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| Says that you can't export, import, sale, transport, or buy illegally taken wildlife. |
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| Protects land from logging, minining, grazing, oil drilling, etc. |
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| National Environmental Policy Act |
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| It makes federal agencies think about and make a list of how their projects will effect the environment. |
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| Occupational Saftey and Health Act |
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| Protects people at work from safety and health hazards like: cold, heat, chemical hazards, noise, and other things. |
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| Makes sure people have clean air to breathe by having an emissions standard that says how much pollutents that vehicles and factories can release into the air. |
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| makes sure that rivers, streams, lakes, and bays for fishing and swimming. Makes government build sewer treatment plants, etc. |
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| made government identify endangered species and protect them from becoming extinct by protecting habitats and helping species recover. |
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| requires public drinking water water systems to be tested for contaminants that can harm people. If unsafe they must tell people and fix the problem. |
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| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
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| requires people that generate hazardous waste to keep track of how much they produce, where it's shipped, and where it is disposed of. Also regulations on trucks that ship it. |
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| Toxic Substance Control Act |
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| Where the EPA track industrial chemicals produced and imported to the U.S. and review what it's made of and what effects come from it. |
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| Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
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| minimizes bad effects that mining has on Earth, like: pollution, abandoned mines, or mine wastes. |
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| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
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| Deals with hazardous waste that was produced and disposed of in the past that threatened peoples health and environment. Finds who caused it and cleans up the site. |
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| Controls toxic pollution discharges in hot spots where they are severe. States must control water pollution from farms, mines, construction sites and urban areas. |
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| is called the "Farm Bill" it is used to perserve the natural environment on farms. It protects wetlands and encourages soil conservation. |
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