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Forest Reserve Act of 1891
This is an act that was passed that had allowed the President of the Unites States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. This act states that the wooded areas eventually became national forests and then they were protected so that there wasn't exploitative logging happening. (land act/law) -
Lacey Act
The Lacey Act is an act that had banned trafficking in illegal wildlife. In 2008 the act had been amended so that it could include plants and plant products. (land law/act) -
Antiquities Act
It was the first law that was established that archeological sites on public lands and are important public resources. (chemical law/act) -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a federal law that had set up the basic United States system of pesticide regulation that protected applicators, consumers, and also the environment. (chemical) -
National Park Service Act
It is a Unites States federal law that had established it and it was a territory that was managed certain federal lands. (land law/act) -
Migratory Bird Act
The Migratory Bird Act is a federal law enacted in the 1916's and implement the convention for the protection of the migratory birds in the United States and Great Britain. (air) -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act is a federal stamp act that says that you have to buy to hunt migratory bids such as geese and ducks. You have to be 16 years of age of older, but you have to buy a valid hunting stamp. (air) -
Taylor Grazing Act
The Taylor Grazing Act is a federal law that had provided a regulation on grazing on the public lands, which isn't including Alaska. It improves rangeland conditions and helps regulate their use. (land) -
Soil Conservation Act of 1935
It was a federal law that was passed that has allowed the government to pay the farmers to reduce production as to conserve soil and to prevent erosion. (land) -
Water Pollution Control Act
This act basically said that they would take the wastewater and set standards for the industry. It also regulated pollutant discharges into the water in the United States. (water) -
Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act was the same thing as the Water Pollution control Act. It said the same exact thing, because that act became known as this act. (water) -
Price-Anderson Act
It is a federal law that was passed in 1957 and it has been renewed since then several times. It is a governs liability-related issue that all of the non-military nuclear facilities were constructed in the United States. (chemical) -
Wilderness Act
The Wilderness Act was an act that had protect 9.1 million acres of federal land. (land) -
Land and Water Conservation Act
This act was a federal program that had provided funds and matching grants to the federal, state, and local governments for the acquisition of the land and water. (land) -
Clean Air Act
This act was a federal law that was designed to control the air pollution on a national level. It was the first and most influential modern environment laws.This act is identified as an air act/law. -
Endangered Species Act of 1973
This act was the most important act of them all, it was a federal law that had protected imperiled wildlife and plants. (land) -
Safe Drinking Water Act
The safe drinking water act was an act that amended the public health service act so that it assured that the public was being provided with safe drinking water and also for other purposes. (water) -
Resource Recovery Act
This act is the same thing as the resource conservations and recovery act. They both disposed the solid waste and hazardous waste. (chemical) -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
This act governs the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste. (chemical) -
Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 was a program that was designed to cleanup sites that was contaminated with hazardous substances and pollutants. (air) -
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