Environmental Laws and Policies

To provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals.

• Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978

• Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990

• National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008

• Climate Change Act of 2009

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To adopt a systematic, comprehensive, and ecological solid waste management

program that shall ensure the protection of public health and the environment.

• Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

• Climate Change Act of 2009

• Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978

• Philippine Toxic Substances, Hazardous, and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990

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To achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air Quality guidelines.

• Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

• Climate Change Act of 2009

• Philippine Water Act of 2004

• Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System of 1978

This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• Energy Policy Act

• Department of Energy

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Which act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient AirQuality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment?

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Clean Air Act

• Energy Independence and Security Act

• Energy Policy 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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Endangered Species Act 1973

• created the National Wilderness Preservation System and recognized wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.

• Protects endangered species

• significantly amended portions of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act 

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This is the federal organization that ensures that all Americans are protected against specific hazards to the environment and human health where they learn, work and live.

• Department of Energy

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Energy Policy Act

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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

Which law was enacted to regulate the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the United States and to ensure water quality standards?

• Clean Air Act

• Clean Water Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act