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DSST Env. Sci. Laws
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This was signed in 1987 by 36 nations concerned with the depletion of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). | Montreal Protocol |
This legally binding agreement signed by over 100 countries contains rules on reducing greenhouse emissions. | Kyoto Protocol |
This was passed in 1975 with the intention of defining what a hazardous material was and setting rules for Hazmat shipment. | HMTA (Hazardous Materials Transportation Act |
Large federal projects that might have a large impact on the environment must produce an environmental impact statement. This was mandated in 1969 by this act. | National Environmental Policy Act. |
Established in 1972, this is legislation that protects marine mammals in the world’s oceans. | Marine Mammal Protection Act |
As mandated by the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969, this procedure must occur for any large federal project that might have a large impact on the environment. | EIS (Environmental Impact Statement |
This pact stated that CFCs had to be reduced 35 percent between 1989 and 2000. There was a further refinement of the agreement in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1992. | Montreal Protocol |
This governs energy policy in the U.S.,including efficiency standards and alternative fuel research. | Energy Policy Act |
Its standards are constantly revised (notably in 1970 & 1990) and is the most important piece of U.S. legislation that sets limits on specific air pollutants permitted in the U.S. 1963 | Clean Air Act |
Passed in 1972, it sought to ensure that the surface water in the U.S. are returned to swimmable or fishable states. | Clean Water Act |
Passed in 1963 by the U.S. Congress, this act lists seven major pollutants: sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, hyrdrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, photochemical oxidants, and lead. | Clean Air Act |
This act established standards of water quality and required and provided funding for municipal sewage treatment in the U.S. | Clean Water Act |
First law to regulate and establish standards for noise pollution. 1972 | Noise Control Act |
Required EPA to set standards for drinking water and groundwater, and provide oversight of the enforcement of these standards. 1974 | Safe Drinking Water Act |
Made it illegal to pollute the water and dredge a water body without a permit; notable as the first environmental law in the U.S. 1899 | Rivers and Harbors Act |
Banned commerce in illegally harvested animals or plants. 1900 | Lacey Act |
First law to establish penalties for disturbance of archaeological sites or relics on public lands; gave the president the right to designate landmarks and other ares of "historical or scientific interest" 1906 | Antiquities Act |
International agreement that outlawed in part, hunting of or trade of designated migratory birds. 1918 | Migratory Bird Treaty Act |
This agency is responsible for the management of public lands | Bureau of Land Management |
The government agency that administers and regulates CAFE standards | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
This act addresses and regulates the disposal of hazardous wastes | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) |
It was instrumental in significantly reducing the production of chlorofluorocarbons | Montreal Protocol |
This international agreement has been helpful in protecting endangered animals and plants by listing those species and products whose international trade is controlled | CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) |
This act established federal authority for emergency response and cleanup of hazardous substances that have been spilled, improperly disposed of, or released into the environment | Superfund |
The agency responsible for the identification and listing of endangered species | Fish and Wildlife Service |
A treaty that controls international trades in endangered species is known as | CITES |
This act set criteria for municipal solid waste landfills and prohibited the open dumping of solid wastes | RCRA—Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) for motor vehicles was created by the | Energy Policy and Conservation Act |
The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) is commonly called the | Superfund |
These standards reduced nitrous oxide emissions and sulfur emissions in vehicles | CAFE Tier 2 |
This meeting gathered over 200 scientists and national experts to work together to help countries create guidelines to atmospheric inventories across international borders | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
the first US. law passed in 1900 to regulate commerce in fish and wildlife | the Lacey Act |
This regulation was the first legislation to address protecting cultural resources | Antiquities Act |
This law requires a social impact statement to assess cultural resources as well as an environmental impact statement for any federal activity | National Environmental Policy Act |
This Federal Agency researches the health effects of pesticides and regulates their use | Environmental Protection Agency |
Phasing out the use of CFCs and reducing smog is covered under this | Clean Air Act |
What did the Kyoto Protocol propose to regulate | The emissions of greenhouse gases |
The release of CFCs was banned under an international treaty written in this cities | Montreal |
Defines which materials are labeled “Hazmat” | Hazardous Materials Transportation Act |
This prevents the harassment, capture, injury, or killing of all species of whales, dolphins, seals, and sea lions, as well as walruses, manatees, dugongs, sea otters, and polar bears | Marine Mammal Protection Act |
This established the “emissions trading policy” | Clean Air Act |
The listing of threatened species and the purchase of land to protect their habitats is legislated in this | Endangered Species Act |
This act introduced programs to protect both groundwater and surface water from pollution in 1975 | Safe Drinking Water Act |
This act empowered the EPA to control the dumping of sewage wastes and toxic chemicals in the ocean. 1972 (amended 1988) | Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act |
Formed to support state and local efforts to clean polluted runoff. Also established loan funds to pay for new wastewater treatment plants and to protect major estuaries. 1987 | Water Quality Act |
This act required that metals be removed from wastewater beginning in the early 1980s | Clean Water Act |
It set a national goal of making all natural surface water fit for fishing ans swimming by 1983 and banning discharge into these water by 1985. | Clean Water Act |
Also known as Superfund, it makes owners, operators, and customers of hazardous waste sites responsible for their cleanup. 1980 | CERCLA |
Designed to protect plant and animal species in danger of extinction. | Endangered Species Act |
According to the Endangered Species Act, this agency must prepare a species recovery plan for each endangered and threatened species. | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
This law states that endangered and threatened animal species may not be caught or killed. | Endangered Species Act |
This law states that endangered or threatened plants on federal land may not be uprooted. | Endangered Species Act |
This law states that no part of endangered or threatened species may be sold or traded. | Endangered Species Act |
Provides for new treaties on controlling ocean pollution from runoff, ocean dumping, transport of hazardous materials, oil exploration, mining and air pollution. | Law of the Sea |
This department is responsible for jet noise, mass transit, and pollution via transportation. | Dept. of Transportation |
This department is responsible for wilderness and other land management acts on land it controls | Bureau of Land Management |
It controls logging of national forests while protecting wildlife and forest ecosystems | U.S. Forest Service |
An EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) is required by this act for any proposed legislation or project that would have a significant effect on the quality of the environment. | National Environmental Policy Act |