Apes Laws

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Soil and Water Conservation Act

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Soil and water conservation programs to aid landowners and users; also sets up conditions to continue evaluating the condition of U.S. soil, water, and related resourcess

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Food Security Act

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Nicknamed the Swampbuster, this act discouraged the conversion of wetlands to nonwetlands. 1990 federal legislation denied federal farm supplements to those who converted wetlands to agriculture, and provided a restoration of benefits t those who unknowingly conveted lands to wetlands.

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Marine Mammals Protction Act

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This act protected marine mammals from falling below their optimum sustainable poulation levels

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Endangered Species Act Program for the protection of threatened plants and animals and their habitats

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The act prohibited the commerce of those species considered to be endangered or threatened.

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Convention on Internation Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

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This agreement bans the hunting, capturing, or selling of endangered and threatened species.

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Wilderness Act

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Established a review of road-free areas of 5,000 acres or more and islands within the National Wildlife Refuges of the National Park System for inclusion in the National Park Preservation System. This act restricted activities in these areas.

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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

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Established a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System for the protection of rivers with important scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife, and other values.

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Anadromous Fish Conservation Act

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Protected fish that live in the sea but grow up and breed in fresh water

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Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act

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Governed the conservation and management of ocean fishing

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Marine Mammal Protection Act

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Established a federal responsibility to conserve marine mammals

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Endangered Species Act

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Provided broad protection for species of fish, wildlife, and plants taht are listed as threatened or endangered in the U.S. or elsewhere

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The United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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Set out the principle for the conservation and management of certain types of fish

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CITES (the convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)

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An international agreement between governments that ensured that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants don't threaten their survival.

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Mining Act

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Governed prospecting and mining of minerals on publicly owned land

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Mineral Leasing Act

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Permitted the Bureau of Land Management to grant leases for development of deposits of coal, phosphate, potash, sodium, sulphur, and other leasable minerals on public domain lands

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability (Superfund)

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Regulated damage done by mining

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Acts (RCRA(

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Regulated some mineral processing wastes

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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

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Established a program for regulating surface coal mining and reclamation activities. It 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.

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Clean Water Act

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Set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterays; aim to make surface waters swimmable and fishable

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Safe Drinking Water Act

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set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverrse effects on human health

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Ocean Dumping Ban Act

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bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste in the ocean

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Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act

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Strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. Established a trust fund (financed by a tax on oil) which is available to clean up spills.

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The Rescource Conservation and Recovery Act

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controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system

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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liablity Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund

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Superfund, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites

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Toxis Substances Control Act

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Gave the EPA the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the U.S; allows the EPA to ban the manufacture and import of those chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk

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Nuclear Waste Policy Act

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US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015

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Water Quality Act

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attempt to reduce non-point source pollution

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Clean Air Act

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Set emission standards for cars, and limits ofr release of air pollutants

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Kyoto Protocol

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controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries

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Montreal Protocol

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phase0out of ozone deleting substances

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Food Quality Protection Act

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set pesticide limits in food, and all active and inactive ingredients must be screend for estrogenic/endocrine effects

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National Environmental Policy Act

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Environmental Impact Statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started