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Environmental Law Sources

Environmental Law Sources. By Legal Information Librarian Joan Shear Summer 2005. BNA Environment Reporter. BNA Environment Reporter. BNA Environment Reporter. BNA Environment Reporter. BNA Environment Reporter. ELI Environmental Law Reporter. ELI Environmental Law Reporter.

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Environmental Law Sources

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  1. Environmental Law Sources By Legal Information Librarian Joan Shear Summer 2005

  2. BNA Environment Reporter

  3. BNA Environment Reporter

  4. BNA Environment Reporter

  5. BNA Environment Reporter

  6. BNA Environment Reporter

  7. ELI Environmental Law Reporter

  8. ELI Environmental Law Reporter

  9. ELI Environmental Law Reporter

  10. Go to LexisNexis Environmental

  11. Sources of Authority in American Law

  12. Federal Regulations • Code of Federal Regulations • Topical arrangement of current regulations in force • Federal Register • Chronological publication that contains new regulations and rule-making activities

  13. Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) • Subject-matter cumulation • Administrative agency rules and regulations • Currently in effect • Updated annually.

  14. Federal Register • Daily publication • Administrative agency activity including: • Proposed rules and regulations • Approved rules and regulations • Notices of hearings • Presidential proclamations and executive orders federal register

  15. List of Sections Affected (L.S.A.) • Monthly publication • Changes to any C.F.R. section • References to Federal Register pages • Also a historical publication that traces past changes to the C.F.R.

  16. Rulemaking Administrative Procedure Act (APA) • Federal: 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq. • Massachusetts: Mass. Gen. L. ch 30A

  17. How Regulations are Made • Notice of Rulemaking • Proposed Rules • Public Comments • Final Rules

  18. Step 1 - Check the latest CFR volume that contains the CFR title and section you are using. Step 2 - Check the latest LSA pamphlet. References will be to Federal Register pages. Step 3 - Read the amendments, new regulations, or proposed regulations in the Federal Register. Step 4 - Check the last Federal Register of every month since the dates included in the LSA pamphlet. Look in the Reader Aids section toward the back of the issue. Step 5 - Read the amendments, new regulations, or proposed regulations in the Federal Register. Updating Federal Regulations

  19. “Legislative History” • Proposed Rule - with agency intentions • Final Rule - with agency response to comments

  20. Tracking Changes in Regulations • Going Forward in Time • CFR • List of Sections Affected (LSA) Pamphlet • Federal Register Reader Aids - List of Parts Affected This Month

  21. Tracking Changes in Regulations • Going Backward in Time • CFR • List of Sections Affected (LSA) in the back of CFR pamphlet • List of Sections Affected (LSA) bound volumes

  22. Shepard’s for Regulations

  23. Shepard’s for Regulations

  24. Shepard’s for Regulations

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