Apes Legislation

Which law is better known as Superfund?

• Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

• Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

Which law regulates pesticides in the United States?

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

• Endangered Species Act

Which of the following resulted in the banning of ozone depleting compounds?

• Kyoto Protocol

• Paris Agreement

• Copenhagen Accord

• Montreal Protocol

Which act established a national policy and goals for the protection, maintenance, and enrichment of the environment?

• Clean Air Act

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Energy Independence and Security Act

• Energy Policy Act

Which act protects fish, shellfish, and wildlife in rivers, lakes, streams and oceans?

• Pollution Prevention Act

• Energy Independence and Security Act

• Energy Policy Act

• Clean Water Act

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Requires maximum level of contaminants (MCLs) to meet safety regulations for community tap water supplies

• Clean Water Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Safe Drinking Water Act

Mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Clean Water Act

• Clean Air Act

• Resource Conservation Recovery Act

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Clean Water Act 1972

• established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. 

• U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in 1972 and amended in 1977 and 1987, the Clean Water Actwas originally 

• legislation that grants public access to documents or other data in the possession of a government agency or public authority, unless the information falls into a category that is specifically excluded from the terms of the legislation.

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Which international agreement focuses on the conservation of great apes and their habitats?

• A) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

• B) Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)

• C) Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP)

• D) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

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What is the primary goal of the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP)?

• A) To promote the trade of apes for research purposes

• B) To conserve and protect great apes and their habitats

• C) To study the genetic makeup of great apes

• D) To establish zoos for endangered apes

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