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National Park Service Act
Established the National Park Service (NPS) -
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The Government and the Environment
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Federal insecticide, fungicide, rodenticide act
is a united states federal law that set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regualation to protect applicator, consumers, and the environment -
Clean Air Act
this Act provided research and technical assitance relating to air pollution control.(Air) -
Fish and Wildlife act
it directs a program of contiuing reaserch, extension, and information services on fish and wildlife matters, both domestically and internationally. -
Price-Anderson Act
Limited the liability of the nuclear indusrty in the US incase of an accident -
Wilderness Act
Created the legal definition of wilderness in the US, and protected 9.1 million acres of United States land. -
Water Resources Planning Act
This act established water resources council to come up with plans to solve the water demands throughout the U.S. -
National Trails System Act
The act created a series of National trails , public access for people travel and enjoy. -
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Prohibited the capturing/taking of all marine mammals, and completely stopped the import, export, and sale of marine mammals. -
environmental education act
this act was used to promote environmental education -
Endangered Species Act
this act was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction -
Renewable Resources Planning Act
Requires the Secretary of Agr. to an assess the Nation's renewable resources every 10 years -
Safe Drinking Water Act
required to set standards for drinking water quality for the US to ensure safe drinking water. -
Convetion on international trade in endangeres species
its aim was to ensure that international trade of wild animals and plants would not threaten the survival of them in the wild.(biodiversity) -
National Forest Management Act
Protected biodiversity in National Forests and to created more involvement in planning/management for forests. -
Federal Land Policy and management
constitues the organic act for the Bureau of Land Management and governs most uses of the federal public lands, including grazing. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery act
Governs the disposal of all types of waste (hazardous, solid, etc.) -
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Regulated the coal mining business and how it was done -
Soil and Water Conservation Act
Made the USDA create a national plan for soil and water conservation on private lands -
energy tax act
the objective of this law was shift from oil and gas supply toward energy conservation; thus, to promote fuel efficiecy and renewable energy through taxes and tax credits -
Artic Conservation Act
this act protects native mammals, birds, and plants and their ecosystems.(biodiversity) -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 1980
this act is a federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substance(energy) -
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Created a procedure for a permanent, underground storage for high-level radioactive waste, and provided some temporary federal storage. -
emergency wetlands resources act
was encated to protect and promote conservation of the nations wetlands -
Montreal Protocol
Decreased production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. -
Ocean Dumping Ban Act
Ended sewage sludge and industrial waste dumping into the ocean -
Pollution Prevention Act
Created a nation-wide policy that prevented/reduced pollution at the source wherever possible -
Waste Reduction Act
It was intended to improve EPA data collection, to assist States in providing information about pollution source reduction, and for other purposes. -
California Desert protection Act
This act established the death valley and joshua tree national parks and the Mojave national preserve in the California desert.(Land) -
Food quality protection act
it mandated a health based standard for peswticides used in foods, provided special protectons for babies and infants. -
Water Quality Act
Required states to issue water quality standards, and authorized t created FWPCA (Federal Water Pollution Conrtol) to set standards where states failed .
