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| 4350305873 | National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) | 1969. requires environmental impact statements for major federal projects. first broad based federal law to set policy on environmental protection | 0 | |
| 4350314683 | Clean Air Act (CAA) | 1970. requires EPA to set and enforce rules regarding mobile sources-emission standards for cars, ambient air quality standards (what can be in the air) hazardous air pollutants emissions (what can come out of smokestacks); acid rain reduction; ozone depletion protection; requires EPA to work with non-attainment area | 1 | |
| 4350328706 | Clean Water Act (CWA) | 1972. goal is to make US waterways fishable and swimmable-regulates and enforces what can be discharged into waterways. regulates wetland destrucution/construction, established treatment construction grants programs | 2 | |
| 4350333067 | Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) | (1974) Established primary drinking water standards and groundwater protection | 3 | |
| 4350333449 | Ocean Dumping Ban Act | bans dumping of sewage sludge and industrial wastes in ocean | 4 | |
| 4350334724 | Endangered Species Act (ESA) | (1973) EPA males a list of endangered and threatened species. It is a violation to harm listed species or their environment | 5 | |
| 4350339092 | Migratory Bird Act | protects birds. | 6 | |
| 4350339428 | Lacey Act | (1900) prohibits transporting wild animals across state borders without permit | 7 | |
| 4350342113 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) | (1976) regulates handling of wastes from "cradle to grave". rules for landfills, underground storage tanks, hazardous waste disposal, permits to process, treat or dispose of hazardous wastes, record-keeping | 8 | |
| 4350346902 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) | (1980). Set up NPL (national priorities list) and superfund; guidelines on cleaning up sites, set up "polluter pays" policy and established liability scheme to fund clean up costs | 9 | |
| 4350349734 | low-level radioactive policy act | all states must have facilities to handle low-level radioactive wastes | 10 | |
| 4350350909 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act | US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015 | 11 | |
| 4350354680 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) | (1947, 1972) Governs pesticide use (prohibits use in a manner that is inconsistent with product labeling), creates pesticide registry. administered by FDA | 12 | |
| 4350356960 | Food Quality Protection Act | set pesticide limits in food. all ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects | 13 | |
| 4350358534 | Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (1977) | requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land | 14 | |
| 4350358991 | Madrid Protocol | 50 year ban on mineral exploration in Anarctica | 15 | |
| 4350359764 | Kyoto Protocol | controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developing countries | 16 | |
| 4350360954 | Montreal Protocol | phase out ozone-depleting substances | 17 | |
| 4350363309 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) | lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products | 18 |
