This new edition covers the topics that affect the regulated community, environmental managers, lawyers, and lenders the most. Focusing on the state's major regulatory schemes_environmental quality review, air, water, hazardous waste, and wetlands_this handbook examines recent changes that have occurred in New York environmental law, including New York's Superfund statutes amendment. All statutes and regulations are liberally footnoted for easier follow-up and deeper investigation.

This Twentieth Edition references all regulatory changes made in the last two years and provides legal insight into understanding the requirements of the environmental laws. It examines all of the issues and changes that have arisen since the publication of the last edition.

The eighth edition of the New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook has been thoroughly rewritten and updated. Each chapter incorporates both a theoretical and practical approach to ensure that you get the best and most actionable information possible. The authors are all respected attorneys, consultants, and professionals, and all experts in their fields. They come together in this book to provide the most in-depth and up-to-date guide for New Jersey’s environmental regulations and policies, all while maintaining an accessible and engaging writing style. This new edition reworks the State Environmental Law Handbook Series from the ground up, beginning with an overview of the environmental law program in New Jersey, and moving on from there to discuss a variety of issues, such as contaminated property, finance and insurance, litigation, enforcement, and protected lands. Separate chapters treat air and water quality in depth, and further chapters treat hazardous waste, nuclear energy, health and safety, wildlife protection, and sustainability. This book has been completely rewritten to provide a useful and comprehensive reference work that you can rely on for up-to-date and accurate information on New Jersey’s environmental laws.

Written by two internationally respected authors, this unique primer distills the environmental law and policy of the United States into a practical guide for a nonlegal audience, as well as for lawyers trained in other regions. The first part of the book explains the basics of the American legal system: key actors, types of laws, and overarching legal strategies for environmental management. The second part delves into specific environmental issues (pollution, ecosystem management, and climate change) and how American law addresses each. Chapters include summaries of key concepts, discussion questions, and a glossary of terms, as well as informative "spotlights"—brief overviews of topics. With a highly accessible structure and useful illustrative features, A Guide to U.S. Environmental Law is a long-overdue synthetic reference on environmental law for students and for those who work in environmental policy or environmental science. Pairing this book with its companion, A Guide to EU Environmental Law, allows for a comparative look at how two of the most important jurisdictions in the world deal with key environmental problems.