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Environmental Law ES/PS 124, Spring 2011 1. Course Information Class hours & location: Two sections- Mondays, 1:30-4:15 p.m.; DMH #164 Wednesdays, 4:30-7:15 p.m., Clark #316. Instructor: Terry Trumbull, Environmental Studies Department Office: Room 115e, Washington Square Hall Office hours: Mondays, noon-1:15 p.m., Tuesdays, 4-6 p.m. Instructor’s e-mail: terryt1011@aol.com Instructor’s law office telephone: 650-328-9081 2. Course Information. a. Course Description. Students will become acquainted with the role of law and lawyers in environmental issues. After an introduction to legislation, regulation, and the courts, students will learn the framework of regulation in specific environmental areas. Areas to be covered include air and water pollution, land use, solid and hazardous waste, recycling, natural resources, energy, environmental impact analysis, environmental health and safety, and international environmental regulation. b. Course Format. Students are expected to read the relevant portions of the textbook prior to class. Lecture will be minimized, but will probably take up 50% of class time. A portion of each class will be spent on analysis of current environmental issues. Experts in different fields related to the class will speak at several class meetings. c. Course text. Kubasek and Silverman, Environmental Law (any edition is acceptable), Prentice Hall. d. What you will learn: -How environmental issues are handled by elected officials, regulators, and the courts; - How the Constitution is used to support and restrain environmental regulation; - The names and responsibilities of key state and federal environmental, land use, and natural resource management agencies; - How occupational and indoor health issues are handled; - How international treaties protect the environment; and - The ways that California handles environmental issues differently from the rest of the country. e. Class website. My lecture notes are posted at http:sites.google.com/site/envslaw. There are some other files there, such as suggestions on writing for class.3. Course Requirements. a. Grading: Class participation/environmental articles 11% Appellate Case Evaluation 5% Environmental Hearing/Public meeting 1% Glossary 20% Quizzes 35% Final 28% b. Class participation/Environmental articles: For each class meeting, students are expected to bring a printed article from a recent publication, including the internet. Your article shall be turned in before the start of class and must be on the subject discussed in class that day. If you are called upon to discuss your article, students are not expected to explain the underlying legal issues, but should be prepared to summarize the facts in the article. Discussion in class of your article, or any other discussion by you in class, gives you a point. c. Glossary. Definition of about 200 environmental law terms. Due on . One extra point per class for early submission (maximum of five extra points), and one point deducted for each class that it is late, but not later than the last day of class. You must type or print every word of your glossary submission yourself. You are free to work with others on the terms, but you may not copy or paste answers from any other source.d. Quizzes. Seven quizzes will be given. Each quiz will be 5% of your grade. Quizzes will be on: 1. Third week -covering material from first and second weeks. 2. Fourth week -covering material from third week . 3. Seventh week- covering material from fourth, fifth, and sixth weeks. 4. Ninth week - covering material from seventh and eighth weeks. 5. Tenth week -covering material from ninth week . 6. 11th week -covering material from tenth week. 7. 15th week -covering material from 12th thru 14th weeks. Environmental Health and Safety, Population, and International Environment will not be tested on a quiz. They will only be covered on the final. Environmental Law, ES/PS 124, Syllabus- Page Three E. Appellate Case Evaluation You will receive an appellate case on an environmental matter at the first class, as well as specific information that you must provide in an analysis of the case. Your analysis is due on Feb. 7. F. Meetings. You are expected to observe one governmental meeting at which an environmental issue is discussed. The website has some meetings listed, but it is not a complete list. To prove that you attended the meeting, give the instructor a copy of the meeting agenda with the signature of a person on the governmental panel that you are observing. 4. Course Schedule Class Date Topic Reading Wednesday/Monday Topic Reading Class Number 1 Jan.26/31 Course review/Self introduction/U.S. Constitution Ch. 1 No Wednesday class- Feb. 2 2 Feb. 7, 1:30-4:15 p.m. Tour of federal courthouse Ch. 2 280 S. First Street, Fourth Floor, San Jose (Corner of San Carlos) Appellate case analysis due 3 Feb. 9/14 Environmental Torts; State and federal agencies Ch. 3 Quiz 1 4 Feb. 16/21 Land Use/Environmental Analysis, Quiz 2 Ch. 4 5 Feb. 23/28 Model for Pollution Control- Intergovernmental Responsibilities; Guest Speaker: Jerry Denny, Environmental Health and Safety Ch. 5 6 Mar. 2/7 Air quality; Glossary due 7 Mar. 9/14 Water quality, Quiz 3 Ch. 6 8 Mar. 16/21 Preventing Ground Contamination Ch. 7 9 Mar. 23/Apr. 4 Contaminated Property Cleanup, Quiz 4 Ch. 8 Spring Vacation- March 26 to April 3 10 Apr. 6/11 Energy, Quiz 5 Ch. 9 11 Apr. 13/18 Oceans/Resources, Quiz 6 Ch. 10 12 Apr. 20/25 Water resources 13 Apr. 27/May 2 Endangered Species Act/Public Lands/Final preparation No Wednesday class on May 4 14 May 9 1:30-4:15 p.m. Coyote Ridge field trip 15 May 11/16 International Environment Ch. 11 Population/Final Preparation/Quiz 7 Monday section final- Thursday, May 19, 12:15 p.m., DMH 164 Wednesday final- Wednesday, May 25, 5:15 p.m., Clark #316 |