Environmental polices

Land ordinaces of 1785

Jan 1, 1785

This ordnances gave the goveremnt the right to manage new land. This is still a law.

homestead act of 1862

Jan 1, 1862

Citizen could claim 160 acers of land. after owning it for five years they could own it for 16 dollars. This is still in motion

general mining law 1872

Jan 1, 1872

This act provided land for 5 dollars per acre and allowed mining to happen with the goverment knowing. This is still in motion

national park service

Jan 1, 1916

congress created a service to take care of all national parks. Now days this is what a park ranger does.

atomic energy act

Jan 1, 1954

This was passed becuase the goverments concerns about radiation hazards and radioactive waste. The act makes sure that regulory structured consturction of nuclur power plants and nucular wepons factoires

clean air act

Jan 1, 1970

This act creates standerds for purifued air in the USA. This act has been affected by moslty oil spils. This is still a big policy for the US.

clean water act

Jan 1, 1972

Also sets standards for the qualty and purdy of US ocean water. This has been broken several times by oil spils. This is a big policy in the US.

costal zone managment

Jan 1, 1972

This enforces that there is not too much harmful overdevlopemnet on the coast. They want to conserve some costal areas. This act is still being enfocred

Fisheries Conservation and Management Act

Jan 1, 1976

Governes the control of US marine fish populations and is intented to keep the fish population healthy. This is a big issue in florida today and is being controled today.

food qualty protection act

Jan 1, 1996

Enforcing that all meat is haigh quallty and folllows all standards. This also infocres that infants must be drink purifyed water and quallty food. This is still being enfocred.