Research Guides: Environmental Law: Environmental Law

Major Sources for Environmental Law

The U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA website include compilations of environmental laws (passed by the legislature) and regulations (promulgated by the agencies)

EPA: Laws, Regulations, Compliance, Enforcement, Policy & Guidance
Ohio EPA: Topics Index
This keyword index provides links to various environmental topics and contact information.

Enforcement Regulations

EPA: Title 40 Code of Federal Regulation
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
EPA: Office of Administrative Law Judges
The Administrative Law Judges conduct hearings and render decisions in proceedings between the EPA and persons, businesses, government entities, and other organizations
EPA: Applicability Determination Index (ADI)
The EPA currently issues over 100 letters or memoranda per year on Clean Air Act applicability or monitoring issues under the New Source Performance Standards and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants programs.
EPA: Environmental Appeals Board
The Appeals Board is the final Agency decisionmaker on administrative appeals under all major environmental statutes that the Agency administers.
Ohio EPA: Rules and Laws
This site is designed to allow access to current and pending rules within our program divisions. It also includes links to rule packages which are cross program in nature.

Legislation, Hearings and Committee Reports

Congress.gov
This new beta site from the Library of Congress offers tools to quickly and easily discover everything you might want to know about the laws and legislators of the United States.
Congressional Research Service
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) serves as shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. CRS experts assist at every stage of the legislative process — from the early considerations that precede bill drafting, through committee hearings and floor debate, to the oversight of enacted laws and various agency activities.
govinfo
Govinfo provides free online access to official federal government publications and securely controls digital content throughout its life cycle to ensure content integrity and authenticity.
Ohio Legislation
Official State of Ohio legislation web site
University Libraries Catalog
The University Libraries are a Federal Depository Library. Our collection contains selected congressional hearings and reports, as well as other government publications.

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Article Research

Legal Collection
Search over 250 of the worlds most respected, scholarly law journals. Find full-text articles from this authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
Environment Complete
Indexes environmental studies literature including agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, technology, marine and freshwater science, natural resources, pollution & waste management, public policy, and urban planning. Coverage begins in the 1950s. Full-text may be available via Find-It.

Expert Testimony Research

Many subject-specific databases include articles about expert witnesses related to that subject. Medline and Science Citation Index Expanded are two databases to explore for an overview of this topic from a science’s point of view.

Finding and Researching Experts and Their Testimony
LexisNexis' free attorney guide for researching expert witnesses.

MEDLINE (PubMed)
MEDLINE PubMed provides free access to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier database – MEDLINE. Content is citations and abstracts from national and international journals covering all aspects of biomedicine including allied health and other fields as they relate to medicine or healthcare.
Science Citation Index Expanded
This multidisciplinary resource indexes journal literature of the sciences. Represented disciplines include astronomy, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, genetics, geology, materials science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, oncology, pediatrics, pharmacology, physics, psychiatry, veterinary science, and zoology. Search by topic, keyword, or author. Identify articles that cited a previous work. Links to full-text occur when available. Also known as SCI.
APA PsycINFO
Indexes psychology literature and related disciplines including psychiatry, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, cognitive science, and linguistics. Includes journals and book chapters. Use Historic PsycINFO to identify literature published as early as the 1920s. Links occur to full-text when available.

TOXNET
TOXNET is a collection of databases on hazardous chemicals, toxic releases, and environmental health.

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