AP envi sci legeslation terms

Clean Air Act (CAA)

1963-

Authorizes the EPA to establish national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) to protect public health and regulare emissions from mobile and stationary sources

Clean Water Act (CWA)

1948-

Regulates surface water quality and point source pollutant discharges into US waterways with the goal of makng them fishable and swimable

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

1973-

identifies and protects threatened and endangered species in the US, prioritizing their survival over economic develpment

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

1974-

sets maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for dangerous chemicals and pathogens in public drinking water systems

Resource conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

1976-

controls hazardous waste from “cradle-to-grave” meaning creation, transport, treatment, storage, and disposal

comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprnsation, and Liablity Act (CERCLA)

1980-

also known as Superfund, it funds the cleanup of abandonded and heavily contaminated hazardous waste sites

convention on Internaitonal Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

1973-

An internaitonal treaty ensuring that the cross-border commercial trade of wild plants and animals does not threaten their survival

Montreal Protocol

1987-

An international agreement to phase out osone depleating substanes like chloroflurocarbons (CFCs)

Kyoto Protocol

1997-

An international threaty that set binding greenhouse fas emission reduction targets for developed nations

Delaney Clause

1958-

A provision of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act forbidding the addition of any chemical compound to the food supply if it has been shown to cause cancer in humans or animals

Delaney Clause

1958

kyoto protocol

1997

montreal protocol

1987

convention on Internaitonal Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

1973

comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprnsation, and Liablity Act (CERCLA)

1980

Resource conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

1976

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

1974

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

1973

Clean Water Act (CWA)

1948

Clean Air Act (CAA)

1963