APES Legislation

created by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, that seeks to protect endangered plant and animal species. Participation is voluntary, but the convention has 183 nations that participate. The US followed recommendations by passing the Endangered Species Act

• CITES

• ESA

• SDWA

• CERCLA

Controlling global warming by setting internationally binding greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries.

• CLEAN AIR ACT

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• SDWA

Federal law meant to regulate air pollutants in the US, including carbon monoxide, lead, mercury, sulphur dioxide, to protect human health. The regulations were to be determined by the EPA.

• RCRA

• CLEAN AIR ACT

• Clean Water Act

• DELANEY CLAUSE OF FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

US federal law that seeks to regulate the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the US, which includes lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands and coastal areas. It was originally known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. It aims to make surface waters swimmable and fishable.

• MONTREAL PROTOCOL

• CLEAN WATER ACT

• DELANEY CLAUSE OF FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

• SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)

This amendment prohibits the use of additives in food that are found to cause cancer in humans or in animals. Applies to processed foods mostly.

• CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)

• ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

• COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA)

• DELANEY CLAUSE OF FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

It requires many actions to protect drinking water and its sources: rivers, lakes, reservoirs, springs, and groundwater wells.

• RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

• CLEAN WATER ACT

• SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)

• KYOTO PROTOCOL

identifies threatened and endangered species in the U.S., and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations. This act was created in response to the agreement made at CITES.

• CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)

• RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

• MONTREAL PROTOCOL

• ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

This protocol ended the use of CFCs in order to protect a damaged ozone. The countries that signed honored their promises and CFC ozone depletion stopped being a reoccurring issue

• MONTREAL PROTOCOL

• KYOTO PROTOCOL

• CLEAN AIR ACT

• CLEAN WATER ACT

provides a federal fund to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste places, which also includes accidents, spills and other emergency releases of pollutants into the environment. The EPA has the power to reach out to the parties responsible for the accident and assure their cooperation

• RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

• SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)

• COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA)

• MONTREAL PROTOCOL

Amended SWDA, it allows the EPA to control and manage the disposal of hazardous waste and solid waste.

• RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA)

• SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)

• CLEAN WATER ACT

• DELANEY CLAUSE OF FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT