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Environmental Legislation and Agencies Review
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Sets a time table for phasing out ozone- depleting substances.
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Montreal Protocol
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Sets goal of creating “fishable, swimmable” waterways by setting water quality standards.
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Clean Water Act
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Requires mining companies to put funds into escrow to assure land reclamation after mining has ceased.
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Surface Mining Reclamation and Control Act
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Regulates manufacture and use of pesticides.
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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Established Superfund for emergency response and remediation of toxic sites.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
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Established air quality standards for primary and secondary pollutants.
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Clean Air Act
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Agreement among 150 nations to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Kyoto Protocol
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Established the EPA and requires Environmental Impact Statements for major federal construction projects.
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National Environmental Policy Act
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Manages and oversees the national parks and many of the wilderness areas in US.
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National Park Service
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Tracks emerging and existing diseases and threats to environmental health.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Monitors ocean and atmospheric environmental conditions on a global scale.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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This agency regulates hunting and fishing licenses as well as the Endangered Species Act.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
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Established by NEPA to coordinate, investigate, and enforce environmental issues and laws.
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Governs the disposal of solid waste and hazardous materials
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RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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