Description: The definitive practical resource to the provisions and complexities of the federal Clean Water Act and how it continues to evolve, this book is written by some of the country's most knowledgeable experts on the CWA. Now in its fourth edition, it continues to offer an authoritative, balanced explanation of this complex statute and its implementing regulations and guidelines.
Brief description: Mark A. Ryan is Senior Counsel with the EPA Region X Office of Regional Counsel, where he has worked since 1990. At the EPA, Mr. Ryan works primarily on CWA litigation and permitting, and he is an adjunct faculty member with the EPA National Trial Advocacy Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Mr. Ryan has written and spoken extensively about the CWA and he serves on the editorial board of the ABA's Natural Resources and Environment magazine. He received his B.S. in natural resources from the University of Michigan and studied environmental policy at the University of Tübingen, Germany, as a University of Michigan Tübingen Fellow. Mr. Ryan received his law degree in 1988 from Indiana University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Indiana Law Journal. April 2011