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| 9654527311 | Soil and Water Conservation Act (1977) | Conservation program to aid land owners; set up conditions to evaluate water and soil | 0 | |
| 9654527312 | Food Security Act (1985) | "Swampbuster" - Discouraged wetland to non-wetland conversion Provided benefits to farmers that did not disturb wetlands | 1 | |
| 9654527313 | Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972) | Protected marine mammals from falling below their optimum sustainable population levels; established a federal responsibility to conserve marine mammals | 2 | |
| 9654527315 | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (1973) | Bans the capture, exportation, or sale of endangered and threatened species | 3 | |
| 9654527316 | Wilderness Act (1964) | Established a review of road free areas of 5,000 acres or more and islands within the National Wildlife Refuges or the National Preservation System. Restricted activities in these areas. | 4 | |
| 9654527317 | Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968) | Established a national Wild and Scenic Rivers System for the protection of rivers with important scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife, and other values | 5 | |
| 9654527318 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (1972) | EPA must approve use of all pesticides in the U.S. | 6 | |
| 9654527321 | Endangered Species Act (1973) | Provided broad protection for species of fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered in the U.S. or elsewhere | 7 | |
| 9654527322 | The United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) | Set out the principles for the conservation and management of certain types of fish | 8 | |
| 9654527324 | Mining Act (1872) | Governed prospecting and mining of minerals on publicly owned land | 9 | |
| 9654527325 | Mineral Leasing Act (1920) | Permitted the Bureau of Land Management to grant leases for development of deposits of coal, phosphate, potash, sodium, sulfur, and other leasabale minerals on public domain lands | 10 | |
| 9654527326 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)(Superfund) (1980) | Regulated damage done by mining and hazardous waste disposal; EPA sources the damage and holds them responsible | 11 | |
| 9654527328 | Surface Mining Control And Reclamation Act (1977) | Established a program for regulating surface coal mining and reclamation activities. Established mandatory standards for these activities on state and federal lands, including a requirement that adverse impacts on fish, wildlife, and related environmental values be minimized | 12 | |
| 9654527329 | Clean Water Act (1972) | Used regulatory and non-regulatory tools to protect all surface waters in the U.S. Gives EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. | 13 | |
| 9654527330 | Ocean Dumping Act (1972) | Made it unlawful for any person to dump sewage, sludge, or industrial waste into ocean waters | 14 | |
| 9654527331 | Safe Drinking Water Act (1974, 1996) | Established a federal program to monitor and increase the safety of the drinking water supply. It does not apply to wells that supply fewer than 25 people. | 15 | |
| 9654527332 | Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act (1990) | Strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. Established a trust fund which is available to clean up oil spills. | 16 | |
| 9654527333 | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (1975) | Governed the transportation of hazardous material and wastes in commerce | 17 | |
| 9654527334 | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (1976) | Encouraged states to develop comprehensive plans to manage nonhazardous industrial solid waste and municipal solid waste; sets criteria for municipal solid waste landfills and other solid waste disposal facilities; and prohibits the open dumping of solid waste. Requires tracking of substances from cradle to grave. | 18 | |
| 9654527335 | Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (1976) | Gave the EPA the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced in or imported to the United States. | 19 | |
| 9654527336 | Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982) | Established both the Federal government's responsibility to provide a place for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and the generators' responsibility to bear the costs of permanent disposal | 20 | |
| 9654527337 | National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (1970) | Created the Council on Environmental Quality that resulted in the creation of the EPA from the consolidation of various environmental agencies. | 21 | |
| 9654527338 | International Environmental Protection Act (1983) | Authorized the president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitats and in developing sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs | 22 | |
| 9654527339 | Pollution Prevention Act (1990) | Designed to promote source reduction(stop pollution from being produced) | 23 | |
| 9654527340 | Environmental Education Act (1990) | Established the Office of Environmental Education within the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and administer a federal environmental education program. | 24 | |
| 9654527341 | Montreal Protocol (1978) | Cut the emissions of CFCs that damage the ozone layer. This was amended in Copenhagen (1992) to include other key ozone-depleting chemicals | 25 | |
| 9654527342 | Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes (1992) | 169 parties aimed to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. U.S. has not ratified this agreement and is not bound to abide by it. | 26 | |
| 9654527343 | Kyoto Protocol (1997) | Required the participating 38 developed countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions back to 5% below 1990 levels. U.S. has not ratified this agreement and is not bound to abide by it. | 27 | |
| 9654546328 | Clean Air Act (1963) | Designed to control air pollution on a national level; established a federal program within the U.S. Public Health Service and authorizing research into techniques for monitoring and controlling air pollution. | 28 | |
| 9654549975 | National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) | 6 criteria air pollutants are tracked and monitored in order to preserve a healthy air quality index (AQI) | 29 | |
| 9654555140 | Lacey Act (1900) | Prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold. | 30 | |
| 9654557536 | Taylor Grazing Act (1934) | Provides for the regulation of grazing on the public lands to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use. | 31 |
