Chapter 3: Environmental Laws and Regulations

Chapter 3: Environmental Laws and Regulations

David Shonnard Department of Chemical Engineering

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Introduction

Over the last 40 years, laws have been passed in the United States to regulate the production of chemicals.

? 20 major environmental statutes (laws) ? 100s of state statutes and local ordinances ? 1,000s of federal and state regulations ? > 1,000s federal and state court cases

Taken together, these statutes, regulations and court cases are the foundation of Environmental Law.

All chemical engineers should be aware of the effects of environmental laws on the chemical industry.

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Chapter 3: Environmental laws/amendments: changes over time

Major Laws/Amendments

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Allen and Shonnard, 2002,

Green Engineering: Environmentally- 3

Conscious Design of Chemical Processes

Chapter 3: Environmental regulations: changes over time

Environmental Regulations

Bishop, "Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals and Practice", McGraw-Hill, 2000

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Sources of Environmental Laws

? Legislatures ? Administrative agencies ? Courts

Separation of Power

3 branches of government

? Executive - enforces the laws

? Legislative - makes the laws

? Judicial

- interprets laws

mutually exclusive e.g. executive has no legislative power

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