This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Chapter 1 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews some basic wetlands science, including the values and functions of wetlands, types of wetlands, and wetland delineation methodology.
This lesson was written to correspond to the first part of Chapter 4 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in the second part of Chapter 4 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the regulations, policies, and case law interpreting the scope of federal jurisdiction over "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Chapter 5 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews whether activities such as landclearing, ditching, draining, sidecasting, and deep ripping are regulated as "discharges" of dredged or fill material, and reviews the relationship between the Clean Water Act section 402 permit program and the Section 404 wetlands permit program.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Part 1 of Chapter 6 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the exemptions from the Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting process and the general permits issued by the Corps under Section 404.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Part 2 of Chapter 6 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the procedures for the issuance of individual Section 404 permits and the application of the Clean Water Act section 404(b)(1) guidelines.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered In Chapter 7 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the compensatory mitigation requirements for Section 404 permits.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Chapter 8 of the CALI e-book, Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews EPA's role in the section 404 permitting process and EPA's veto authority.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Chapter 9 of the CALI e-book Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the federal/state relationship in wetlands regulation under the Clean Water Act, with a focus on state programs, state programmatic general permits, state assumption of the Section 404 permitting program and the use of the Clean Water Act Section 401 certification program as a tool to protect wetlands.
This lesson was written as a review of the material covered in Chapter 10 of the CALI e-book Wetlands Law: A Course Source. The lesson reviews the administrative appeals process for Corps' actions implementing Section 404, judicial review of the actions of EPA and the Corps under the Clean Water Act, and federal and citizen enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
This lesson reviews the basic regulatory framework of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act. The lesson can serve either as a review of the statute or as an introduction to it.
This lesson reviews the basic components of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). It works best as a review of materials covered in a Hazardous Waste or Toxic Torts class, but it can also serve as an introduction to the statute.