Add to ORKGApplication of sewage sludges to agricultural lands is increasing. This use represents an economical disposal option and provides the benefit of recycling the nutrients and organic matter sludges contain. The practice, however, raises a number of concerns. Although the combination of federal and state regulatory requirements is significant in forming the initial base for sewage sludge management decisions, local regulations also play a part in seeking to protect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens, who may object to land application. The primary legal constraints that localities face are constitutional Commerce Clause challenges and conflicts with right-to-farm statutes. The authority of a municipality varies from state to state...
Earlier chapters have made the case that agricultural use of wastewater effluent and sludge, when ap...
As part of their broad home rule powers, elected local officials have the awesome responsibility of...
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central publ...
This paper was published in the peer reviewed INT. J. OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION, 1999, Vol. 11 No...
The Watershed Rules and Regulations, created by New York City’s Department of Environmental Protecti...
Commentators have identified fear of liability as a major deterrent to the widespread land applicati...
LTHOUGH permits are often required for utilization of non-municipal sludges (food-processing residua...
This Article explains the role that local governments have assumed in protecting the environment, ex...
Although land use regulation at the federal, state, and local level are independent entities, integr...
As 2016’s national election made clear, striking ideological differences between cities and their su...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pursuant to its authority under the Clean W...
Background: In the United States, most of the treated sewage sludge (biosolids) is applied to farmla...
While the authority of municipalities to partake in land use decisions is a well-established concept...
Local land use controls seek to limit the impact of one neighbor on another sometimes protecting nat...
The scope of environmental law extends beyond the federal statutes most people associate with protec...
Earlier chapters have made the case that agricultural use of wastewater effluent and sludge, when ap...
As part of their broad home rule powers, elected local officials have the awesome responsibility of...
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central publ...
This paper was published in the peer reviewed INT. J. OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION, 1999, Vol. 11 No...
The Watershed Rules and Regulations, created by New York City’s Department of Environmental Protecti...
Commentators have identified fear of liability as a major deterrent to the widespread land applicati...
LTHOUGH permits are often required for utilization of non-municipal sludges (food-processing residua...
This Article explains the role that local governments have assumed in protecting the environment, ex...
Although land use regulation at the federal, state, and local level are independent entities, integr...
As 2016’s national election made clear, striking ideological differences between cities and their su...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pursuant to its authority under the Clean W...
Background: In the United States, most of the treated sewage sludge (biosolids) is applied to farmla...
While the authority of municipalities to partake in land use decisions is a well-established concept...
Local land use controls seek to limit the impact of one neighbor on another sometimes protecting nat...
The scope of environmental law extends beyond the federal statutes most people associate with protec...
Earlier chapters have made the case that agricultural use of wastewater effluent and sludge, when ap...
As part of their broad home rule powers, elected local officials have the awesome responsibility of...
For most of the era since 1960, when environmental policy and resource policy have been central publ...