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Clean water act |
NPDES permits to discharge to surface water |
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Safe drinking water act |
Sets mcls for acceptable concentrations of contaminants in public drinking water supplies; sets treatment requirement for pathogens |
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Clean air act |
Set national ambient air quality standards. Regulates criteria pollutants (co, ozone, nox, sox, PM, lead) regulates hazardous air pollutants and sets max achiev control tech. |
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Resource conservation and recovery act |
Hazardous waste subtitle C (cradle to grave, defined HazW) Solid waste title D, medical waste subtitle J, underground storage tanks subtitle I Governs disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste |
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Comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act CERCLA “superfund” |
Clean up worst historically contaminated sites in the US Investigate and cleans up sites contaminated with hazardous substances |
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National environmental policy act |
Requires environmental impact statements for federal projects Promotes enhancement of the environment.
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TSCA |
Regulates introduction of new or already existing chemicals. |
