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| set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on human health |
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| bans ocean dumping of sewage, sludge, and industrial waste |
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| National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act |
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| protects rivers with due to aesthetic, recreational, wildlife, historical, or cultural reasons |
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| set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim:make surface waters swimmable and fishable |
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| Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
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| requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land |
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| National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) |
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| environmental impact statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started |
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| set emission standards for cars and limits release of air pollutants |
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| controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries |
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| phase out of ozone depleting substances |
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| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) |
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| controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system |
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| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) |
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| "Superfund" act, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dumpsites |
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| identifies threatened and endangered species in the US and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations |
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| Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) |
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| lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products |
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| prohibits interstate transport of wild animals dead or alive without federal permit |
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| US Marine Mammal Protection Act |
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| prohibits taking marine mammals in US water and by US citizens and the importing marine mammals and marine mammal products into the US |
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| Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act |
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| regulates the effectiveness of pesiticides |
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| Food Quality Protection Act |
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| set pesticide limits in food and all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects |
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| Low-level Radioactive Policy Act |
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| all states must have facilities to handle low-level radioactive wastes |
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| US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015 (Yucca Mountain?) |
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