APES laws & regulations

Act that set limits for criteria pollutants - aka the 7 major air pollutants that are considered to have the most serious threat to humans.

• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Clean Air Act

• Montreal Protocol

• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

"Cradle to grave" act that requires shippers, generators, and disposers to keep detailed accounts of the type and amount of hazardous waste that is handled from the time of generation to final disposal.

• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Clean Water Act

• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Act that made it illegal for anyone to discharge any point source pollution without permits.

• Montreal Protocol

• Safe Water Drinking Act

• Clean Water Act

• CITES - Convention on Int'l Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Known as the "Superfund," passed in 1980, main purpose is to clean up and/or contain abandoned toxic waste sites using the concept of a "superfund" (money coming from taxes on those that produce hazardous waste)

• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

International agreement regulating trade in living specimen and products derived from listed endangered species. Prevents species from reaching endangerment or extinction due to international trade.

• Kyoto Protocol

• CITES - Convention on Int'l Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

• Endangered Species Act

• Montreal Protocol

International treaty designed to eliminate the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS), such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, and carbon tetrafluorides

• Clean Air Act

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

International agreement, part of the United Nations' Framework Convention on climate change, that required the nations that signed to abide by regulations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• Kyoto Protocol

• Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

• Clean Air Act

• Montreal Protocol

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

U.S. law that identifies endangered, threatened, and vulnerable species. Places restrictions and regulations on any recreational or commercial activities involving these.

• Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Act protecting the sources of drinking water, including reservoirs, lakes, and rivers. Allowed the EPA to set health standards in order to protect American's from possible water contaminants.

• RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Clean Air Act

• Safe Water Drinking Act

• Clean Water Act

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Law stating that chemical additives "found to induce cancer in man" or in animals could NOT be approved for use in foods by the FDA.

• Clean Water Act

• Delaney Clause of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

• Montreal Protocol

• Endangered Species Act