Required Environmental Legislation- APES

Clean Air Act

Federal Law in US aiming to reduce air pollution by setting standards for green house gas emissions that, identified 6 criteria for air pollutants

What are the 6 criteria pollutants associated with the Clean Air Act?

Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Monoxide, Particulate matter, ozone, and lead

Clean Water Act

Federal Law in US to regulate and protect the quality of water in lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water; to maintain biological, physical, and chemical integrity of SURFACE H20

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

Ensures international trade (import/export) in wild plants and animals is legal, traceable, and biologically sustainable; mostly for endangered species (on Red List)

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

AKA Superfund from taxes; addresses the disposal of (abandoned) hazardous waste in the environment to prevent public from harm

Montreal Protocol

Global agreement to ban CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) that destroy the Earth's stratospheric ozone layer and replace them with HCFCs (Hydrofluorocarbons); to REDUCE ozone depletion

Kyoto Protocol

Nations came together to negotiate climate change and limit/reduce the emissions of green house gases; unsuccessful due to limited participation and economic concerns

Endangered Species Act

US Law designating species as endangered or threatened to conserve or protect their habitats

Safe Drinking Water Act

Set the maximum contaminant levels in drinking water to protect the quality above or underground

Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Federal act requiring FDA to ban (food) additives found to cause cancer in humans/animals

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

EPA authority to control hazardous waste from cradle to grave, how to build a sanitary landfill (clay, plastic liner, leachate collection system), 3 Rs recycling, and identify hazardous waste (pH, reactive, flammable)