Log inSign up for FREE
Library

5/3 Environmental Laws

Last updated 7 months ago
46 questions

10 Environmental Laws

1

What does the EPA stand for?

1

CAA = ?

1

Severe ______________ (Pennsylvania) was so thick buses could not run without guides holding lanterns.

1

Original __________________________

1

Congress ______________________________________ (Same year ______ was created by Congress to carry out the law)

1

Reduces ______________________ nationwide

1

___________ – Congress revised the CAA again

1

CWA = ???

1

Regulates ______________________________into the waters of the U.S.

1

Began in ____________

1

Amendments and _________________________________

1

Sets _______________________________________________________________ going directly into bodies of water

1

CONVENTION on INTERNATIONAL TRADE in ENDANGERED SPECIES of wild fauna (__________) and flora (____________): ____________

1

1973 International agreement – ____________________________________

1

Aims to ensure that ___________________________________________________________________________________

1

Safeguards species from ___________________________

1

CITES regulates international trade on the basis of a system of _____________and _____________________

1

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, and LIABILITY ACT: _________________________ or ________________________

1

Passed in ____________in response to the _________________________________that may endanger public _____________or the ______________________

1

Established the requirements concerning _________________________________________________________________________

1

Assigns ____________________for persons ___________________________________________at these sites

1

____________________ provided for cleanup when _________________could be identified

1

MONTREAL PROTOCOL - ________________________

1

1987 International treaty to ____________________________________by phasing out the production of substances responsible for ____________________________

1

As a result, _________________________________________

1

KYOTO PROTOCOL - ________________________________

1

___________ in Kyoto, Japan

1

International treaty that commits to ______________________________________________________________________________

1

Nations that have not signed: Afghanistan, Sudan, Taiwan and _________

1

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: _________

1

__________ - President Nixon

1

________________________________________________plants, animals, and their habitats

1

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT: ____________

1

1974 Federal law that ______________________________

1

_________ sets standards for _____________________

1

___________________ is addressed here (_________________, it addresses only bodies of water)

1

_______________ apply to bottled water

DELANEY CLAUSE of Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act:

1

____________________amendment of 1958

1

_______________ the use, in food, of additives which have ______been tested

1

If a substance were found to ________________ in man or animal, then it could _________ be used as a _________

1

Ex: __________________, ____________________

1

RESOURCE CONSERVATION and RECOVERY ACT - ___________

1

It is the 1976 federal law that regulates the _________________________________________________________________

1

Law ____________________________ of solid and hazardous wastes

1

Protects __________________________________from the potential hazards of waste disposal

1

The ______has authority to control hazardous waste for any industry from ”___________________________”