Environmental Laws Quiz

Management of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste including landfills and storage tanks. Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities and for hazardous wastes.

• National environmental policy act (nepa)

• Safe drinking water act (sdwa)

• Toxic substances control act (tsca)

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Requires that all pesticides are registered and approved by the FDA and creates a pesticide registry.

• Pure food law (pfl)

• Resource conservation and recovery act (rcra)

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

• International environmental protection act (iepa)

Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered. Includes migratory birds and their habitats.

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• National environmental policy act (nepa)

• Clean Water Acts (cwa)

• Resource conservation and recovery act (rcra)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Authorized the president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitat and provides an active role in conservation by the Agency for International Development.

• Soil and water conservation act (swca)

• Energy policy and conservation act (epca)

• Comprehensive environmental response, compensation liability act (cercla superfund)

• International Environmental Protection Act (IEPA)

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Requires purchase of a stamp by waterfowl hunters. Revenue generated is used to acquire wetlands. Since its inception, the program has resulted in the protection of approximately 4.5 million acres (18,000 km²) of waterfowl habitat.

• Quiet communities act (qca)

• Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (MBHSA)

• Soil And Water Conservation Act (swca)

• Consumer product safety act (cpsa)

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Banned the production of aerosols and initiated the phase out of all CFC's.

• Madrid protocol

• Wilderness Act (wa)

• Consumer product safety act (cpsa)

• Montreal Protocol (MP)

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Created to protect worker and health. Its main aim was to ensure that employers provide their workers with an environment free from dangers to their safety and health, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.

• Fair labor standards act (flsa)

• Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

• Clean air act (caa)

• Federal unemployment tax act (futa)

Selected rivers in the United States are preserved for possessing outstandingly, remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values.

• Emergency planning & community right-to-know act (epcra)

• Mining act of 1872 (ma)

• Atomic energy act (aea)

• Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (WSRA)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Regulates the dumping of wastes into oceans and coastal waters.

• Montreal Protocol (MP)

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES)

• Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act (MPPRCA)

• Madrid Protocol

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Purpose is to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products.

• Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)

• Food Quality Protection Act (fqpa)

• Nuclear Waste Policy Act (nwpa)

• Federal food, drug, and cosmetic act (fda)