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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

UPCD 718L - Environmental Law and Policy: Federal Agencies, Courts, and Congress

3 Credit(s)

Description:
This course surveys three major areas of federal involvement in environmental law and policy. The first is federal environmental and resource management programs and laws, such as the Clean Water, Ocean Dumping, Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery, Coastal Zone Management, and Fishery Conservation and Management Acts. The second is the role of the federal agencies and courts in implementing and overseeing federal laws; and the third is the legislative functions of the US Congress in debating, enacting, and monitoring national policy. Emphasis is placed on coastal and marine environmental problems and issues.

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