ENSP 330: Introduction to Environmental law

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

• The official legal edition of the CFR is available from the Government Printing Office website.
• The CFR is a codification of the rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
• The CFR is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation,
  with environmental regulations contained mainly in Title 40 - Protection of Environment.
• Each volume of the CFR is revised once each calendar year and updated on a quarterly basis, Title 40 is issued every July 1.
• Other titles that are relevant to Environmental Law:
  • Title 18 - Conservation of Power & Water Resources
  • Title 33 - Navigation & Navigable Waters

The Federal Register

• The Federal Register contains proposed regulations and final regulations that have yet to be added to the CFR. 
• It is available online through GPO GovInfo, Congressional Publications (Proquest)  and HeinOnline Federal Register Library;
• Federal Register citations are found at the end of the CFR section text. 

Proposed regulations dealing with environmental issues and comments on those regulations,
can be found on the Environmental Protection Agency's website.