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APES Acts
Environmental Acts, Rules, and Policies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Established U.S. Soil Conservation Service. Mandates the protection of the nation's soil reserves. Deals with soil erosion problems, carries out soil surveys, and does research on soil salinity. | Soil Erosion Act (1935) |
| Provides for plans to formulate and evaluate water and related land resource projects and to maintain a continuing assessment of the adequacy of water supplies in the U.S. | Water Resources Planning Act |
| Provided funds for state planning and management of coastal zone | Coastal Zone Management Act |
| Sets objectives for restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters. Regulates discharge of pollutants and requires federal agencies to avoid adverse impacts from modification or destruction | Clean Water Act |
| Established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. This law focuses on ground or underground sources of water | Safe Drinking Water Act |
| Established and maintains dam safety programs | Water Resources Development Act |
| Designed to identify nationally significant estuaries and to restore and protect them | National Estuary Program |
| Regulates the manufacture and use of pesticides | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act (FIFRA) |
| Requires registration of all pesticides in U.S. commerce | Federal Environmental Pesticides Control Act |
| Emphasizes the protection of infants and children in reference to pesticides in food | Food Quality Protection Act |
| Allowed the president to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain | Forest Reserve Act |
| mandates periodic assessments of forest and rangelands in the U.S. Directs that the assessment be conducted by the U.S. Forest Service and consider a broad range of renewable resources | Renewable Resource Planning Act |
| Established and reaffirmed a commitment to manage, maintain, and improve rangelands so that they become as productive as feasible | Public Rangelands Improvement Act |
| Requires grazing permits on federal land | Taylor Grazing Act |
| Authorized construction of the Interstate Highway System. Under this, the government agreed to fund 90% of the construction costs for the interstate. States would provide remaining funds, administer construction projects, and own and operate highways | Federal Aid Highways Act |
| Preserve the watershed of the Yellowstone River for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. For the first time, public lands were preserved for public enjoyment and were to be administers by the federal government. | Yellowstone National Park Act |
| This rule places about 1/3 of the national forest systems total acreage off-limits to virtually all road buildings and logging. Preserves all current opportunities for public access and recreation, as well as the revenue and jobs from these activities | Roadless Area Conservation Rule |
| Established that national parks are to be maintained in a manner that leaves them unimpaired for future generations | National Park Service Act |
| Laid out the interior Department's role as coordinator of all federal agencies for programs affecting the conservation and development of recreation resources | Outdoor Recreation Act |
| Wilderness was defined by its lack of noticeable human modification or presence. Federal officers are required to manage wilderness areas in a manner conductive to retention of its wilderness character | Wilderness Act |
| Established a fund, administered by the National Park Service, to assist the states and federal agencies in meeting present and future outdoor recreation demand and needs of American people | Land and Water Conservation Fund Act |
| Established a national system of recreational, scenic, and historical trail | National Trail Systems Act |
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