Vocab 137-154 (Legislation of Mining, Water, Air, Waste, Life, and General)

Question 1

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Answer 1

(1977) requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land

Question 2

Madrid Protocol

Answer 2

(1991) Suspension of mineral exploration (mining) for 50 years in Antarctica

Question 3

Safe Drinking Water Act

Answer 3

(SDWA, 1974) set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health

Question 4

Clean Water Act

Answer 4

(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissable amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface water swimmable and fishable

Question 5

Ocean Dumping Ban Act

Answer 5

(1988) bans ocean of sewage sludge and industrial waste in the ocean

Question 6

Clean Air Act

Answer 6

(CAA, 1970) set emission standards for cars and limits for release of air pollutants

Question 7

Kyoto Protocol

Answer 7

(2005) controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions target for developed countries.

Question 8

Montreal Protocal

Answer 8

91987) phase-out of ozone depleting substances

Question 9

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Answer 9

(RCRA, 1976) controls hazardous waste with a cradle-to-grave system

Question 10

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Answer 10

(CERCLA, 1980) “Superfund,” designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites

Question 11

Nuclear Waste Policy Act

Answer 11

(1982) U.S government must develop a higher level nuclear waste site (Yucca Mtn)

Question 12

Food Quality Protection Act

Answer 12

(FQPA, 1996) set pesticide limit in food, and all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects

Question 13

Endangered Species Act

Answer 13

(1973) identifies threatened and endangered species in the U.S and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations

Question 14

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

Answer 14

(CITES, 1973) lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products.

Question 15

Magnuson-Stevens Act

Answer 15

(1976) Management of marine fisheries

Question 16

Healthy Forest Initiative

Answer 16

(HFI, Healthy Forests, Restoration Act of 2003) thin overstocked stands, clear away vegetation and trees to create shaded fuel breaks, provide funding and guidance to reduce or eliminate hazardous fuels in national forests, improve forest fire fighting, and research new methods to halt destructive insects

Question 17

National Environmental Policy Act

Answer 17

(1969) Environmental Impact Statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started

Question 18

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Answer 18

(2004) Seeks to protect human health from the 12 most toxic chemicals (includes 8 chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide/ DDT can be used for malaria control)