Resources—Environmental

Environmental Law Section of the State Bar

http://www.calbar.org/enviro/
index.htm

Home page with collection of links to State of California, federal, international and other environmental resources. Section members have access to legislative, judicial and regulatory updates.

ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

http://www.abanet.org/
environ/home.html

Home page.

CEQA Guidelines (California Resources Agency)

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/
guidelines//

Guidelines for the implementation of CEQA.

EPA home page

http://www.epa.gov

This site contains a large collection of documents, links, and reports compiled by the EPA. Searchable databases accessible from the site make it a valuable resource for practitioners.

National Response Center (NRC)

http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/
index.html

Home page provides access to a searchable database of a subset of ERNS data (oil discharge and hazardous substance release) by region. All information reported to the NRC is available in this database. A searchable database of hazardous material spill information for California is accessible from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services at http://www.oes.ca.gov.

The Prop 65 Page

http://www.calprop65.com

Developed and maintained by Jeffrey B. Margulies of the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Los Angeles; includes litigation and regulatory updates and extensive links.

U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS)

http://www.usgs.gov

Home page of the USGS, which focuses on hydrology, biology, geology and geospatial information. Includes a state-by-state search engine.

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

http://www.osha.gov/

Home page.

OSHA’s eTools and Electronic Products for Compliance Assistance home page.

http://www.osha.gov/dts/
osta/oshasoft/index.html

Home page for OSHA’s technical information including interactive web-based training tools on occupational health and safety topics.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

http://www.fws.gov/

Home page.

National Wetlands Inventory (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

http://www.nwi.fws.gov/

Home page.

Environmental Professional’s Virtual Desktop (John N. Clay)

http://www.clay.net/ep1.html

This site’s goal is to be the most comprehensive directory of environmental information on the Internet for environmental professionals. It is a must see for any environmental lawyer.

Environmental Law Net

http://www.lawvianet.com/

Developed by David Blackmar of the law firm of Murtha Cullina LLP, this site includes six legal information libraries: (1) laws and regulations; (2) court and agency decisions; (3) agency documents and databases; (4) compliance; (5) enforcement and litigation; and (6) real estate and corporate transactions. This site also includes daily news about environmental law and business and other resources for corporate counsel and environmental compliance managers.

Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

http://www.eli.org

Home page of internationally recognized, independent environmental education and policy research center. Website provides environmental law resources, including a searchable database of regulatory documents issued by various federal agencies and offices.

Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site

http://www.scorecard.org

This site provides a searchable database of publicly available data on polluters collected by federal regulatory agencies. It also states that it includes profiles of more than 11,200 chemicals. It specifies the chemicals that are covered under five California laws and provides links to those chemicals' profiles.

Environmental Health Watch

http://www.ehw.org/Links/LINK_home3.htm

This site includes links to a wide variety of environmental health resources organized by topic, including links to many websites with searchable databases of environmental, chemical and health data.

MSDS searchable database (Cornell)

http://msds.ehs.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) database search page.

MSDS SEARCH's MSDS searchable database

http://www.msdssearch.com/

MSDS database with government and other links. Includes a link to an MSDS dictionary.

Global Network of Environment and Technology

http://www.gnet.org/

International collection of environmental links and materials. The site also has a searchable extensive collection of links at http://www.earthvision.net/
coldfusion/gnetlinks/linkslib.cfm

Hieros Gamos

http://www.hg.org/envirus.html

Environmental law resources.