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Citizen Empowerment Program:
LEAF believes that with meaningful access to information about environmental issues and the legislative, regulatory and land-use decision making processes that impact the environment, citizens can be empowered to be effective advocates for the public interest through well-informed participation in those processes. To that end, LEAF provides a variety of educational opportunities and resources as follows:
Community Impacts of CAFOs: Know Your Rights:
Many rural communities in Indiana have been targeted by environmentally destructive CAFO developments. Empowering residents with the tools they need to preserve their communities and prevent CAFOs from being built, LEAF conducts citizen workshops on zoning, land use, environmental and open government laws that apply to these developments. All materials distributed at these workshops are available for download below:
July 9, 2009: Benton County, Boswell Community Center
Community Announcement
Citizen Training Materials
September 23, 2009: Boone County, Scotlan Church
Citizen Training Materials
Citizen Guides to Indiana Law:
Keeping Government Transparent: A Citizen's Guide to Indiana's Open Door & Public Records Access Laws
Sustainable development and environmental protection starts with open government. When an informed public actively participates in the decision-making process, local governing bodies are forced to take a meaningful look at the type of growth and land use they are considering. With public oversight, governing bodies will feel pressure to take necessary time to review development and permitting proposals, consider the best interests of the impacted community, and avoid unnecessary environmental harm.
LEAF's Citizen Guide to Indiana's Open Door and Public Records Access Laws provides a clear look at the legal standards for government meetings and public records access and identifies classic agency violations. With these tools, citizens can keep government decisions impacting the environment and quality of life open and transparent to the public. Download the Citizen Guide
LEAF plans to prepare additional citizen guides in the following areas so that Indiana residents know their rights and how to exercise them:
Land Use, Annexation and Zoning Law
Erosion Control and Stormwater Management Law
Rule-Making and Permitting
Court documents:
Many public court documents prepared by LEAF in representing its clients are available for download and public use. These documents are referenced and linked throughout this website to the comprehensive listing on the left.
Environmental Law Resources and Information:
U.S. EPA News for Region 05
U.S. EPA News for Region 05
Summary1 - CALL IN CORRECTION: EPA, State and Local Officials Hold Media Briefing on Enbridge Oil Spill (MI)
2 - EPA Assumes On-Scene Coordinator Role in Response to Enbridge Kalamazoo River Spill (MI)
3 - Hoosier Energy Agreement Marks 20th Settlement Under EPA’s Power Plant Enforcement Initiative (IN)
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EPA Seeks Public Comment on Allegan County Smog (MI)
5 - EPA Meeting On Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers Site July 19, 7 P.M. (MI)
6 - EPA Awards Regional Environmental Education Grants (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH)
7 - EPA: Manitowoc and Door Counties in Wisconsin Now Meet Smog Standards (WI)
8 - EPA Orders Illinois Livestock Operation To Pay $40,000 Penalty For Unauthorized Waste Discharges (IL)
9 - EPA Midwest Clean Diesel Leadership Group Presents Awards For Emissions Reductions (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
10 - EPA Settles With Timco Engine Center On Hazardous Waste Violations; $104,100 Penalty Assessed (MI)
11 - EPA Invites Public To Meeting On Vapor Intrusion Sampling, Health Department Recommendations (OH)
12 - EPA Wraps Up $200,000 Marshall Township Cleanup (MI)
13 - EPA Meeting on Manganese Health Study on June 24 at Marietta College in Ohio (OH)
14 - EPA Cites Hanson’s Window and Construction for Failures to Warn Residents About Potential Exposures in 2005; $784,380 Penalty Proposed (MI)
15 - Media Advisory: EPA Briefing At Marshall Township Cleanup Site, June 16, 11 a.m. (MI)
16 - EPA Recognizes Manistique River Public Advisory Council For Efforts To Improve The Environment (MI)
17 - EPA Releases Final Report on Air Toxics Near Minneapolis Middle School, Finds Pollutants Below Levels of Concern (MN)
18 - EPA Releases Final Report on Air Toxics Near Pittsboro Elementary, Finds Pollutants Below Levels of Concern (IN)
19 - EPA Meeting On Buick City Cleanup Plan June 16, 5 P.M. (MI)
20 - Comment Period On Proposed Crow Wing County Injection Well Permit Extended (MN)
21 - Crow Wing County Citizens Invited to Comment on Proposed Waste Injection Well Permit (MN)
22 - EPA Announces Winners of Regional Student Art Contest (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
23 - Asian Carp Sampling Effort Officially Underway on Section of the Little Calumet River (IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, WI)
24 - EPA Selects Illinois Students for the President’s Environmental Youth Award (IL, IN, WI)
25 - Great Lakes Legacy Act Ottawa River Cleanup Has Begun (OH)
26 - EPA finalizes Buick City cleanup plan (MI)
27 - EPA Cites Sharp Homes-Hunter’s Ridge Development For Violation of Federal Stormwater Regulations (IL)
28 - Replacement of St. Louis, Mich., Well Field To Be Reviewed by EPA Panel (MI)
29 - Sixth Graders Wrap up Great Lakes Legacy Act Ashtabula River Habitat Project with Native Plants (OH)
30 - EPA: Manitowoc and Door Counties in Wisconsin Now Meet Smog Standards (WI)
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No. 10-OPA81 MARSHALL, MICH
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
Release date: 07/28/2010
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10-OPA80 CHICAGO (July 28, 2010) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has assumed the role of Federal On-Scene Coordinator in response to the Enbridge oil spill in the Kalamazoo River
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA078 (WASHINGTON – July 23, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA77 CHICAGO (July 20, 2010) — U.S
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA076 (CHICAGO – July 15, 2010) U.S
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA075 Chicago (July 13, 2010) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded $190,000 in grants for projects to enhance environmental education and awareness in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA074 CHICAGO (July 13, 2010) — U.S
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA73 CHICAGO (July 9, 2010) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has ordered Greenville Livestock Inc., 25815 Hugo Road, Centralia, Ill., to pay a $40,000 fine for failing to comply with the Clean Water Act
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA042 Chicago (July 1, 2010) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5’s Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative Leadership Group recognized people and organizations that have acted to reduce diesel emissions at a June 30 ceremony in Chicago
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA71 CHICAGO (June 29, 2010) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has settled with TIMCO Engine Center Inc., Oscoda, Mich., for alleged violations of federal hazardous waste regulations. A $104,100 penalty has been assessed
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA70 Chicago (June 29, 2010) --- U.S
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA066 (CHICAGO – June 18, 2010) U.S
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA067 CHICAGO (June 17, 2010)) — Based in part on information that two children living in renovated Michigan homes had tested positive for elevated blood lead levels, U.S
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA065 (CHICAGO – June 14, 2010) U.S
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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NO. 10-OPA062 (Chicago, Ill. – June 10 , 2010) --- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will recognize the dedication and hard work of the Manistique River Area of Concern’s Public Advisory Council at a 7 p.m. public meeting tonight at Manistique City Hall
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA064 Chicago (June 10, 2010) -- U.S
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA063 Chicago (June 10, 2010) – U.S
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA061 (CHICAGO – June 9, 2010) U.S
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA60 CHICAGO (June 3, 2010) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has invited Crow Wing County, Minn., and surrounding area residents to comment on a proposed permit for an underground injection well
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA59 CHICAGO (May 27, 2010) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has invited Crow Wing County, Minn., and surrounding area residents to comment on a proposed permit for a waste injection well
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA058 CHICAGO (May 27, 2010) — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has announced the winners of the first Region 5 Climate Change Art Challenge for middle school students
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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May 20, 2010 Uplink Satellite Coordinates Bbelow CHICAGO, IL - A five-mile section of the Little Calumet River in South Chicago is now closed to all traffic for a period of four to six days as sampling efforts for Asian carp get underway
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. OPA-057 (Chicago, May 20, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has selected middle school students Dana Gattone, Angel Loizzo and Maggie O’Brien from St
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA056 Toledo, Ohio (May 20, 2010) — U.S
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA053 (CHICAGO - May 19, 2010) U.S
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA54 Chicago (May 18, 2010) --- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has issued a complaint and final order against Sharp Homes-Hunter’s Ridge Development and Charles D. Sharp for failure to comply with federal stormwater rules
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA052 (CHICAGO – May 18, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 said today that replacement of the city of St. Louis, Mich.’s, drinking water well field will be included in the cleanup options reviewed by a senior EPA panel
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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NO.10-OPA50 (Chicago – May 7, 2010) -- Sixth graders from Lakeside Intermediate School’s After School Discovery program put the finishing touches on the Ashtabula River Legacy Act habitat project today by planting native seedlings on the 5 and 1/2 slip peninsula
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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No. 10-OPA051 CHICAGO (May 7, 2010) — U.S
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 00:00:01 -0400
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:30:00 CST
Summary1 - Best Papers
2 - The Year in Review 2008 is now available online!
3 - Diversity Fellowships Deadlines
4 - One Million Trees Project
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The Section recognizes Amy W. Beatie as a recipient of the "Best Papers" recognition for papers they prepared for the 27th Annual Water Law Conference held February 18-20, 2009; and Kim Diana Connolly, Steven G. Jones, Jeffrey W. Leppo, and Matthew F. Pawa as recipients of the "Best Papers" recognition for papers they prepared for the 38th Annual Conference on Environmental Law held March 12-15, 2009. These authors were recognized at the Conference and were each presented with a certificate and a Section publication as a token of appreciation for their outstanding submissions.
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:11:00 CST
Section members are now able to view Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2008 in the Section Members Only portion of the Section Web site. The online version contains all chapters found in the printed copy, each in PDF format. Printed copies of The Year in Review 2008 will be mailed to the Section's lawyer and associate members in mid-April 2009.
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:00:00 CST
Applications are being accepted for the ABA Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Law program in Hawaii. The Fellowship in Hawaii is available to first and second year law students who will contribute to increasing diversity in the Hawaii environmental bar
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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:00:00 CST
The Section's Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee announces its "One Million Trees Project - Right Tree for the Right Place at the Right Time" nationwide public service project. We call on ABA members to contribute to the goal of planting one million trees across the United States in the next five years...(more)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:07:00 CST
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