Pollution Control & Waste Management Law

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

The provincial and federal pollution control regimes for air and water pollution and for the handling, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Topics include federalism; regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to pollution from "point" and "non-point" sources; cumulative pollutant loads; the "precautionary" and "polluter pays" principles; and liability for contaminated sites. Corequisite(s): Prerequisite or Corequisite: Law 503 and 531.