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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
It provides the basis for regulation, sale, distribution and use of pesticides in the U.S. FIFRA authorizes EPA to review and register pesticides for specified uses. -
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A series of environmental acts and committees to control environmental alteration caused by humans. -
National Air Pollution Control Act
The first federal attempt to control air pollution. -
Clean Air Act
It requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to be hazardous to human health. -
National Emissions Standards Act
It is a 1965 amendment to the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1963, to further reduce air pollution also may be another name for the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act. -
Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
It was set in 1965 and amendment to the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970; called for a 72% reduction of hydrocarbons, 56% reduction of carbon monoxide, and a 100% reduction of crankcase hydrocarbons from light duty vehicles and reductions of several 1963-base emissions. -
Water Quality Act
The original goal of the Clean Water Act was to eliminate the discharge of untreated waste water from municipal and industrial sources and thus make American waterways safe for swimming and fishing. -
Solid Waste Disposal Act
It was part of an amendment to the clean air act, was the first federal law that required environmentally sound methods for disposal of household, municipal, commercial, and industrial waste. -
Wilderness Act
It prevents urbanization and defined wilderness area for benefit of Americans so that areas will not be effected by man and may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value. -
California Air Resources Board
It’s a regulatory agency that tries to maintain air quality in California. -
Air Quality Act (amendment to CAA)
It is a comprehensive Federal law that regulates all sources of air emissions. -
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
It required two annual inspections of every surface coal mine and four at every underground coal mine, and dramatically increased federal enforcement powers in coal mines. Also required monetary penalties for all violations, and established criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations plus health care and compensation for coal dust inhalation “black lung”. -
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
It requires federal agencies to integrate environmental values into their decision making processes by considering the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and reasonable alternatives to those actions. -
Environmental Quality Improvement Act
It was enacted relating to the prevention, abatement, and control of environmental pollution, water and land resources, transportation, and economic and regional development. -
Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act
It requires employers that their employees do not work near or around recognized hazards. -
Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act
The prohibition against future use of lead-based paint. -
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
The restoration and maintenance of chemical, physical and biological integrity of Nation’s waters. -
Clean Water Act (1972)
It established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. -
Endangered Species Act
It is to protect and if possible help recover species that are near extinction. -
Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)
Act protects public health by regulating the nation's public drinking water supply. -
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (1975)
Act regulates the transportation of hazardous materials. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
It regulates waste disposal and management. -
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
It provided the EPA with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and or mixtures. It excludes food, drugs, cosmetics and pesticides. -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)
Is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coalmining in the United States. -
National Energy Conservation Policy Act
Is a part of national energy act; required federal agencies to perform energy surveys in order to reduce consumption of nonrenewable energy resources in buildings, vehicles, equipment, and general operation. It enabled the government to give loans to families for the purchase and installation of solar heating or cooling equipment. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
It was a law that taxed the chemical and petroleum industries and provided broad Federal authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances. -
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
It created a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries and provided broad Federal authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment. -
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
A federal legislation providing protection and management of non-game fish and wildlife for ecological, educational, esthetic, cultural, recreational, economic and scientific value. -
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982)
It supports the use of deep geologic repositories for the safe storage and/or disposal of radioactive waste. -
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRKA)
Passed in response to concerns regarding the environmental and safety hazards posed by the storage and handling of toxic chemicals. -
Montreal Protocol
It was designed to reduce the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances in order to reduce their abundance in the atmosphere. It was agreed on 16 September 1987 and entered into force on 1 January 1989 by the UN. -
Clean Air Act (Extension)
It tried to reduce car emissions, ozone depletion, and acid rain. -
Basel Convention
This multilateral environmental agreement regulates the import and export of hazardous waste among the Parties to it, and establishes legal obligations to ensure that such wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner. -
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
The regulations on the use of lead-based paint in housing. -
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Its purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of trade among the three nations. It also means each country has so-called side agreements that each nation enforces its own labor and environmental laws. -
Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice
Its purpose is to focus federal attention on the environmental and human health effects of federal actions on minority and low-income populations with the goal of achieving environmental protection for all communities. -
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
It authorizes the Federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit for the 6-year period 1998-2003; enacted June 9, 1998. -
California AB 1493
Is the first legislation in the world to regulates greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles. -
Kyoto Protocol
It was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations. -
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act
A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA): this legislation invests in funding for highways, highway safety and public transportation. -
Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA):
Its aims was to improve vehicle fuel economy and reduce U.S. dependence on petroleum. EISA includes provisions to increase the supply of renewable alternative fuel sources by setting a mandatory Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels annually by 2022.
