NCJ Number
162088
Date Published
1996
Length
423 pages
Annotation
This volume sets forth the basic concepts of criminal environmental law and how they fit into the larger context of environmental regulation.
Abstract
The authors describe how an effective enforcement program emerged in the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); discuss the knowledge element as it is particularly applied in environmental criminal law; provide a guide for responding to an environmental criminal investigation, describing several basic but essential procedures that the target of a governmental investigation should follow; and discuss the ramifications of an environmental criminal conviction. The volume includes the text of the criminal provisions of the major federal environmental statutes, and agency guidance on such issues as general enforcement policy, specific EPA and Justice Department investigative and prosecutorial procedures, parallel proceedings, and environmental self-audits. It also includes sample forms and pleadings, such as search warrants, indictments, and plea agreements. Footnotes, glossary, appendixes