Laws

Question 1

Soil and Water Conservation Act

Answer 1

1997, aid landowners and users, sit up conditions to continue evaluating the condition of US soil, water and related resources

Question 2

Food Security Act

Answer 2

1985, Swampbuster, discourages conversion of wetlands to non wetlands, denying supplements to those who did so, while providing restoration benefits

Question 3

Marine Mammal Protection Act

Answer 3

1972, protected marine mammals from falling below sustainable pop levels

Question 4

Endangered Species Act Program for the protection of threatened plants and animals and their habitats

Answer 4

1973, prohibited commerce of those species

Question 5

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)

Answer 5

1975, bans the capture, exportation, or sale of endangered and threatened species

Question 6

Anadromous Fish Conservation Act

Answer 6

1965, protected fish that live in the sea but grow up and breed in fresh water

Question 7

Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Answer 7

1976, Governed the conservation and management of ocean fishing

Question 8

Marine Mammal Protection Act

Answer 8

1972, established a federal responsibility to conserve marine mammals

Question 9

Endangered Species Act

Answer 9

1973, provided broad protection for fish and wildlife and plants threatened or endangered

Question 10

United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea

Answer 10

1982, set out the principles for conservation and management of certain fish

Question 11

Mining Act

Answer 11

1872, governed prospecting and mining of minerals on publicly owned land

Question 12

Mineral Leasing Act

Answer 12

1920, Permitted Bureau of Land Management to grant leases for development of deposits of coal, phosphate, potash, sodium, sulphur, and other leasable minerals on public domain lands

Question 13

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, (CERCLA) (Superfund)

Answer 13

1980, regulated damage done by mining, monitoring, cleanup and prohibiting topics on hazardous waste

Question 14

Resource Conservation and Recovery Acts

Answer 14

1976, regulated some mineral processing wastes

Question 15

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Answer 15

1977, establishing a program for regulation surface coal mining and reclamation activities. It established mandatory standards for these activities on state and federal lands, including a requirement that adverse impacts on fish, wildlife and related environmental values be minimized.

Question 16

Clean Water Act

Answer 16

1972, Used regulatory and non-regulatory tools to protect all surface waters in the US: 1) sharply reduced direct pollutant discharges into waterways 2) financed municipal wastewater treatment facilities 3) achieved broader goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation’s waters 4) supported the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish and wildlife, and recreation in and on the water

Question 17

Ocean Dumping Act

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1972, unlawful for any person to dump or transport for the purpose of dumping, sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean

Question 18

Safe Drinking Water Act

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1974, 96, Established federal program to monitor and increase the safety of the drinking water supply. It does not apply to wells that supply fewer than 25 ppl

Question 19

Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act

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1990, Strengthened EPA’s ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. Established a trust fund (financed by tax on oil), which is available to clean up spills

Question 20

the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Answer 20

1976, 1) states to develop plans to manage no hazardous solid waste 2) system for controlling hazardous waste from generation to disposal 3) underground storage tank (UST) program regulates underground storage

Question 21

Toxic Substances Control Act (TOSCA)

Answer 21

1976, EPA ability to track 75000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported in USA.

Question 22

Nuclear Waste Policy Act

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1982, Federal government responsibility to provide a place for the permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and the generators’ responsibility to bear the costs of permanent disposal

Question 23

1970 National Environmental Policy Act

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EPA, from consolidation of various environmental agencies

Question 24

1983 International Environmental Protection Act

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President assists countries in protecting habitats and management/conservation programs

Question 25

1990 Pollution Prevention Act

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Designed to promote source reduction

Question 26

1990 Environmental Education Act

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established Office of Environmental Education in EPA

Question 27

Montreal Accord

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1978, cut emissions of CFCs that damaged the ozone layer, amended in Copenhagen to include other chemicals

Question 28

Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes

Answer 28

1992, 169 parties aimed to protect human health in waste. USA does not take part

Question 29

Kyoto Protocol

Answer 29

1997, 38 developed countries to cut greenhouse emissions by 5% below 1990 levels. USA and Australia? do not take part