The Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Legal Issues
- Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution, from the Environmental Law Institute, examines "enforceable mechanisms the states have available to them, the scope of the existing mechanisms used by the states, and the general limitations and impediments that accompany some of these mechanisms, in order to inform the nation's policy decisions on the remaining nonpoint problem."
- Environmental Law Materials, from Cornell Law School, provides access to environmental statutes; searchable Code of Federal Regulations.
- Federal Regulation Links and Federal Legislative Links are provided by the Environmental Professionals Home Page.
- Laws and Regulations, including proposed rules, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, offers access to the daily table of contents for the Federal Register, selected Federal Register documents, and other Internet sites that maintain electronic versions of the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations.
- The National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "is the "first stop" for information about environmental requirements that affect the agricultural community."
- The National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information (NCALRI) "conducts research and analysis and provides up-to-date information to farmers and agri-businesses, attorneys, community groups, and others confronting agricultural law issues." NCALRI and the National Agricultural Library (NAL) are cooperating organizations.
- Regulating Water Quality: Policy, Standards and Laws; bibliography of 127 citations from the AGRICOLA database; covers January 1993 - January 1995.
- Regulating Water Quality: Policy, Standards and Laws II Bibliography updated. Lists 105 citations from the Agricola database dated 1995 - present.
- Regulations.gov "is the U.S. Government web site that makes it easier for you to participate in Federal rulemaking - an essential part of the American democratic process.
On this site, you can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government’s legal newspaper. As a member of the public, you can submit comments about these regulations, and have the Government take your views into account."
- The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) provides annotated and rated links to sources of legal information through the link for "Laws and treaties" on the "Useful Links" page.
- Summary of Environmental Law in the North America was created by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) "to improve public access to the environmental law of the three parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), i.e. Canada, Mexico and the US. The summary is also designed to serve as a research tool for any person or organization interested in the environmental legislation of the three countries."
- THOMAS--Legislative Information on the Internet; from the U.S. Library of Congress; information on bills, the Congressional Record, the Constitution of the United States.
- Transboundary Agreements Infobase is an access point for agreements and treaties on transboundary envionmental cooperation in North America, including those on water quality. Source: North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NACEC).
- U. S. Geological Survey Guide to Federal Environmental Laws and Regulations provides "an overview of the major environmental statutes and corresponding regulations." Includes sections on
- Water Quality
- Water Resources Related Acts and Executive Orders
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Last update: December 23, 2004
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Stuart Gagnon /USDA-ARS-NAL-WQIC / sgagnon@nal.usda.gov
J. R. Makuch /USDA-ARS-NAL-WQIC / jmakuch@nal.usda.gov
