Hazardous Waste LAW 841

Course Number: LAW 841

Course Credits: 2

This course explores the law of hazardous waste disposal and of the remediation of contamination from past, mostly unregulated, disposal of hazardous waste. The primary focus of the course is on the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and their state counterparts. It emphasizes the analysis of complicated and interrelated status and regulations. The subject matter and the course represent the most active area of practice in contemporary environmental law.

Prerequisite: Environmental Skills and Practice