AP Environmental Science Laws and Legislation

This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act
• Energy Policy Act
• Department of Energy

This is the federal organization that ensures that all Americans are protected against specific hazards to the environment and human health where they learn, work and live.

• Department of Energy
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Energy Policy Act

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Requires that the government, businesses, and people prevent or reduce the amount of any substance entering the air, waterways, and land. The act establishes activities for recycling, source reduction, and sustainable agriculture. It helps to promote the conservation of energy, water, and natural resources.

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Pollution Prevention Act

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Which act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient AirQuality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment?

• National Environmental Policy Act
• Clean Air Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Act

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Which act protects fish, shellfish, and wildlife in rivers, lakes, streams and oceans?

• Pollution Prevention Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Act
• Clean Water Act

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Which act increases clean renewable fuel production, research on greenhouse gas, and improves thegovernment’s energy performance?

• Pollution Prevention Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Ac
• Clean Water Act

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Which act established a national policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enrichment of theenvironment?

• Clean Air Act
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Act

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According to federal law, companies that produce hazardous waste must track and account for the waste from its creation  ________________.

• until they pass it along to someone else
• until its eventual disposal
• until the company closes
• until no one is paying attention

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—Integrated waste management arranges all of the strategies of dealing with municipal solid waste in order, from top-to-bottom, with the goal of minimizing what ends up in a landfill.  The first step in waste management is _____________.

• incineration
• reuse
• recycling
• reduction

_____________ is the process of reclaiming raw materials and reusing them to create new products.

• Reducing
• Repurposing
• Recycling
• Composting