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Conservation |
Controlled use or scientific management of resources |
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Preservation |
Remaining wilderness areas on public lands should be left untouched |
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Restoration |
To bring back to former condition Active restoration seeks to reestablishing a diverse, dynamic community at a site that has been degraded |
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Remediation |
Most often used with cleanup of chemical contaminants in a polluted area |
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Mitigation |
Repairing/rehabilitating a damaged ecosystem or compensation for damage Most often by providing a substitute or replacement area |
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Reclamation |
Used to describe chemical or physical manipulations carried out by severely degraded sites |
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Clean Air Act |
CAA Established primary and secondary air quality standards. Required states to develop implementation plans. Sets limits and goals to reduce mobile source air pollution and ambient air quality standards. |
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Clean Water Acts |
CWA Regulates and enforces all discharge into water sources and wetland destruction/construction. |
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act |
CERLA Superfund Established federal authority for emergency response and clean-up of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed, or released into the environment |
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
CITIES Controls the exploitation of endangered species through international legislation Bans hunting, capturing and selling of threatened species and bans import of ivory |
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Endangered Species Act |
ESA Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered |
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Energy Policy Act |
EPA Publicizes radiation protection standards for the Yucca Mountain repository |
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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
FDA Assures the safety of, wholesomeness, efficiency, and truthful packaging and labeling of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices |
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act |
FWPCA Authorized the surgeon general of the Public Health Service to prepare comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the evolution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving sanitary condition of surface and underground waters |
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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
FDA Assures the safety, wholesomeness, efficiency, and truthful packaging and labeling of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices |
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Food Quality Protection Act |
FQPA Set pesticide limits for food & all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects |
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International Environmental Protection Act |
IEPA Authorized the president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitat and provides an active role in conservation by the Agency of International Development |
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Kyoto Protocol |
KP Agreement among 150 nations requiring greenhouse gas emission reduction |
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Lacey Act |
LA Conservation law preventing the transportation of illegally captured or prohibited animals across state lines First federal law protecting wildlife Today it's used to prevent the importation of potentially dangerous non-native species |
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Law of Sea Convention |
LOSC International agreement that sets rules for the use of the world's oceans Covers 70% of Earth's surface |
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Madrid Protocol |
Moratorium (prohibition) on mineral exploration for 50 years in Antartica |
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Montreal Protocol |
MP Banned the production of aerosols and initiated the phase out of all CFC's |
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National Environmental Policy Act |
NEPA Authorized the Council on Environmental Quality as the oversight board for general conditions; directs federal agencies to take environmental consequences into account in decision making Requires IEP statement prepared for every major federal project having and environmental impact |
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Nuclear Waste Policy Act |
NWPA Establishes a site for and underground repository for spent nuclear reactor fuel a d high-level radioactive waste from federal defense programs |
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Occupational Safety and Health Act |
OSHA Created to protect worker and health Supposed to ensure workers with an environment free from dangers to their safety and health |
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Resource Conservation and Recover Act |
RCRA Management of non-hazardous solid waste including landfills and storage tanks Set minimal standards for for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous waste |
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Safe Drinking Water Act |
SDWA EPA is allowed to set standards for drinking water quality and oversees all of the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement these standards |
