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Author:   Robert Lee Aston
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367578664

ISBN 10:   0367578662
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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Robert Lee Aston's eight university degrees, earned over the course of more than 50 years, have given him an incredibly broad and deep background in both engineering and the law. His curriculum vitae is relevant because Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists can benefit not only engineering and science students in need of some legal background, but also lawyers entering environmental law practice. ... With detailed explanations, background, and analysis, along with an abundance of citations of actual cases, Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists covers as much as one could hope for in a single text on such a huge topic... --Civil Engineering, September 2002 b Being an engineer whose major contact with the law has been as an expert witness ... I very much would have liked to have the opportunity of taking a course of this title, specially if taught by the author --G. F. Bennett, Journal of Hazardous Material, Vol. 93, July 2002

Robert Lee Aston's eight university degrees, earned over the course of more than 50 years, have given him an incredibly broad and deep background in both engineering and the law. His curriculum vitae is relevant because Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists can benefit not only engineering and science students in need of some legal background, but also lawyers entering environmental law practice. ... With detailed explanations, background, and analysis, along with an abundance of citations of actual cases, Environmental Law for Engineers and Geoscientists covers as much as one could hope for in a single text on such a huge topic... -Civil Engineering, September 2002 b Being an engineer whose major contact with the law has been as an expert witness ... I very much would have liked to have the opportunity of taking a course of this title, specially if taught by the author -G. F. Bennett, Journal of Hazardous Material, Vol. 93, July 2002

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