Environmental Law Research

Selected Guide to Materials at or Available Through the LSU Law Library

Kevin Baggett

June 2009

NOTICE: The purpose of this pathfinder is to assist in the identification and use of potentially relevant sources of legal information. Nothing in this document should be interpreted as legal advice. Items cited in this pathfinder can be located using the library’s catalog. Also, many of the items cited can be used electronically through LEXIS , WESTLAW, and the Internet. 

Table of Contents

Statutory Law
Compiled Legislative Histories
Case Law
Administrative Materials & Agency Publications
Secondary Sources
Web Sites of Interest

Statutory Law

Federal
Title 40, United States Code
Major Environmental Laws http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/ 

Louisiana Statutory Law
West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated La. R.S. 30 and 31
Main Reading Room

Compiled Legislative Histories

Copeland, Claudia. A Legislative History of the Safe Drinking Water Act Together with a Section-by-Section Index. Prepared by the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1982.
US Gov Docs Microforms Y 4.P 96/10:97-9

Environmental Protection Agency. Legal Compilation–Air: Statutes and Legislative History,Executive Orders, Regulations, Guidelines and Reports. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1973-
EP1.5/3: Ai 7/

Environmental Protection Agency. Legal Compilation–General: Statutes and Legislative History, Executive Orders, Regulations, Guidelines and Reports. Washington, DC: US GPO,1973-
EP1.5/3: G 28/

Environmental Protection Agency. Legal Compilation–Noise: Statutes and Legislative History,Executive Orders, Regulations, Guidelines and Reports. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1973-
EP1.5/3: N 69/

Environmental Protection Agency. Legal Compilation–Pesticides: Statutes and LegislativeHistory, Executive Orders, Regulations, Guidelines and Reports. Washington, DC: US GPO,1973 –
EP1.5/3: P 43/

Environmental Protection Agency. Legal Compilation–Solid Waste: Statutes and Legislative History, Executive Orders, Regulations, Guidelines and Reports. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1973-
EP1.5/3: So 4/

A Legislative History of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Together with a Section-by- Section Index. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1993– .
US Gov Docs Microforms Y 4.P 96/10:S.Prt. 103-38

Legislative History of the Clean Water Act of 1977. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1978?
US Gov Docs Microforms-KF42.2 1997 Hein no. 218

A Legislative History of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, Together with a Section-by-Section Index. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1993.
U.S Gov Docs Microforms Y 4.P 96/10:S.Prt. 103-18

A Legislative History of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (PublicLaw 99-499): Together with a Section-by-Section Index. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1990.
US Gov Docs Y 4.P 96/10:S.prt. 101-120

Legislative History of the Toxic Substances Control Act, Together with a Section-by-Section Index. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1976.
US Gov Docs Y 4.In 8/4:T 66

A Legislative History of the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 : Together with a Section-by-Section Index. Prepared by the Environmental Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Washington, DC: US GPO, 1973.
US Gov Docs Y 4.P 96/10:93-1/ 

A Legislative History of the Water Quality Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-4): including Public Law 97-440; Public Law 97-117; Public Law 96-483; and Public Law 96-148, Together with a Section-by-Section Index. Washington, DC : US GPO, 1988.
US Gov Docs Microforms Y 4.P 96/10:S.prt.100-144/v.1 

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov
Contains full text of:

• Bills (101st Congress forward)
• Public Laws (93rd Congress forward)
• Reports (104th Congress forward)
• Congressional Record (101st Congress forward)
• House Committee Hearing Transcripts (105th Congress forward)

Case Law

Federal
WestLaw Directory
All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Environmental Law

LexisNexis
By Topic or Headnote> Environmental Law 

Louisiana
West's Louisiana Digest 2d
Topic: Health & Environment

Administrative Materials & Agency Publications

Federal
WestLaw Directory
All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Environmental Law

LexisNexis
By Topic or Headnote> Environmental Law

Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ 

GPO Access http://www.access.gpo.gov/

United States Environmental Protection Agency. General Counsel Opinions. Chatsworth, CA: Environmental Law Publishing Service, 1979-
KF 3775 .A6 U54 v.1-2

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental Administrative Decisions: Decisions of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, DC: US Environmental Protection Agency, 1995-                       
KF3775 .A558

Louisiana
See Law Library Quick Guide, Finding Louisiana Administrative Materials

Regulations

Federal

See Law Library guide, Finding Your Way through the Federal Regulatory Maze

WestLaw Directory
All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Environmental Law

LexisNexis
By Topic or Headnote> Environmental Law

Federal Register
2nd Floor Federal Material
4th Floor Government Documents
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

EPA website

Full text of all Federal Register documents issued by EPA, and of selected documents issued by other Departments and Agencies. Notices, meetings, proposed rules, and regulations are divided into twelve topical categories (e.g. air, water, pesticides, toxics, waste). http://www.epa.gov/

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40: Protection of Environment
2nd Floor Federal Material and 4th Floor Government Documents
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

Louisiana

See Law Library Quick Guide, Finding Louisiana Regulatory Materials. 

Secondary Sources

See the Law Library Quick Guide, Searching the Online Catalog, for search strategies.

Nutshells

Findley, Roger W.  Environmental Law in a Nutshell. 7th ed. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2008. 
Reserve Alcove KF3775 .Z9 F56 2008

General Treatises & Guides

Doremus, Holly Environmental Policy Law: Problems, Cases, and Readings 5th ed. New York: Foundation Press, c2008.
KF3775 .E5455 2008   

Friedman, Frank. Practical Guide to Environmental Management 10th ed. Washington, D.C.: Environmental Law Institute, 2006. 
KF3775 .F77 2006

Gerrard, Michael. Global Climate Change and U.S. Law Chicago, Ill: American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, 2007. 
KF3775 .G56 2007

Hill, Barry E. Environmental Justice: Legal Theory and Practice Washington, DC: ELI Press, Environmental Law Institute, 2009. 
KF3775 .H55 2009

Manaster, Kenneth A Environmental Protection and Justice: Readings on the Practice and Purposes of Environmental Law  3rd ed. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2007. 
KF3775 .E546 2007 

Weinberg, Philip.  Understanding Environmental Law  2nd ed.   Newark NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2008.
KF3775 .W45 2008  

Web Sites of Interest

(all sites last visited 6/21/09):

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Environmental Law
http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/environmental/home.html

Center for International Environmental Law
http://www.ciel.org/

Columbia University, Sources of Environmental Treaties
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/PI/TREATY/sources.html

Cornell Legal Information Institute Environmental Law
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/environmental.html

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/delpf/

Environmental Law Institute
http://www.eli.org/

FindLaw Environmental Law Journals
http://lawschools.findlaw.com/journals/environmental.html

Hieros Gamos United States Environmental Law Page
http://www.hg.org/envirus.html

International Environmental Law Research Center
http://www.ielrc.org/

NYU Environmental Law Journal
http://www1.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllaw/

United Nations Environmental Law Program
http://www.unep.org/law/