Understanding Environmental Laws & Impact on Land Use

Understanding Environmental and Land Use Laws is an insightful, insider's glance at the many legal issues companies encounter when working closely with the government 's dynamic environmental regulations. Featuring partners and chairs from some of the nation 's leading firms, this book provides readers with necessary insight on how to recognize current law trends and understand environmental legislation, as well as identify winning compliance, auditing, and preemptive practices when dealing with the environment and land use. Each author assumes a unique, applicable approach to expose, categorize, and explicate key laws which affect companies not only today, but into the future such as: Superfund, Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, CERCLA ("Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act "), SWDA ("Solid Waste Disposal Act "),and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).These leading lawyers delve into the core of each regulation to help guide readers in realizing the exact significance of each. The various perspectives and ideas offered by these exceptional authors prove worthy for readers interested in gathering information from within the minds of some of the greatest legal authorities practicing today. If in search of intuitive, practical wisdom, Understanding Environmental and Land Use Laws is an essential resource.

Chapters Include:

• 1) Kenneth C. Gold, Partner, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP-- " An Overview of the Ever-Changing Realm of Environmental Law"
• 2) Steven J. Levine, Partner, Phelps Dunbar LLP-- "Strategies for Success Both Now and in Days Ahead"
• 3) Pamela Barker, Shareholder, Godfrey &Kahn SC-- "A Focus on Transactional Law and Regulatory Compliance"
• 4) William F. Ford, Member, Lathrop &Gage LC-- "Protecting the Client and the Environment"
• 5) Christopher B. Power, Partner, Dinsmore &Shohl LLP-- "A Closer Look at the Rules Governing Environmental Law"
• 6) Robert F.Devolve, Partner and Shareholder, Leonard,Street &Deinard PA-- " Assessing and Minimizing Environmental Risks in Commercial Transactions"

About Inside the Minds:
Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nation-wide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter