ENVIRONMENTAL AWS & TREATIES

MINING ACT 1872

ALLOWS COMPANIES TO PURCHASE FEDERAL LAND IF THEY PATENT IT.

LACEY ACT 1900

PROHIBITS TRANSPORT OF LIVE OR DEAD WILD ANIMALS ACROSS STATE LINES WITHOUT A PERMIT

MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY 1918

RESTRICTS HUNTING ON MIGRATORY BIRDS

TAYLOR GRAZING ACT 1934

ALLOWS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO ISSUE GRAZING PERMITS AND COLLECT FEES TO GRAZE ANIMALS ON PUBLIC LAND

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1935

FOCUSES ON EROSION CONTROL FOCUSES ON EROSION CONTROL. ESTABLISHED SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE IN THE USDA

FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA) 1947

PROTECTS FROM DANGEROUS AND PERSISTENT PESTICIDES

CLEAN AIR ACT 1963

ESTABLISHES AIR QUALITY STANDARDS

CLEAN WATER ACT 1964

RESTORES & MAINTAINS U. S. WATERS RESTORES & MAINTAINS U.S. WATERS. REGULATES DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS INTO WATER. REGULATES POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS. FUNDS CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 1973

USFWS AND USNMF MUST ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO PROTECT ENDANGERED ORGANISMS

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA) 1969

REQUIRES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) (SUPERFUND) 1986

CLEANS UP HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES CLEANS UP HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES. WITH AMENDMENT, SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEAN UP WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. EMPHASIZES REMEDIATION AND PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW.

CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)1987

REGULATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES

PRICE-ANDERSON ACT 1957

PROMOTES NUCLEAR POWER BY LIMITING LIABILITY OF POWER PLANT OWNERS IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT

CLEAN AIR ACT 1970

PROTECTS AIR FROM POLLUTION PROTECTS AIR FROM POLLUTION. ADDRESSED ACID RAIN, GROUND-LEVEL OZONE AND STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION

OCEAN DUMPING ACT 1972

PROHIBITS DUMPING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE, INCLUDING RADIOACTIVE AND MEDICAL

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT 1974

SETS STANDARDS AND REGULATES PUBLIC DRINKING WATER

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) 1976

HAZARDOUS WASTES MUST BE TRACKED HAZARDOUS WASTES MUST BE TRACKED. STATES DEVELOP HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS

MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON PROTECTING STRATOSPHERIC OZONE 1987

PHASES OUT USE AND PRODUCTION OF CFC’S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

GOVERNMENT OFFICE THAT REGULATES AIR, WATER, AND NOISE POLLUTION; RADIATION, PESTICIDE, AND TOXIN REGULATION; SOLID WASTES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE REGULATION OF SURFACE MINING, NATIONAL PARKS, ENDANGERED SPECIES PLANS, WATER MANAGEMENT (IN WESTERN U.S.), FOSSIL FUELS AND MINERALS ON OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

REGULATES FOSSIL FUELS, NUCLEAR ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENRGY RESOURCES AND NUCLEAR WASTES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

CONTAINS THE U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE