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| Environmental Impact Statement |
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| A report required by federal law that assesses the possible effect of a project on the environment if the project is subsidized in whole or in part by federal funds |
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| Precipitation in the form of rain, snow, or dust particles, the increased acidity of which is caused by environmental factors such as pollutants released into the atmosphere |
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| Command-and-Control Strategy |
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| A strategy to improve air an water quality, involving the setting of detailed pollution standards and rules |
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| An environmental rule that a company in an area with polluted air can offset its own pollution by reducing pollution from another source in the area. For instance, an older company that can’t afford to pay for new anti-pollution technologies may buy pollution credits from a newer company that has reduced its source of pollution below the levels required by law |
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| The total amount of air pollution that can come from a given factory. A company is free to decide which specific sources within that factory must be reduced and how to meet the bubble standard |
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| Pollution allowance or Banks |
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| A reduction in pollution below that required by law that can be used to cover a future plant expansion or sold to another company whose pollution emissions are above the legal requirements |
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| Law that established national standards for states, strict auto emissions guidelines , and regulations, which set air pollution standards for private industry |
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| Passed in 1987, this law established safe drinking standards and creates penalties for water polluters |
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| Wildlife threatened by extinction, many protected by the Endangered Species Act |
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| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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| Regulates air and water pollution, pesticides, radiation, solid waste, and toxic substances. It is the main environmental regulatory agency |
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| Public policy dealing with the consumption and protection of natural resources |
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| National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) |
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| 1969 legislation that required government agencies to issue environmental impact statements with the Environmental Protection Agency whenever they proposed policies that could negatively affect the environment |
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| Those natural resources such as oil, which based on consumption, are limited |
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| Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
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| Created as a part of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, it was given jurisdiction to license and regulate commercial use of nuclear technologies and monitor waste storage and transportation of materials arising from its use. |
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| Those natural resources such as solar energy that can be used over again. |
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| Legislation that mandated the cleanup of abandoned toxic waste dumps and authorized premarket testing of chemical substances. It allowed the EPA to ban or regulate the manufacture, sale, or use of any chemicals that could present an “unreasonable risk of injury to health or environment,” and outlawed certain chemicals such as PCB’s |
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