Environmental Enforcement

This book, written by one of the country's pioneering environmental prosecutors, serves as a comprehensive guide to environmental enforcement for both members of the regulated community and their legal advisors. Environmental Enforcement: Civil and Criminal outlines the potential repercussions of enforcement actions and provides strategies for reducing exposure. The book covers topics such as conducting an environmental self-audit, civil investigatory procedures in environmental law, and civil enforcement under major statutes like the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Air Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). It also includes an analysis of government guidance documents, contribution suits between "potentially responsible parties," penalties and penalty policies, preliminary injunctions, citizen suits, available defenses, and the awarding of attorneys' fees. Additionally, the book discusses the criminal process, the Department of Justice's guidelines for pursuing criminal charges against corporations, criminal defense strategies, and the role of audits in ensuring regulatory compliance.

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