Features of Environmental Compliance Handbook, Second Edition:

• New chapters on range rule and environmental justice
• Resources for locating detailed and specific information on state and local regulations
• Checklists with specific formats to follow and helpful techniques for running environmental compliance audits
• Targeted references and selected reading lists
• Glossaries that translate technical and legal jargon into common terms

If your organization is subject to the thousands of federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations in effect in the U.S. today, the Environmental Compliance Handbook should be within easy reach. Thousands of professionals have benefited from the bestselling first edition. The Second Edition builds on that foundation and goes further to provide you with the latest, most up-to-date information available. It simplifies the complex world of environmental law and compliance and describes, in everyday language, the major federal laws and regulations as well as the critical state requirements appended to them.

See what's new in the Second Edition:

• New chapter on Environmental Justice - gives you the knowledge you need to avoid adverse publicity
• New chapter on Range Rule - prepares you for upcoming changes from the EPA and DoD
• Updated laws and regulations - shows you how to be in compliance with new requirements

Because each organization is unique, Environmental Compliance Handbook, Second Edition includes instructions on how to modify its material for application to your organization's particular needs. Remember: pleading ignorance of environmental laws and regulations does not carry much weight in court. With this one-of-a-kind resource you won't be caught unprepared.

Contents

• The Environmental Compliance Assessment
• Surface Water
• Ground Water
• Drinking Water
• Air
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Hazardous Substance Contamination Remediation
• Toxic Substances Control
• Storage Tanks
• Archaeological and Cultural Resources
• Biological Resources
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Environmental Justice
• Range Rule
• Other Federal and State Laws and Regulations

Appendices

1. The EIS Process
2. EPA Regional Offices
3. State Environmental Agencies
4. State Required Contingency Response Plans
5. Environmental Justice Guidance Under the Environmental Policy Act

Index

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