USGS Guide to Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations
This guide was written to provide an overview of the major
environmental statutes and corresponding regulations. This guide
serves as a tool to aid government agencies at the federal,
state and local levels, private industry, academia, the general
public and public interest groups. This guide is not intended
to be exhaustive of all the regulations that exist for any given
statute and contains those that were deemed to be key in
understanding any given statute as a whole. Cited sources,
including the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) and U.S. Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), have been reviewed through April of 1996. The
Survey's Environmental Affairs Program (EAP) does not assume
responsibility for the accuracy of any material presented in
this guide. We encourage your comments and suggestions, and
invite you to email the Webmaster.
Topical Areas Covered by this Guide
Denotes area of particular relevance to the USGS field staff.
Sources of Additional Information
Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School--This is a user-friendly tool for finding specific sections of the U.S. Code. Acts can be
searched by title, but it is used more easily when the exact title and section are known.
U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel U.S. Code
- This service yields search results that are divided into titles, parts, and sections.
GPO Access of the Government Printing Office--Provides searches of numerous government document databases with advanced searches for up to three year's worth of the Federal Register. Basic databases of note include Public Laws issued this session of Congress, U.S. Code, and Department of the Interior reports.
Thomas of the Library of Congress-
This is an excellent resource for keeping in tune with recent legislative actions. Using
Thomas, you may track the history of bills before Congress as well as legislation enacted into law.
Environmental Law Net -A comprehensive interactive environmental law internet
resource on environmental law, providing direct environmental law access to federal and state environmental laws and regulations.
National Park Service - Laws and regulations, designations, closures, permit requirements and other restrictions.
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