Environmental Laws And Treaties

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Atomic Energy Act (AEA)

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Provides for the development and regulation of the uses of nuclear materials and facilities in the US

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Clean Air Act (CAA)

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established primary and secondary air quality standards. Requires 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)

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regulates and enforces all discharge into water sources and wetland destruction/construction

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA Superfund)

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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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Conservation

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"controlled use," "scientific management" of natural resources. "Greatest good for the greatest number of people."

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Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)

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purpose to protect public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products

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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

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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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Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

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requires reporting of toxic releases: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI); encourages response for chemical releases

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Endangered Species Act (ESA)

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protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered. Includes migratory birds and their habitats

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Energy Policy Act (EPA)

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The Act originally publicizes
radiation protection standards for the Yucca Mountain
repository.

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Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)

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Authorizes
the president to draw from the petroleum reserve as well as
established a permanent home-heating oil reserve in the
Northeast. Clarifies when the president can draw from these
resources.

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Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDA)

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Assures the
safety, wholesomeness, efficacy, and truthful packaging and
labeling of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.

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3. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA)

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Requires that all pesticides are registered and
approved by the FDA and creates a pesticide registry.

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA)

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Authorized the surgeon general of the Public Health Service, with
others, 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.

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Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA):

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: Set pesticide limits in
food, & all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for
estrogenic/endocrine effects.

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Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act (HMA)

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The bill
provides that the secretary of the interior will establish a royalty
rate of from 2% to 5% of the value of locatable mineral production
from any new mines on federal mineral lands.

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Hazardous Material Transportation Act (HAZMAT):

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Governs the transportation of hazardous materials and wastes.

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International Environmental Protection Act (IEPA):

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Authorized the president to assist countries in protecting and
maintaining wildlife habitat and provides an active role in
conservation by the Agency for International Development.

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Kyoto Protocol (KP)

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: Agreement among 150 nations requiring
greenhouse gas emission reduction.

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Lacey Act (LA)

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-conservation law prohibiting the
transportation of illegally captured or prohibited animals across
state lines

-first federal law protecting wildlife, and is
still in effect, though it has been revised several times
-law is primarily used to prevent the importation or spread of
potentially dangerous non-native species.

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Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC)

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International agreement that sets rules for the use of the world's oceans, which cover 70
percent of the Earth's surface.

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Low Level Radioactive Policy Act (LLRPA)

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All states must have facilities to handle low level radioactive wastes.

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Madrid Protocol:

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Moratorium on mineral exploration for 50
years in Antarctica

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Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
(MPPRCA)

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Requires purchase of a stamp by waterfowl
hunters. Revenue generated is used to acquire wetlands. Since its
inception, the program has resulted in the protection of
approximately 4.5 million acres of waterfowl
habitat

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Mining Act of 1872 (MA)

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U.S. federal law that
authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic
minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public
lands.

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Mitigation

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Repairing/Rehabilitating a damaged ecosystem or
compensation for damage, Most often by providing a substitute
or replacement area; frequently involves wetland ecosystems.

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Montreal Protocol (MP)

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Banned the production of aerosols
and initiated the phase out of all CFC's.

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National Appliance Energy Act (NAEA)

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Set minimum
efficiency standards for numerous categories of appliances.

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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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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 EIP statement be prepared for every major federal project
having environmental impact

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National Park Act (NPA)

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created yellowstone ans yosemite national parks

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Noise Control Act (NCA)

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Promotes a national environment
free from noise that jeopardizes health and welfare. Establishes
research, noise standards, and information dissemination.

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Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA)

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Established a site to
identify for, and construct, an underground repository for spent
nuclear reactor fuel and high-level radioactive waste from federal
defense programs.

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Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

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Created to protect worker and health. Its main aim was to ensure that employers provide their workers with an environment free from
dangers to their safety and health, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or
cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.

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Ocean Dumping Act (ODA)

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Makes it unlawful for any
person to dump or transport for the purpose of dumping sewage,
sludge, or industrial waste into ocean waters.

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Oil Pollution Act (OPA)

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"A company cannot ship oil
into the United States until it presents a plan to prevent spills that may occur. It must also have a detailed containment and cleanup plan in case of an oil spill emergency.

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Pollution Prevention Act (PPA)

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Requires facilities to reduce
pollution at its source. Reduction can be in volume or toxicity

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Preservation

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Remaining wilderness areas on public lands
should be left untouched.

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Quiet Communities Act (QCA)

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Provides for the coordination
of federal research and activities in noise control. Authorized FAA funds for development of noise abatement plans around
airports

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Reclamation

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Typically used to describe chemical or physical
manipulations carried out in severely degraded sites, such as open-pit mines or large-scale construction.

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Remediation

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Most often used with cleanup of chemical
contaminants in a polluted area.

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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Management of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste including landfills and storage tanks. Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous wastes

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Restoration

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To bring back to former condition (Former
Natural State/Condition), active restoration seeks to reestablish a diverse, dynamic community at sited that have been degraded.

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Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

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The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is allowed to set the standards for drinking water quality and oversees all of the states, localities,
and water suppliers who implement these standards.

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Soil and Water Conservation Act (SWCA)

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Provides for a
continuing appraisal of US soil, water, and related resources, including fish and wildlife habitats, and a soil and water conservation program to assist landowners.

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Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA)

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To find better and more
efficient ways to dispose of solid waste; promotes shredding and separation of waste and burning of remaining materials to produce stream or generate electricity; promotes recycling.

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Stockholm Declaration (SD)

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United Nations Conference on
Human Environment having considered the need for a common outlook and principles to inspire and guide the peoples of them world in the preservation and enhancement of the human
environment.

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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA)

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Requires restoration of abandoned mines.

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Taylor Grazing Act (TGA)

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A United States federal law that
regulates grazing on federal public land. The Secretary of the Interior has the authority to handle all of the regulations, and he
became responsible for establishing grazing districts. Before these districts are created there must be a hearing held by the
state

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Toxic Substances Control Act (ToSCA):

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EPA is given the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA repeatedly screens these chemicals and can require reporting or testing of those that may pose an environmental or human-health hazard. EPA can ban the manufacture and import of those chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk.

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Water Resources Planning Act (WRPA)

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Provides for a plan to formulate and evaluate water and related land resources.

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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (WSRA)

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Selected rivers in the
United States are preserved for possessing outstandingly, remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values.

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Wilderness Act (WA)

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allowed congress to set aside federally owned land for preervation