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Environmental Law Resources

                                             State Government 

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/dep/site/default.asp

Environmental complaints: http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=1177&q=480826

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission http://www.fish.state.pa.us/mpag1.htm
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission http://www.puc.state.pa.us/
Office of the Governor http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?
Governor's Green Government Council http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/gggc/site/default.asp
Pennsylvania General Assembly http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
House Democratic Caucus http://www.pahouse.com/index.asp
House Republican Caucus http://www.pahousegop.com/
Senate Democratic Caucus http://www.pasenate.com/
Senate Republican Caucus http://www.pasenategop.com/
Local Government and Bar Associations
Allegheny County Health Department http://www.achd.net/environ.html
Allegheny County Sewer Authority http://www.alcosan.org/index.htm
Allegheny County Bar Association http://www.acba.org/
Erie County Bar Association http://www.eriebar.com/
Federal Government
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3 http://www.epa.gov/region03/index.htm
U.S. Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region http://www.fws.gov/northeast/
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Works http://www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/
U.S. Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov/
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
State Law
Pennsylvania Code http://www.pacode.com/
The Pennsylvania Bulletin http://www.pabulletin.com/
Federal Law
United States Code http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/index.html
Federal Rules of Evidence http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/index.html
Legal Research
FindLaw http://library.findlaw.com/
Courts
Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System http://www.pacourts.us
Pennsylvania Environmental Hearings Board http://ehb.courtapps.com/public/index.php
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania http://www.pawd.uscourts.gov/
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/default.htm
United States District Court for the District of Columbia http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf
United States Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

                                      Local Organizations

 Center for Healthy Environments and Communities
http://www.chec.pitt.edu

                                       Water Quality

 Federal Clean Water Act
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title33/chapter26_.html

                                         Air Quality

 American Lung Association's Clean Air Standards website
http://www.cleanairstandards.org/
 Atmoshperic Chemistry Glossary http://www.shsu.edu/~chemistry/Glossary/glos.html
 Federal Clean Air Act and Amendments
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/
 EPA Air Pollution Data
http://www.epa.gov/air/data/
 EPA Air Quality Now
http://cfpub.epa.gov/airnow/index.cfm?action=airnow.main
 EPA Support Center for Regulatory Air Models
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/scram/
 EPA Air Quality Trends
http://www.epa.gov/air/airtrends/
 EPA Transportation Air Quality Planning for States
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/policy/index.htm
   

                                           Mining

 PA DEP Bureau of Mining and Reclamation
 http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bmr/bmrhome.htm
 US Office of Surface Mining
http://www.osmre.gov/
 Citizen's Guide to Mining Permit Application Process
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bmr/a_citizens_guide.htm

                                   Environmental Health

 Environmental Health Perspectives
http://www.ehponline.org/
 University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Center for Environmental Oncology http://www.environmentaloncology.org/
 International Toxicity Estimates for Risk
http://www.tera.org/iter/
 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
 National Center for Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/