APES UNIT 5 ACTS

whose basic structure was established in 1970, and then amended in 1977 and 1990—is a United States federal law designed to protect human health and the environment from the effects of air pollution.

• clean air act

• clean water act

• soil composition

• endangered species act

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters.

• clean air act

• endangered species act

• clean water act

• soil composition

CERCLA or Superfund -- provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment.

• Clean Water Act

• clean air act

• soil composition

• Comprehensive Environmental Response

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

45%- mineral

5%- organic matter

20-30%- water

20-30%- air

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Comprehensive Environmental Response

• Soil Composition

• Clean Water Act

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave. This includes the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. RCRA also set forth a framework for the management of non-hazardous solid wastes.

• Montreal Protocol

• Endangered Species Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Kyoto Protocol

provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. The lead federal agencies for implementing ESA are. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) The FWS maintains a worldwide list of endangered species.

• Endangered Species Act

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

is an international agreement made in 1987. It was designed to stop the production and import of ozone depleting substances and reduce their concentration in the atmosphere to help protect the earth's ozone layer.

• Kyoto Protocol

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Montreal Protocol

• Endangered Species Act

is an international agreement that aimed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the presence of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere.

• Kyoto Protocol

• National Environmental Policy Act

• The Safe Drinking Water Act

• Montreal Protocol

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

was signed into law on January 1, 1970. NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions.

• The Safe Drinking Water Act

• Montreal Protocol

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Kyoto Protocol

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. This law focuses on all waters actually or potentially designed for drinking use, whether from above ground or underground sources.

• Montreal Protocol

• (1974) The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

• national Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Kyoto Protocol