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Environmental Law

Environmental Law. Nick Johnson Understanding Business and Personal Law. What to think about?. EQ: What environmental problems do we face in our society today? EQ: What is my responsibility in protecting the environment?

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Environmental Law

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  1. Environmental Law Nick Johnson Understanding Business and Personal Law

  2. What to think about? • EQ: What environmental problems do we face in our society today? • EQ: What is my responsibility in protecting the environment? • EQ: What are the consequences of businesses not following federal statues that relate to the environment?

  3. Things we can control: • Energy Consumption • *Energy Star* Appliances • CFL Lightbulbs • Recycling • Proper Trash Dumping

  4. Environmental Protection Agency • Enforces antipollution acts (i.e., The Clean Air and Clean Water Acts) • Regulates: various hazardous chemicals • Creation • Marketing • Use • Cleanups of toxic dumpsites around the country • Businesses have a Social Responsibility • Business Plan portion from Business Essentials

  5. Resources • Non-renewable vs. Renewable • Examples? • Scarce natural resources- Conservation • Pollution – created by us (what super hero?) • Production- lakes, rivers, air (factories, automobiles, etc) • Socially Responsible companies improve or change

  6. Government Regulations • Set measurably (achievable) • EPA regulates and monitors • Founded in 1970 • NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) • Counsel on Environmental Quality • Advises President on how to better economic development • Environmental Impact Statement • Submitted to state when something is "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment".

  7. More Gov’t Regulations • Noise Control Act of 1972 • Motor Vehicles and Aircraft • Heating/Ventilation (HVAC) • Major Appliances • Clean Air Act • Pollutants • Smog • Clean Water Amendment • The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 • Identifies hazardous wastes • Require permit for hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities • CERCLA • Trust Fund for clean ups • When “responsible” party cannot be found • Also known as “Superfund”

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