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President Truman's Term
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Federal Water Pollution Control Act
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President Eisenhower's Term
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National Air Pollution Control Act
This act was created to, "provide research and technical assistance relating air pollution control."
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President Johnson's Term
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Clean Air Act (U.S.)
(Amended in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, and 1990)
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Wilderness Act
Signed by Johnson after 60 different drafts and over 8 years of work. It protected over 9 million acres of federal land. -
National Emissions Standards Act
Set emission standards for vehicles starting with 1968 models. The standards were reduced even further from the previous 1963 versions: 72% reduction for hydrocarbons, 56% reduction for CO2, and a 100% decrease for crankcase hydrocarbons -
Solid Waste Disposal Act
Addressed the increasing problems that were faced from the increasing amount of municipal and industrial waste. Made to protect human health and the natural enviornment from the potential hazards of improper waste disposal -
CA Air Resources Board
They set emissions standards before the EPA so was allowed to haev their own department of regulation because it was formed before the Federal agency was formed. -
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President Nixon's Term
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Signed by Nixon. Promoted the enhancement of the environment and created the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) -
Environmental Quality Improvement Act
two main purposes: 1- authorized the creation of an Office of Environmental Quality that provided the necessary staff needed for the CEQ 2- to "assure thhat each Federal department and agency conducting or supporting public works activities which affected the environment shall implement the policies under existing law"
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Reorganization Plan No.
the executive order submitted by Nixon to Congress that established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). -
Clean Air Act (Extension)
The new amendments added to the Act expanded the federal mandate which required federal and state regulations for industrial pollution and mobile source pollution -
Clean Water Act
eliminated the release of toxic substances into water, removed excess water pollution, and ensured that the surface water met the requirements needed for safe human water recreations -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and rodenticide Act
established to regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment from harmful poisons. -
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
Focused on regulating the intentional disposal of waste materials into the ocean and to authorize and related research -
Endangered Species Act
designed to protect the critically endangered species from extinction -
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President Ford's Term
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Safe Drinking Water Act
ensured safe drinking water for the general public -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
the main federal law in the U.S. which governs the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes -
Toxic Substance Control Act
regulates the creation and introduction of new or already existing toxic chemicals -
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President Carter's Term
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Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act
required either the creation or the preservation of 15 National Park Service properties and also had set aside other public lands for the Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. Designated over 100 million acres of land labeled as wilderness area. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability ACt (CERCLA)
A federal law which focuses on cleaning up sites that are contaminated with hazasrdous wastes -
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President Reagan's Term
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act
Amended Superfund. It endcouraged and supported the emergency planning efforts at the state and local levels. It also provided the public and governments with the info pertaining to chemical hazards that may be located in their communities. -
Montreal Protocol
International treaty whose purpose is to eliminate any potential substances that are believed to be depleting the ozone layer -
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President Bush's Term
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Oil Pollution Act
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President Clinton's Term
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President W. Bush's Term
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Energy Policy Act
the attempt to diminish the ever-growing energy problem the country faced and it changed the U.S. energy policy and now provided tax incentives and loan guarantees for different types of energy production
