APES Laws and Acts Definitions Flashcards

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