Enviromental Regulations

Clean Air Act (CAA)

1970, Established primary and secondary air quality standards. Required states to develop implementation plans. Sets limits and goals to reduce mobile source air pollution and ambient air quality standards.

Clean Water Act (CWA)

1972; set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable

CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species; international agreement between 175 governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival

CERCLA (Superfund Act)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) 1980; To facilitate the cleanup of any abandoned or uncontrolled sites containing hazardous substances and to impose strict liability for cleanup costs on potentially responsible parties

Montreal Protocol

meeting in 1987 where a group of nations met in Canada and agreed to take steps to fight against Ozone Depletion-CFC's banned

Kyoto Protocol

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

Endangered Species Act

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

Safe Water Drinking Act

1974- set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants in drinking water that may have adverse effects on human health

Delaney Clause

amendment to food, drug, and cosmetic act -- stating that no food substance/ additive can be considered safe if it produced cancer

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Management of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste including landfills and storage tanks. Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous wastes. 1976