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| 9729790030 | Clean Air Act 1970 | establishes primary and secondary air quality standards, limits the amount of pollution put into the air | 0 | |
| 9729790031 | Clean Water Act 1972 | sets up mechanisms to reduce discharges of pollutants into waterways and to under write municipal water washer treatment plants | 1 | |
| 9729790032 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speecies 1975 | controls the exploitation of endangered species through international legislation, bans hunting, capturing, and selling of threatened speicies, and the import of Ivory | 2 | |
| 9729790033 | Comprehensive Enviornmental Response, Compensation Liabilty Act 1980 | Established federal authority for emergency response and clean-up of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed , or released into the enviornment | 3 | |
| 9729790034 | Endangered Speicies act 1973 | Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered | 4 | |
| 9729790035 | Lacey Act 1900 | A conservation law prohibiting the transportation of illegally captured animals across state lines. | 5 | |
| 9729790036 | Montreal Protocol 1987 | Banned the production of aerosols and initiated the phase out of all CFC's | 6 | |
| 9729790037 | Kyoto Protocol 2005 | Agreement among 150 nations requiring greenhouse gas emissions reduction, stopping climate change | 7 | |
| 9729790038 | Consumer Product Safety Act 1972 | Purpose is to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products | 8 | |
| 9729790039 | Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act 1984 | requires reporting of toxic releases: communities have the right to know what chemicals are being used in nearby factories | 9 | |
| 9729790040 | Energy Policy Act 1992 | The act was originally for publicizing radiation protection standards | 10 | |
| 9729790041 | Federal Food, drug and cosmetic Act 2002 | Assures the safety, wholesomeness, truthful packaging/labeling of foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices | 11 | |
| 9729790042 | Federal insecticide, fungacide, and rodenticide Act 1947 | requires that all pesticides are registered and approved by the FDA and creates a pesticide registry | 12 | |
| 9729790043 | Federal Water Pollution control Act 1972 | Authorized the surgeon general to prepare comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters | 13 | |
| 9729790044 | Food Quality Protection Act 1996 | Set pesticide limits in food and all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic endocrine events | 14 | |
| 9729790045 | Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972 | Regulates the dumping of wastes into oceans and coastal waters; Prohibits harm to marine mammals in US coastal waters | 15 | |
| 9729790046 | National Environmental Policy Act 1969 | directs federal agencies to take environmental consequences into account in decision making | 16 | |
| 9729790047 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act 1982 | Established a site to identify for, and construct an underground repository for spent nuclear reactor fuel | 17 | |
| 9729790048 | Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970 | Created to protect workers and their health. Ensure employers provide workers with an environment free from dangers to their safety and health | 18 | |
| 9729790049 | Oil Pollution Act 1990 | A company cannot ship oil into the US until it presents a plan to prevent spills that may occur and also a clean up plan incase one does occur | 19 | |
| 9729790050 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1977 | Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous wastes | 20 | |
| 9729790051 | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 1977 | Requires restoration of abandoned mines | 21 | |
| 9729790052 | Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act 1980 | Allows for financial and technical assistance for development, revision, and implementation of conservation plans and programs for non-game fish and wildlife | 22 |
