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laws
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| general mining act of 1872 | promotes development of the American west by allowing mining interests to take hard rock minerals from public lands without royalty payments and to purchase that land for no more than $5 per acre. |
| federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (FIFRA) | provides federal control of pesticide distribution sale and use. All pesticides used in the U.S. must be licensed by EPA. |
| wilderness act | sets aside large areas of federally owned land and prevent them from being used in ways that would disturb their "pristine" condition |
| national environmental policy act (NEPA) | environmental impact statements (EIS) must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started. |
| clean air act | set emission standards for cars and limits for release of air pollutants. |
| occupational safety and health act (OSHA) | aims to provide safe and healthy working by enforcement of safety. |
| clean water act | set maximum permissible amount of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable |
| marine mammal protection act (MMPA) | prohibits "taking" of marine mammals in U.S. waters, "taking" by U.S. citizens on the high seas and importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S. |
| convention on international trade and endangered species (CITES) | lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products |
| endangered species act | identifies threatened and endangered species in the U.S and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations |
| safe drinking water act | set maximum containment levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health |
| magnuson-stevens act | management of marine fisheries |
| resource conservation and recovery act (RCRA) | controls hazardous waste with cradle-to-grave system |
| toxic substance control act | grants the EPA authority to require reporting, record keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances - especially asbestos, PCBs, lead-based paint |
| surface mining control and reclamation act | requires cool strip mines to reclaim the land |
| comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability act (CERCLA) | "SUPERFUND" designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites |
| nuclear waste policy act | U.S. government must develop a high level nuclear waste site |
| montreal protocol | phase-out of ozone depleting substances (especially CFC) |
| ocean dumping ban act | bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste in the ocean |
| Madrid protocol | moratorium on mineral exploration for 50 years in Antartica |
| healthy forest initiative | Thin overstocked stands of trees, clear away vegetation and trees to create shaded fuel breaks, provide funding & guidance to reduce or eliminate hazardous fuels in national forests, improve forest fire fighting, research methods to halt bad insects |
| Stockholm convetion on persistent organic pollutants | seeks to protect human health from the 12 most 12 most toxic chemicals (includes) chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides/DDT can be used for malaria control) |
| Kyoto protocol | controlling global climate change by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries |
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