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Legislation Flashcards

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1977 - Soil and water conservation programs to aid landowners and users; also sets up conditions to continue evaluating the condition of US soil, water, and related resources

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Soil and Water Conservation Act

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1985 - Nicknamed the swampbuster, this act discouraged the conversion of wetlands to nonwetlands. Denied federal farm supplements to those who converted wetlands to agriculture, and provided a restoration of benefits to those who converted back to wetlands.

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Food Security Act

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Authorized the draining of wetlands to make more farmland and reduce flooding. This was very bad because it caused flooding in other areas.

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Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act

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1972 - Protected marine mammals from falling below their optimum sustainable population levels

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Marine Mammal Protection Act

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1973 - Prohibited the commerce of those species considered to be endangered or threatened.

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

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1973 - Bans the capture, exportation, or sale of endangered and threatened species. International agreement.

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

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1947 - Requires the EPA to approve the use of all pesticides in the US

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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

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1964 - Established a review of road-free areas of 5,000 acres or more islands within the National Wildlife Refuges or the National Park System for inclusion in the National Preservation System. Restricted activities in these areas.

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Wilderness Act

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1968 - Established a National Wild and Scenic Rivers System for the protection of rivers with important scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife, and other values

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Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

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1965 - Protected fish that live in the sea but grow up and breed in fresh water

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Anadromous Fish Conservation Act

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1976 - Governed the conservation and management of ocean fishing

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Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act

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1972 - Established a federal responsibility to conserve marine animals

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Marine Mammal Protection Act

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1973 - Provided broad protection for species of fish, wildlife, and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered in the US or elsewhere

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Endangered Species Act

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1982 - Set out the principles for the conservation and management of certain types of fish.

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The UN Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

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1977 - Addressed concerns about water pollution. Reduced direct pollutant discharges, financed wastewater treatment plants, supported wildlife in the water.

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Clean Water Act

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1978 - Improved range conditions and prevented overgrazing

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Public Rangelands Improvement Act

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1905 - This agency was established by Theodore Roosevelt to preserve US Forests

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US Forest Service

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1872 - Governed prospecting and mining of minerals on publicly owned land

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Mining Act

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1920 - Permitted the Bureau of Land Management to grant leases for development of deposits of coal, phosphate, potash, sodium, sulfur, and other leasable minerals on public domain land.

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Mineral Leasing Act

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1980 - Regulated damage done by mining

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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1976 - Encouraged development to deal with nonhazardous solid waste. Hazardous waste program disposal. Underground storage tank (UST) program regulates USTs w/ hazardous substances and petroleum poroducts.

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Acts (RCRA)

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1977 - Program for regulating surface coal mining and reclamation activities. Established mandatory standards for these activities on state and federal lands including requirement that adverse impacts on the environment be minimized

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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA)

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Government agency that oversees the safety and licensing of nuclear reactors and their fuel

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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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1990 - Reductions in the amount of SO2 and NOx that are emitted from industrial plants

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Clean Air Act

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Standards established by the EPA for air quality to prevent acid rain and other pollution. Includes car regulations.

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National Ambient Air Quality Standards

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1975 - Department of transportation created this standard to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

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Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)

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

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Ocean Dumping Act

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1974, 1996 - Monitors the safety of the drinking water supply. Does not apply to wells with <25 people

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Safe Drinking Water Act

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1990 - Strengthened EPA’s abilities to respond to oil spills. Established a trust fund, financed by a tax on oil

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Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act

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1976 - EPA tracks many chemicals produced or imported in the US. Screens these chemicals to see if they pose an environment or health risk. Allows the EPA to ban the manufacture or import of these chemicals

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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

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1980 - Tax on chemical and petroleum industries. Fed directly responds to health or environment hazards. Established requirements for hazardous waste sites. Provided liability for people responsible for release of hazardous waste.

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability act (CERCLA) or Superfund

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1982 - Fed has responsibility to provide a place for permanent disposal of high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel.

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Nuclear Waste Policy Act

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1972 - EPA set emission standards for major sources of noise.

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US Noise Control Act

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1988 - Makes it illegal for boats to discard plastic trash into the ocean

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Plastic Pollution Control Act

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