Violations in Appalachian Mining Operations Release date: 03/01/2011

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that Arch Coal Inc., the second largest supplier of coal in the United States, has agreed to pay a $4 million dollar penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Under the settlement, Arch Coal will implement changes to its mining operations in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act.

“Violations at mining operations can have significant environmental and public health consequences, including the pollution of the waters that people use for drinking, swimming and fishing,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “It is critical that companies operating next door to homes, schools and other businesses meet the standards established to protect the health and the environment for these communities.”

1973

1973

1974

Energy Policy Act

1975

TOXIC SUBSTANCECONTROL ACT 1976

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT RCRA 1976

1977

Surface Mining ControlAnd Reclamation Act

SCRA

1977

1978

Comprehensive Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability ActCIRCLA

1980

NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT

1982

Food Security Act (1985)

Emergency Planning and CommunityRight to Know (EPCRA)

1986

1990

OIL Pollution Act

(1990)

2005

Nongovernmental Organizations

Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996

Water Resources Development Act

2007