ACC Groundwater Remediation at East Helena Smelter Site Research Paper

You are required to complete a 5-6 page paper summarizing your findings on the topic of an areaof environmental law that interests you, as applied to a specific issue in Montana. The paper willbe worth 20 percent of your grade and must be typed, double-spaced, and in 12-point Times NewRoman font. Please turn in both a Word (or equivalent program) and PDF version of yourpaper.Pick one of the legal schemes we are going over this semester (either federal or Montana law),and write a paper explaining how that statutory scheme has been used/implemented in relation toa specific site or factual issue (e.g. you may choose something akin to “fertilizer runoffreduction” or you could choose “groundwater remediation at East Helena Smelter Site”). Pleasekeep your topic as specific as possible so that you can concisely describe the environmental lawapplication in your paper! If you need assistance choosing a topic, contact either instructor.Your paper should include (1) a cover sheet with your name and the paper title (this page doesnot count toward the 5-6 pages of your paper), (2) an introduction, (3) the laws, rules, andpolicies applicable to your issue/site, (4) an analysis explaining how those laws/administrativerules/polices have been applied at the issue/site, and (5) a conclusion. Your analysis sectionshould weave the facts of the site/issue into the law/policy/rules at play, and should constitute themajority of your paper. While instructors will interpret this paper topic broadly, do not merelysubmit a scientific evaluation. The more law, regulation, and policy evaluation you include inyour paper, the better.You may use any books, governmental resources, or reputable mainstream newspapers,magazines, or journals as sources for your article. U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Courtdecisions are excellent sources and we strongly suggest that you use them. You can get thesedecisions for free on Findlaw.com, or you can ask the instructors and we can point you in theright direction. While the internet is an excellent place for sources, you need to be careful here.Dubious sources and misinformation abound, and your grade will be docked if you include falseinformation.Be sure to either cite your sources either via footnotes or endnotes. Your citations can be briefand informal, such as: (Lee, Christopher; Court Halts Changes to the Clean Air Act, SanFrancisco Chronicle, 12/25/03), or (Kubasek, Nancy; Environmental Law, Prentice Hall, 5th Ed.,2005). While the citation format is informal, the citations must be consistent throughout thepaper. Do not cite Wikipedia since it is not a valid source. Doing so will result in the gradefor your paper being reduced. However, Wikipedia may be used to find more scholarly sourcesas it can be well-referenced.Be sure to organize your Research Paper in a readable format. The final paper will be graded onfocus (is the entire paper on-topic?), development (did you give background information, is itcomprehensive, is it written for a college-level audience?), argument (does your paper followthrough to conclusion?), and organization (did the paper follow the rules set forth herein? Canthe reader follow each paragraph? Do the paragraphs flow logically?)