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Pollution Prevention and
Business Law

The following Educational Tools and Reference Materials are available to faculty who are incorporating pollution prevention concepts and tools into their courses. We have attempted to make this list as comprehensive as possible; please contact us if you can identify gaps and assist us in filling them with quality educational materials. This list includes resources available through the NPPC () and the U.S. EPA Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse, Washington, DC, 202-260-1023 or ppic@epamail.epa.gov ( small EPA logo). An asterisk (*) indicates materials described in this compendium's annotated bibliography.

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

REFERENCE MATERIALS ADDITIONS

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

Articles

Scott W. Clearwater & Joanne M. Scanlon, Legal Incentives for Minimizing Waste, 10 ENVTL. PROGRESS, Aug. 1991, at 169.

Lynn E. Grayson, The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990: Emergence of a New Environmental Policy, 22 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. L. Inst.) 10,392 (1992).

Lakshman Guruswamy, Integrated Thoughtways: Re-Opening of the Environmental Mind? 1989 WIS. L. REV. 463.

Stephen M. Johnson, From Reaction to Proaction: The 1990 Pollution Prevention Act, 17 COLUM. J. ENVTL. L. 153 (1992).

Holly Lynch, Lynda Oswald, and Elaine Murphy. Annotated Bibliography of Law-Related Pollution Prevention Sources. National Pollution Prevention Center, 1993. 14 pages. Annotated bibliography of 50 citations of articles, books, pamphlets, government documents, and statutes.

Holly Lynch and Lynda Oswald. A Pollution Pre-vention Primer for Law Teachers. National Pollution Prevention Center, 1993. 16 pages. Discusses pollution prevention vs. media-specific regulations and laws. Also describes current acts and federal and state programs.

Statutes

Connecticut Environmental Assistance to Business Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. App. Pamphlet, PA 91-376 (1992). Voluntary state statute.

Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, Mass. Ann. Laws Ch. 21I Sec. 1-23 (Law. Co-op Supp. 1992). Mandatory state statute.

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 13101-13109. The federal statute.

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REFERENCE MATERIALS

Books and Reports

BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: TOWARD COMMON GROU ND (Kent Gilbreath ed., 1984). *

FRANCES CAIRNCROSS, COSTING THE EARTH: THE CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENTS, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES (1991). *

BARRY COMMONER, MAKING PEACE WITH THE PLANET (1992). *

CORPORATE STEWARDSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENT (Barbara H. Peters & James L. Peters eds., 1991). *

CORPORATIONS & THE ENVIRONMENT: HOW SHOULD DEC ISIONS BE MADE? (David L. Brunner et al. eds., 1980). *

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, APPROACHES TO SOURC E REDUCTION: PRACTICAL EVIDENCE FROM EXISTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS (June 1986). *

GETTING IT GREEN: CASE STUDIES IN CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION (G. Bruce Doern ed. 1990). *

JOEL S. HIRSCHHORN & KIRSTEN U. OLDENBURG, PROSPERITY WITHOUT POLLUTION: THE PREVENTION STRATEGY FOR INDUSTRY AND CONSUMERS (1991). *

INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL IN EUROPE AND NORT H AMERICA (Nigel Haigh & Frances Irwin eds., 1990). *

MAKING POLLUTION PREVENTION PAY: ECOLOGY WITH ECONOMY AS POLICY (Donald Huisingh & Vicki Baily eds., 1982). Includes:

STEPHAN SCHMIDHEINY, CHANGING COURSE: A GLOBAL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT (1992). *

R. SULLIVAN, FACILITY POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN NING: A MATRIX OF THE PROVISIONS OF TWELVE STATE LAWS (1990). *

WASTE REDUCTION INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND APPL ICATION RESEARCH, INC., SURVEY AND SUMMARIES: STATE LEGISLATION RELATING TO POLLUTION PREVENTION (A pril 1992). *

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Articles

Gail Achterman, Strategies for Minimizing Hazardous Wastes in Oregon, 18 ENVTL. L. 817 (1988). *

John Atcheson, The Department of Risk Reduction or Risky Business, 21 ENVTL. L. 1375 (1991). *

Robert F. Blomquist, The Conservation Foundation's Proposed "Environmental Protection Act ": Prospects and Problems for an Integrated Pollution Control Code for the United States, 40 DEPAUL L. REV. 937 (1991). *

Robert F. Blomquist, Beyond the EPA and OTA Reports: Toward a Comprehensive Theory and Approach to Hazardous Waste Reduction in America, 18 ENVTL. L. 817 (1988).*

Bradley C. Bobertz, The Tools of Prevention: Opportunities for Promoting Pollution Prevention under Federal Environmental Legislation, 12 VA. ENVTL. L. J. 1 (1992). *

William Y. Brown, Environmental Leadership: The Search for Priorities and Power, 21 ENVTL. L. 1413 (1991). *

CERCLA Liability as a Pollution Prevention Strategy, 4 MARY. J. OF CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 131 (1992-93). *

David Clarke, Chasing Rainbows: Is an Integrated Statute the Pot of Gold for Environmental Policy? 22 ENVTL. L. 281 (1992). *

Scott W. Clearwater & Joanne M. Scanlon, Legal Incentives for Minimizing Waste, 10 ENVTL. PROGRESS, Aug. 1991, at 169. *

Larry Edelman & David K. Rozell, Oregon's Toxics Use Reduction and Hazardous Waste Reduction Act: A Bellweather for Pollution Prevention Regulation, 20 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. L. Inst.) 10093 (1990). *

Lois R. Ember, Strategies for Reducing Pollution at the Source are Gaining Ground, CHEM. ENG'G NEWS, July 8, 1991, at 7. *

Lynn E. Grayson, The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990: Emergence of a New Environmental Policy, 22 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. L. Inst.) 10392 (1992).*

Lakshman Guruswamy, Integrated Thoughtways: Re-Opening of the Environmental Mind? 1989 WIS. L. REV. 462 (1989). *

Fred Hansen, Pollution Prevention Planning: A New Mandate for Oregon's Environment, 6 ENVTL. FORUM, Sept.-Oct. 1989, at 30. *

Joel S. Hischhorn & Kirsten U.Oldenburg, Preventing Pollution is No End-Of-Pipe Dream, ACROSS THE BD., June 1987, at 11.*

John Hodges-Copple, The Economic Advantage of Preventing Pollution, BUS. & ECON. REV., July-Sept. 1990, at 38. *

Stephen M. Johnson, From Reaction To Proaction: The 1990 Pollution Prevention Act, 17 COLUM. J. ENVTL. L. 153 (1992). *

Joseph I. Lieberman, Planning for Pollution Prevention, 10 ENVTL. FORUM 22 (1993). *

Alan S. Miller, Cleaning the Air While Filling Corporate Coffers: Technology Forcing and Economic Growth, 1990 ANN. SURV. AM. L., Spring 1990, at 69. *

Barry G. Rabe, From Pollution Control to Pollution Prevention: The Gradual Transformation of American Environmental Regulatory Policy, 8 ENVTL. & PLAN. L. J. 226 (1991). *

John H. Sheridan, Pollution Prevention Picks Up Steam; Industry Supports Voluntary "Front-Ends " Efforts, INDUSTRY WEEK, Feb. 17, 1992, at 36. *

James Gustave Speth, EPA Must Help Lead an Environmental Revolution in Technology, 21 ENVTL. L. 1424 (1991). *

Paulette L. Stenzel, Right to Act: Advancing the Common Interests of Labor and Environmentalists, 57 ALBANY L. REV., 1 (1993).

Paulette L. Stenzel, Toxics Use Reduction Legislation: An Important 'Next Step ' After Right to Know, 1991 UTAH L. REV. 707. *

David G. Stephan & John Atcheson, The EPA's Approach to Pollution Prevention, CHEM. & ENG'G PROGRESS, June 1989, at 53. *

Symposium, Corporate Environmentalism, 27 COl. J. OF WORLD BUS., Fall/Winter (1992). Selected entries:

Symposium, Human Rights in Theory and Practice: A Time of Change and Development in Central and Eastern Europe: Pollution Control Panel, 8 CONN. J. INTL. L., No. 2 (1993):
  • Kurt A. Strasser, Pollution Control in an Era of Economic Redevelopment: An Overview, 425-37.
Symposium, Integrated Pollution Control, 22 ENVTL. L. 1 (1992). Selected entries:
  • Frances H. Irwin, An Integrated Framework for Preventing Pollution and Protecting the Environment, 1. *

  • Lakshman Guruswamy, Integrated Environmental Control: The Expanding Matrix, 77. *

  • James E. Krier & Mark Brownstein, On Integrated Pollution Control, 119. *

  • J. Clarence Davies, Some Thoughts on Imple-menting Integration, 139. *

  • Manik Roy, Pollution Prevention, Organizational Culture, and Social Learning, 189. *

  • Barry G. Rabe & Janet B. Zimmerman, Cross-Media Environmental Integration in the Great Lakes Basin, 253. *

  • James M. Strock, et al., Integrated Pollution Prevention: Cal-EPA's Perspective, 311. *

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Government Reports and Hearings

H. REP. NO. 101-555, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. (1990). *

S. REP. NO. 101-526, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. (1990). *

EPA, POLLUTION PREVENTION STRATEGY, 56 FED. REG. 7849 (Feb. 26, 1991). *

EPA, POLLUTION PREVENTION 1991: PROGRESS ON REDUCING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS (EPA/21P-3003). Oct. 1991. $27. * small EPA logo

EPA, PROPOSED POLLUTION PREVENTION POLICY STATEMENT, 54 FED. REG. 3845 (Jan. 26, 1989). *

EPA, SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE, THE 33/50 PROGRAM: FORGING AN ALLIANCE FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION (July 1991). *

EPA, EPA'S 33/50 PROGRAM, A PROGRESS REPORT: REDUCING RISKS THROUGH VOLUNTARY ACTION (July 1991). * small EPA logo

EPA, OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WASTE MINIMIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WITH ECONOMIC BENEFITS (EPA/530/SW-90/044). April 1990. RCRA Hotline, 800-424-9346. Pollution Prevention, 1990: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Environmental Protection of the Senate Comm. on Environment and Public Works, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. (1990). *

Solid Waste Reduction, Recycling, Pollution Pre-vention, 1990: Hearings Before the Subcomm. on National Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment of the House Comm. on Science and Technology, 101st Cong., 2d Sess. (1990). *

Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention, 1989: Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Environment Labor of the House Comm. on Small Business, 101st Cong., 1st Sess. 12 (1989). *

U.S. CONGRESS, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, SERIOUS REDUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE: FOR POL-LUTION PREVENTION AND INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY (1986). $36.50. Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA. 703-487-4650. *

U.S. CONGRESS, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, FROM POLLUTION TO PREVENTION: A PROGRESS REPORT ON WASTE REDUCTION (1987). $19.50. Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA. 703-487-4650. *

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Pollution Prevention Statutes

FEDERAL

Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, 42 Pub. L. No.101-508, § § 6601-6610, 104 Stat.1388 (codified at U.S.C. § § 13101-13109).

STATE - Mandatory

Arizona: Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § § 49-961 to -73 (Supp. 1992).

California: Cal. Health & Safety Code § § 25244.12 to .24 (West 1992).

Georgia: Ga. Code Ann § § 12-8-60 to -83 (1992).

Louisiana: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § § 30.2291 to .2295 (West 1989 & Supp. 1992).

Maine: Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 38, § § 2301 to 2312 (Supp. 1991).

Massachussets: Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 21I, § § 1 to 23 (Law. Co-op. Supp. 1992).

Minnesota: Minn. Stat. Ann. § § 115D.01 to .12 (West Supp. 1992).

Mississippi: Miss. Code Ann. § § 49-31-1 to -27 (1991 & Supp. 1992).

New Jersey: N.J. Rev. Stat. § § 13:1D-35 to -50 (West 1991).

New York: N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § § 27-0900 to -925 (McKinney Supp. 1992).

Oregon: Or. Rev. Stat. § § 465.003 to .037 (1991).

Tennessee: Tenn. Code Ann. § § 68-212-301 to -312 (1992).

Texas: Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § § 361.501 to .510 (Vernon 1992).

Vermont: Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, § § 6623 to 6632 (Supp. 1992).

Washington: Wash. Rev. Code § § 70.95C.010 to .240 (Supp. 1992).

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STATE - Voluntary

Alaska: Alaska Stat. § § 46.06.021 to .041 (1991).

Colorado: Colo. Rev. Stat. § § 25-16.5-101 to -110 (Supp. 1992).

Connecticut: Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. Appendix Pamphlet, P.A. 91-376 (West 1992).

Delaware: Del. Code Ann. tit. 7, § § 7801 to 7805 (1991).

Florida: Fla. Stat. § § 403.072 to .074 (1991).

Illinois: Ill. Ann. Stat. ch. 111 1/2, ¶ ¶ 7951 to 7957 (Smith-Hurd Supp. 1992).

Indiana: Ind. Code Ann. § § 13-9-1 to -7 (West Supp. 1992).

Iowa: Iowa Code § § 455B.516 to .518 (West Supp. 1992).

Kentucky: Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § § 224.46-310 to -325 (Michie/Bobbs-Merrill 1991).

Rhode Island: R.I. Gen. Laws § § 37-15.1-1 to .11 (1990).

South Carolina: S.C. Code Ann. § § 68-46-301 to -312 (Law. Co-op Supp. 1990).

Wisconsin: Wis. Stat. Ann. § § 144.955 (West Supp. 1991).

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Contributors to Education in Business Law and Pollution Prevention

Maxine Lipeles
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
phone: 314-935-5455
Teaches undergraduate and graduate-level environmental law course that covers the five primary laws and their application and interpretation with respect to pollution prevention.

Lynda J. Oswald
School of Business Administration, #5204
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
phone: 313-763-9827
e-mail: lynda.oswald@umich.edu
Teaches an MBA course on management of environmental legal issues.

Dr. Paulette Stenzel
Business, Law & Public Policy
Department of Finance
Eli Broad College of Business
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
phone: 517-353-3124; fax: 517-432-1080
e-mail: stenzel@pilot.msu.edu
Has written on Toxics Use Reduction, ISO 14000, NAFTA, Right to Know, and Right to Act legislation.

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