Laws & Policies Overview
Section 27, Article 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution
"The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustees of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people."
Enabling Legislation
Policies - Federal
For an overview of the federal government's role in the Protection and Management of Water Resources see the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
For a Summary of Environmental Law in the United States (Mining) see the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
For an overview of the federal government's role in Responding to Environmental Contamination see the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
For an overview of the federal government's role in Conservation of Biological Diversity and Wildlife see the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
For an overview of the federal government's role in Other Environmental Issues see the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
Clean Water Action Plan Unified Federal Policy for a Watershed Approach to Federal Land and Resource Management