Selected Publications

  1. Centner, T.J., "Clarifying NPDES Requirements for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations," Penn State Environmental Law Review 14(2006):361-395.

  2. Centner, T.J. and T.A. Feitshans, "Regulating Manure Application Discharges from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in the United States," Environmental Pollution 136(2006):571-573.

  3. Centner, T.J., "Governmental Oversight of Discharges from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations," Environmental Management 37,6 (2006):745-752.

  4. Centner, T.J., "Equestrian Immunity and Sport Responsibility Statutes: Altering Obligations and Placing Them on Participants," Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal 13(2006):37-72.

  5. Centner, T.J., "Governmental and Unconstitutional Takings: When Do Right to Farm Laws Go Too Far," Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 33(2005):87-148.

  6. Centner, T.J., AExamining Legal Rules to Protect Children from Injuries in Recreational and Sport Activities," Journal of Safety Research 36,1(2005):1-7.

  7. Grossman, M.R., T.J. Centner and P.K. Hall, "Agriculture, Environment and Food Production: The Role and Liability of the Farmer/Grower in the United States," Agrarisch Recht 5(2004):275-291.

  8. Centner, T.J., "Developing Institutions to Encourage the Use of Animal Wastes as Production Inputs," Agriculture and Human Values 21(2004): 367-375.

  9. Centner, T.J., "Enforcing Environmental Regulations: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations," Missouri Law Review 69(2004):697-730.

  10. Centner, T.J. and J.D. Mullen, "Regulatory Responses to Potential Pollutants from Animal Feeding Operations: Opting out of Costly Permitting Regulations," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36,2(2004):287-295.

  11. Centner, T.J., "New Regulations to Minimize Water Impairment from Animals Rely on Management Practices," Environment International 30(2004):539-545.

  12. Mullen, J.D. and T.J. Centner, "Impacts of Adjusting Environmental Regulations When Enforcement Authority Is Diffuse: Confined Animal Feeding Operations and Environmental Quality," Review of Agricultural Economics 26,2(2004):209-219.

  13. Centner, T.J., "Regulating Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations to Enhance the Environment," Environmental Science and Policy 6,5(2003):433-440.

  14. Centner, T.J., "Establishing a Rational Basis for Regulating Animal Feeding Operations: A View of the Evidence," Vermont Law Review 27,1(2002):115-147.

  15. Centner, T.J., "Expanding Regulatory Requirements for Poultry Producers in the United States to Curb Water Pollution," World=s Poultry Science Journal 58(2002):559-566.

  16. Centner, T.J. and J. Mullen, "Enforce Existing Animal Feeding Operations Regulations to Reduce Pollutants," Water Resources Management 16,2(2002):133-144.

  17. Centner, T.J., "Agricultural Nuisances: Qualifying Legislative >Right-to-Farm= Protection Through Qualifying Management Practices," Land Use Policy 19,3(2002):259-267.

  18. Centner, T.J., "Revising State Recreational Use Statutes to Assist Private Property Owners and Providers of Outdoor Recreational Activities," Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 9(2001):1-34.

  19. Centner, T.J. “Simplifying Sports Liability Law Through a Shared Responsibility Chapter.” Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal 1(2001):54-73.

  20. Centner, T.J. “Evolving Policies to Regulate Pollution from Animal Feeding Operations.” Environmental Management 28(2001):599-609.

  21. Centner, T.J. “Animal Feeding Operations: Encouraging Sustainable Nutrient Usage Rather than Restraining and Proscribing Activities.” Land Use Policy 17(2000):233-244.

  22. Centner, T.J. "Agricultural Nuisances: Curbs on the Right-to-Farm." Choices Spring(2000):41-45.

  23. Centner, T.J. "Anti-Nuisance Legislation: Can the Derogation of Common Law Nuisance be a Taking?" Environmental Law Reporter 30,4(2000):10253-10260.

  24. Centner, T.J. "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Employing Conservation Buffers and Setbacks to Ameliorate Negative Externalities." Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 25(2000):220-252.

  25. Gunter, L.F. and T.J. Centner. "Characteristics of State Agricultural Pesticide Programs in the United States." Journal of Environmental Management 58(2000):61-72.

  26. Centner, T.J., J.E. Houston, A.G. Keeler and C. Fuchs. "The Adoption of Best Management Practices to Reduce Agricultural Water Contamination." Limnologica 29(1999):366-373.

  27. Centner, T.J. and L.F. Gunter. "Financing the Disposal of Unwanted Agricultural Pesticides." Environment International 25,5(1999):635-646.

  28. Centner, T.J. "New Laws to Reduce Lawsuits Against and Liability of Pick-Your-Own Operations." HortTechnology 8,4(1998):464-470.

  29. Centner, T.J. "Unwanted Agricultural Pesticides: State Disposal Programs." Journal of Environmental Quality 27,4(1998):736-742.

  30. Centner, T.J. and R.C. Griffin. "Externalities from Roaming Livestock: Explaining the Demise of the Open Range." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 23(1998):71-84.

  31. Centner, T.J. "Disposing of Pesticides as Hazardous Waste: State Pesticide Collection Programs." Stanford Environmental Law Journal 17(1998):353-397.

  32. Centner, T.J. "Modifying Negligence Law for Equine Activities: A New Good Samaritan Paradigm for Equine Activity Sponsors." Arkansas Law Review 50(1998):637-661.

  33. Centner, T.J. "Reforming Outdated Fence Laws: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors Only If They Are Fair." Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation 12(1997):267-304.

  34. Lathrop, K.W. and T.J. Centner.  "Eco-Labeling and ISO 14000: An Analysis of U.S. Regulatory Systems and Issues Concerning the Adoption of Type II Standards."  Environmental Management 21(1997):163-72.

  35. Centner, T.J. "The New "Pick-Your-Own" Statutes: Delineating Limited Immunity from Tort Liability." University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 30(1997): 743-79.

  36. Centner, T.J. "Legal Rights of Veterinarians under Veterinary Good Samaritan Statutes and Equine Liability Statutes." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 210(1997):190-94.

  37. Centner, T.J., J.E. Houston, C. Fuchs, and J. Zeddies. "Employing BMPs to Reduce Agricultural Water Pollution: Economics, Regulatory Institutions and Policy Concerns." Drake Law Review 45(1997):125-41.

  38. Centner, T.J. and K.W. Lathrop. "Legislative and Legal Restrictions on Labeling Information Regarding the Use of Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin." Journal of Dairy Science 80(1997):215-19.

  39. Kriesel, W., T.J. Centner and A.G. Keeler. "Neighborhood Exposure to Toxic Releases: Are there Racial Inequities?" Growth and Change 27(1996):479-99.

  40. Centner, T.J. and K.W. Lathrop. "Labeling rbST-Derived Milk Products: State Responses to Federal Law." University of Kansas Law Review 45(1996):511-56.

  41. Centner, T.J. and K.W. Lathrop. "Regulating the Sale of Products from Cows Treated With Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin." Choices (3rd Quar. 1996):34-36.

  42. Centner, T.J., W. Kriesel, and A.G.Keeler. "Environmental Justice and Toxic Releases: Establishing Evidence of Discriminatory Effect Based on Race and Not Income." Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal 3(1996):119-58.

  43. Centner, T.J. and K.W. Lathrop. "Differentiating Food Products: Organic Labeling Provisions Facilitate Consumer Choice." Drake Agricultural Law Review 1(1996):30-50.

  44. Beard, R. and T.J. Centner. "New Legislation Providing Statutory Warranties for Defective New Tractors." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 11(1995):791-94.

  45. Centner, T.J. "Organically-Produced Food Products: Regulations from the European Union and the United States Set the Stage for Imports." Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing 7,4(1995):41-58.

  46. Centner, T.J. "Adopting Good Samaritan Immunity for Defendants in the Horse Industry." Agriculture and Human Values 12(1995):69-78.

  47. Centner, T.J. and M.E. Wetzstein. "Obligations and Penalties under Lemon Laws: Automobiles Versus Tractors." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 20,1(1995):135-45.

  48. Centner, T.J. "Lemon Laws: Sour Options for Consumers of Farm Tractors." Hamline Law Review 18,3(1995):347-62.

  49. Centner, T.J. "The New Equine Liability Statutes." Tennessee Law Review 62(1995):997-1039.

  50. Centner, T.J. "Integrating Local Government Topics into Natural Resources and Life Sciences Curricula." Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 23,2(1994):143-47.

  51. Centner, T.J. "Preserving Rural-Urban Fringe Areas and Enhancing the Rural Environment: Looking at Selected German Institutional Responses." Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law 12(1994):27-44.

  52. Centner, T.J. "The Internationalization of Agriculture: Preparing for the 21st Century." Nebraska Law Review 73,1(1994):5-13.

  53. Centner, T.J. "The U.S.'s Organic Foods Production Act Does the Small-Farmer Exception Breach the U.S.'s Obligations Under GATT?" Tulsa Law Journal 28(1993):715-22.

  54. Centner, T.J. and L.L. Geyer. "Introducing Environmental Law in the Undergraduate Curriculum." Journal of Environmental Education 25(1993):13-18.

  55. Centner, T.J. "Separating Lemons: Automobiles and Tractors under the `Motor Vehicle Warranty Rights Act' and the `Farm Tractor Warranty Act.'" Georgia State Bar Journal 30(1993):36-43.

  56. Centner, T.J. "Circumscribing the Reduction of Open Space by Scattered Development: Incorporating A German Concept in American Right-to-Farm Laws." Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 8(1993):307-24.

  57. Centner, T.J. "Regulations Incorporating Environmental Values Transcend International Commitments and Affect Production Agriculture." Journal of World Trade 27,2(1993):131-140.

  58. Centner, T.J. "Agricultural Law Symposium: An Introduction." William Mitchell Law Review 19(1993):265-270.

  59. Centner, T.J. "Changes Impacting Production Agriculture: NAFTA and Environmental Regulations." University of Toledo Law Review 24(1993):371-85.

  60. Centner, T.J. "Private Enforcement of Federal Environmental Law: Comment." Land Economics 69(1993):194-196.

  61. Centner, T.J. and M.E. Wetzstein. "Agricultural Pesticide Contamination of Groundwater: Developing a `Right-to-Spray Law' for Blameless Contamination." Journal of Agricultural Taxation and Law 14(1992):38-52.

  62. Centner, T.J. "The New `Tractor Lemon Laws': An Attempt to Squeeze Manufacturers Draws Sour Benefits." Journal of Products Liability 14,2(1992):121-37.

  63. Wetzstein, M.E. and T.J. Centner. "Regulating Agricultural Contamination of Groundwater Through Strict Liability and Negligence Legislation." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 22(1992):1-11.