Apes Laws and Treaties

A United States federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.

• Lacey Act

• FIFRA

• Wilderness Act

• . CERCLA

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Enacted in 1976, is the principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste

• Montreal Protocol

• The Kyoto Meeting

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• The Price Anderson Act

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Known also as Superfund. It was passed in 1980 in response to some alarming and decidely unacceptable hazardous waste practices and management going on in the 1970s.

• CERCLA

• Resource Conservation Recovery Act

• The Montreal Protocol

• Atomic Energy Act

An international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. Cut CFCs in half.

• The Paris Accord

• The Montreal Protocol

• The Kyoto Meeting

• Resource Recovery Act

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Which was signed by 24 nations to reduce CFC production by 50% by the year 2000

• Kyoto Protocol

• Bourne Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Toronto Protocol

• CITES Treaty

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What does the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 state?

• banned ocean dumping of municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste

• required the Secretary of Energy to issue guidelines for selection of sites for construction of two permanent, underground nuclear waste repositories.

• Seeks to prevent the creation of toxic waste dumps by setting standards for the management of hazardous waste. Like CERCLA, this law also includes some provisions for cleanup of existing contaminated sites.

• Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the manufacture, distribution, import and processing of certain toxic chemicals.

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Which laws work to prevent water pollution?

• Clean Air Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

Which law is a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats?

• Clean Air Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

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Which law reduces air pollution by limiting air emissions from stationary and mobile sources?

• Clean Air Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

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

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