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General legal resources

• Cornell's Legal Information Institute
  • Perhaps one of the most comprehensive source of legal materials on the Internet, including state and federal laws and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
• Search the Net for Legal Information
  • An internet search engine geared toward legal research materials.
• Find Law Internet Legal Resources
  • This site is a collection of links to a great variety of federal and state legal resources on the Net, from statutes to cases to regulations to other sites, etc. It is a good starting   point for Internet legal research generally, and to start your own bookmarked collection of legal Web pages of interest you your particular practice.

General resources in environmental law

• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SITES
  • The Legal Information Institute's Environmental Law index
  • Knauf' Shaw LLPs New York Environmental Law Center
    • Includes Lecture Notes for a survey course on New York Environmental taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and links to other environmental and legal sites.
  • Larry Schnapf's Environmental Law Website 
  • The EPA's Envirofacts Warehouse 
    • Search EPA's database of environmental data
• LAWS AND REGULATIONS
  • United States Code  
    • Access to the United States Code through Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
  • United States Code of Federal regulations
    • Access to the CFR through Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
  • EPA's Guide to federal environmental regulations and legislation.
    • EPA provides access to U.S. Code and CFR environmental regulations
• CASES
  • Recent U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning environmental law (provided by the Legal Information Institute)
    • Automatic search of Supreme Court cases dealing with environmental law or EPA.
• ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
  • Ecology Law Quarterly 
    • This law review is published at the Boalt Hall Law School at University of California at Berkeley, with recent article online.
• PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
  • The American Bar Association's Section of Natural Resources, Energy, & Environmental Law
  • New York EPA Reference Links
  • The Center for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA-related environmental law)
  • The Rochester-based Center for Environmental Information 
    • This site describes CEI's programs and services, provides a listing of environmental-related events in the Rochester/Finger Lakes area and provides links to a few other environmental sites.
  • Environmental Law Institute
  • Environmental News Network
  • Air & Waste Management Association 
  • Sierra Club 
  • Natural Resources Defense Council 
  • Environmental Defense Fund 

Federal and state agencies

• FEDERAL AGENCIES
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • E.P.A. Region Two home page (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands)
  • Council on Environmental Quality 
  • U.S. Department of the Interior
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • U.S.D.A. Forest Service  
  • National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
  • U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environment, Safety & Health
  • U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
    • Information on OSHA requirements, interpreting HAZWOPER, hazard communication standard, laboratory standard, and blood borne pathogens rule.
  • Government Printing Office 
    • Provides access to a wide variety of government documents and a search engine for finding them.
• STATE AGENCIES
  • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
    • The internet home of New York's environmental regulatory agency.
  • New York State DEC Office of Hearings and Mediation Services 
    • This site includes DEC procedural regulations, and full text of administrative decisions of the DEC Commissioner and Administrative Law Judges.
  • New York State Department of Health

Substantive Areas of Environmental Law

• AIR QUALITY
  • EPA Office of Air and Radiation 
  • EPA Region Two Air Programs 
• BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • Bio Online, a site devoted to information and services relate d to biotechnology and pharmaceutical research, development, and manufacturing.
  • An index of biotechnology centers on the Web
• GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
  • The U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
    • Provides access to global change research produced by agencies and organizations participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGRP) through abstracts and links to other relevant bibliographic databases.
• HAZARDOUS SITE REMEDIATION
  • EPA Region Two Superfund Information Page 
  • Envirofacts Superfund Query Form
• HAZARDOUS WASTE
  • Envirofacts Hazardous Waste Data Overview
  • EPA Region Two Hazardous Waste Information Page 

International environmental law

• International Institute for Sustainable Development's linkages page
  • Created by the founder of Earth Negotiations Bulletin, this site provided links to other sites containing information on various international negotiations on environmental issues.

Legislation

• New York State Business Council Environment Homepage 
  • Reports on current session of New York State Legislature and status of environmental issues.
• New York State Bill Searches
  • Provides search capability for bills in New York State Legislature by bill number or keyword.
• The Library of Congress' Thomas locator service
  • Comprehensive collection of Congressional materials, providing search capabilities for pending legislation, Congressional record, and other federal materials.

Pollution Prevention

• EPA's Pollution Prevention Home Page
  • This site offers information about pollution prevention law and related policy statements, new publications, Federal Register notices, conferences, training, and local, state and federal grant programs.
• EPIC - DOE Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
  • As the title indicates, this site is devoted to energy-related P2 issues such as alternatively fueled vehicles. The site offers DOE resources and documents, P2 software and DOE site links.
• United States Environmental Protection Agency - Energy Star Programs & Products 
  • This web site focuses on information concerning energy-efficient homes, office equipment, buildings, heating and cooling units, home appliances and transformers.
• SAGE - Solvent Alternatives Guide
  • The SAGE site provides P2 information on solvent process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing.

Solid Waste

• New York Association of Solid Waste Management
  • Information on New York State solid waste issues and links to other solid waste sites.

Water Quality

• EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds
• Envirofacts Safe Drinking Water Overview
• Envirofacts Permit Compliance System (water discharge)
• EPA Region Two Water Programs