Research Reports available from ELI

Topic: Federal and State Relations

ELI Research reports and briefs present in a concise, accessible format, the analysis and conclusions of the policy studies the Environmental Law Institute undertakes to improve environmental law. Some research reports may be downloaded for free in Portable Document Format (.pdf). These files can be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please see individual listings for more details.

Almanac of Enforceable State Laws to Control Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study, 2001 Update

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study 1990 Update

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study 1991 Update

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study 1993 Update

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study 1995 Update

An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50-State Study 1998 Update

An Independent Review of the State-Federal Environmental Partnership Agreements for 1996

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Arkansas

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Illinois

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Iowa

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Kentucky

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Louisiana

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Minnesota

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Mississippi

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Missouri

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Tennessee

Analysis of the Numeric Water Quality Criteria Adopted by the Ten States That Border Directly on the Mississippi River: Wisconsin

Anchoring the Clean Water Act: Congress’s Constitutional Sources of Power to Protect the Nation’s Waters

Beyond Enforcement? Enforcement, Compliance Assistance, and Corporate Leadership Programs in Five Midwest States

Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Handbook, Second Edition

Comparison of Federal-State Allocation of Responsibility in Five Environmental Statutes

ELI Research Brief #2 - Reauthorizing Superfund: Lessons from the States

Enforceable State Mechanisms for the Control of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution

Enhancing State Superfund Capabilities: Nine State Study

Federal Regulations and State Flexibility in Environmental Standard Setting

Filling the Gaps: Ten Strategies to Strengthen Invasive Species Management in Florida

Fresh Air: Innovative State and Local Programs for Improving Air Quality

Gulf of Mexico Habitat Conservation & Restoration: A Look at the Five U.S. Gulf States’ Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management

Invasive Species Control: A Comprehensive Model State Law

Locating Livestock: How Water Pollution Control Efforts Can Use Information from State Regulatory Programs

Making a List: Prevention Strategies for Invasive Plants in the Great Lakes States

Report for Great Lakes Protection Fund: Potential Federal Preemption of Laws in the Great Lakes States

Report of the Colloquium on Federal-State Relations in Environmental Enforcement

Role of Local Government in Long Term Stewardship of DOE Facilities

State and Local Indoor Air Quality Programs: Five Case Studies

State Civil Penalty Authorities and Policies

State Constraints: State-Imposed Limitations on the Authority of Agencies to Regulate Waters Beyond the Scope of the Federal Clean Water Act

State Regulation of Animal Feeding Operations: Seven State Summaries

State Regulation of Mining Waste: Current State of the Art

Strategies for Effective State Early Detection/Rapid Response Programs for Plant Pests and Pathogens

Survey and Analysis of State Groundwater Classification Systems and Program Operations

The New Air Permitting Program: The Role of the States

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