7381253230 | Surface mining and reclamation act | Directed owners of coal mines to contribute to binds for land rehabilitation and environmental damages caused by mining activities | 0 | |
7381253231 | Safe drinking water act | Provide safe, uncontaminated drinking water to the U.S. | 1 | |
7381253232 | Clean Water Act | the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. | 2 | |
7381253233 | Ocean Dumping Ban Act | Prohibits all municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste dumping into the ocean after 12/31/91 | 3 | |
7381253234 | Clean Air Act | It mandates emission controls for sources of 188 hazardous air pollutants | 4 | |
7381253235 | Resources conservation and recovery act | Created to control the management and storage/disposals of solid and hazardous waste | 5 | |
7381253236 | Comprehensive environmental response compensation and liability act | Clean up uncontrolled releases of specific hazardous substances | 6 | |
7381253237 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act | Supports the use of deep geologic repositories for the safe storage or disposal of radioactive waste | 7 | |
7381253238 | Food Quality Protection Act | Made requirements more strict for food safety standards | 8 | |
7381253239 | Endangered Species Act | Protecting and recovering the species of animals that were in danger of becoming extinct | 9 | |
7381253240 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species | To ensure that international trade of wild animals and plants does not threaten the overall survival of the species | 10 | |
7381253241 | Lacey Act | Act made in order to make it unlawful to import certain fish, wildlife and plants without and important declaration | 11 | |
7381253242 | Magnuson species act | Principal law governing marine fisheries in the U.S. | 12 | |
7381253243 | Marine Mammal Protection Act | First act to specifically address an ecosystem approach to natural resource management and conservation | 13 | |
7381253244 | Healthy forest initiative | To reduce the fire danger and return our forests and rangeland to a healthier state | 14 | |
7381253245 | National Environmental Policy Act | A national policy that promotes the enhancement of the environment | 15 |
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