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main goals were to elimate the release of toxic wastes into water, remove excess water pollution, and make sure surface waters would meet the necessary requirement for human water recreational actiivites.
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This act was created to, "provide research and technical assistance relating air pollution control."
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(Amended in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, and 1990)
Law designed to control the air pollution on a national level -
Signed by Johnson after 60 different drafts and over 8 years of work. It protected over 9 million acres of federal land.
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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
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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
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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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Signed by Nixon. Promoted the enhancement of the environment and created the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
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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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the executive order submitted by Nixon to Congress that established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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The new amendments added to the Act expanded the federal mandate which required federal and state regulations for industrial pollution and mobile source pollution
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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
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established to regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment from harmful poisons.
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Focused on regulating the intentional disposal of waste materials into the ocean and to authorize and related research
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designed to protect the critically endangered species from extinction
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ensured safe drinking water for the general public
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the main federal law in the U.S. which governs the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes
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regulates the creation and introduction of new or already existing toxic chemicals
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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.
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A federal law which focuses on cleaning up sites that are contaminated with hazasrdous wastes
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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.
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International treaty whose purpose is to eliminate any potential substances that are believed to be depleting the ozone layer
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created to mitigate and to protect and prevent future oil spills off United States coast's
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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
