The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible explanations, expert legal insight into new and evolving regulations, and reliable compliance and management guidance.
The Environmental Law Handbook continues to provide individuals across the country—professionals, professors, and students—with a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-read look at the major environmental, health, and safety laws affecting U.S. businesses and organizations. Because it is written by the country's leading environmental law firms, it provides the best, most reliable guidance anywhere.
Both professional environmental managers and students aspiring to careers in environmental management should keep the Environmental Law Handbook within arm's reach for thoughtful answers to regulatory questions such as: How do I ensure compliance with the regulations? How do the latest environmental developments impact my operations? How do we keep our operations efficient and our community safe?
The Handbook begins with chapters on the fundamentals of environmental law and on issues of enforcement and liability. It then dives headfirst into the major laws, examining their history, scope, and requirements with a chapter devoted to each.
The 25th edition of this well-known Handbook has been thoroughly updated, covering major changes to the law and enforcement in the areas of Clean Air, Clean Water, Climate Change, Oil Pollution, and Pollution Prevention. This is an essential reference for environmental students and professionals, and anyone who wants the most up-to-date information available on environmental laws.
Chris Bell represents clients in civil and criminal enforcement and investigations, litigation, compliance counseling, emergency incident response, and legislative and regulatory advocacy (including appellate challenges to rulemakings) under all of the major environmental, health, safety and natural resource laws. His enforcement experience includes internal investigations, responding to grand jury investigations and agency information requests, and negotiating consent, probation, and debarment agreements. He recently completed a 5-year stint as the EPA Independent Monitor overseeing Duke Energy's compliance with complex debarment and probation agreements arising from the resolution of a criminal enforcement case brought under the Clean Water Act. He received his J.D. from the University of Michigan graduating magna cum laude.
Andrew N. Davis is a partner and chair of the Environmental Practice Group at Shipman & Goodwin LLP. He counsels clients in transactional, permitting, compliance, and enforcement matters under health and safety, hazardous waste, air and water pollution, site development, and property transfer laws. With his advanced degrees in marine science, he has developed an international reputation in the area of oil and chemical spills and the assessment and restoration of natural resource damages, representing some of the world’s largest shipping companies.
Twice recognized as a BTI Client Service All-Star, Duke McCall focuses his practice on environmental law and complex litigation. He represents clients in broad array of environmental and litigation matters, including claims of public and private nuisance, claims of “greenwashing,” contribution actions, enforcement proceedings, citizen suits, toxic torts, and regulatory matters under a variety of federal and state statutes, regulations, and common law theories. His practice includes litigation and regulatory matters under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and analogous state laws.
Tom Richichi has 30 years of experience litigating in state and federal trial courts. He has served as lead counsel in numerous cases at the appellate level, with representations including arguments before the various federal circuits and the United States Supreme Court. Tom's experience includes matters involving environmental, international, transportation, human health risk, and consumer products issues. He has served as lead counsel on numerous complex litigation and enforcement matters involving private parties, state and federal agencies, and the U.S. Department of Justice and its state counterparts.
Tom joined Beveridge & Diamond in 1982 and has served as Chairman of the Litigation group. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable John J. Sirica of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal trial and appellate courts.
Dan Steinway is one of the top-rated environmental litigation attorneys in Washington, DC. He was recognized by peers and selected to Super Lawyers for 2013-2021. Mr. Steinway has been particularly active lately in a number of key federal energy/environmental legislative issues pending before the U.S. Congress, including issues relating to key aspects of climate change legislative proposals as well as substantial energy policy matters. He lectures at numerous conventions and seminars and has authored many articles and chapters of legal treatises on environmental health and safety issues.
