Concurrent jurisdiction

While EPA has the authority to prosecute importers and exporters for failure to comply with the requirements of TSCA 12 and 13, the Customs Service has the concurrent jurisdiction to detain inbound shipments not in comph-ance with 13. The Court in ALM v. U.S. E.P.AP upheld these co-existing, independent enforcement mechanisms, explaining that Customs may not be able to identify every non-complying shipment at the port because of the large volume of imports and the inefficiency and inconvenience of physical searches of every import by Customs Service officials. Depriving EPA of the... 

The preceeding train of observations will justify the position which has been elsewhere [in No. 33] laid down, that, A concurrent jurisdiction in the article of taxation, was the only admissible substitute for an entire subordination, in respect to this branch of power, of the State authority to that of the Union. Any separation of the objects of revenue. 

I hold that the states will have concurrent jurisdiction with the subordinate federal judicatories, in many cases of federal cogniz mce, as will be explained in my next paper. 

But this doctrine of concurrent jurisdiction is only clearly applicable to those descriptions of causes of which the state courts have previous cognizance. It is not equally evident in relation to cases which may grow... 

How does the interested individual secure copies Primarily by applying to the issuing committee. And this presupposes that the applicant knows what committee has jurisdiction of the subject matter in interest, that he follows events closely enough to get in his bid before the supply is exhausted. Under the law, a committee may print 1000 copies irrespective of cost. After that, it may apply to its own House for printing up to 500—i.e., by simple resolution. If the amount is over 500, it requires concurrence of both Houses if it doesn t run over 200, the Joint Committee on Printing may authorize additional printing without further reference. 

A major concern of the environmental movement world-wide, has been the increasing use of disposable packaging (frequently plastics) which is considered to waste non-renewable resources and impose unacceptable burdens on municipal disposal facilities. In concurrence with susceptible politicians, laws and regulations have been promulgated in many jurisdictions which have increased both the cost to the taxpayer of garbage disposal and the loss of energy resources. 

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