1st Edition

Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists

By Robert Lee Aston Copyright 2002
350 Pages
by CRC Press

352 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

352 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Today’s engineering and geoscience student needs to know more than how to design a new or remedial project or facility. Questions of law and ambiguities of terms often occur in contracts for mining, landfills, site reclamation, waste depositories, clean up sites, land leases, operating agreements, joint ventures, and other projects. Work place situations arise where environmental compliance... Read more
List of Cases. List of Commonly Used Abbreviations and Acronyms. Introduction to Environmental Law. Basic Law for Engineers and Geoscientists. National Environmental Policy Act. Air Pollution and the Clean Air Act. Water Pollution and the Clean Water Act. Other Important and Miscellaneous Environmental Statutes in a “Nutshell”. Water Pollution by Abandoned Mine Sites; Acid Mine Drainage; Mined Land Reclamation. Geoscientific and Engineering Expert Witnessing and Admissible Scientific Evidence. Appendix A: Iron Mountain Mine Site, Further Detailed Description. Appendix B: A very Simplified Environmental Guide for Starting a Mining Operation, or for a Takeover of a Mining Operation, or For a Takeover of a Mining Operation. References.

Biography

Robert Lee Aston