Apes Environmental Legislation

What do you think NAAQs stand for?

• National Action Air Quality Standards

• National Ambient Air Quality Specialization

• National Accepted Air Quality Standards

• National Ambient Air Quality Standards

True or False: The Clean Water Act (CWA) and The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) are the same thing.

• True

• False

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

Policies to attain fishable and swimmable waters in the United States

• Clean Water Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• Safe Drinking Water Act

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What does the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 state?

• banned ocean dumping of municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste

• required the Secretary of Energy to issue guidelines for selection of sites for construction of two permanent, underground nuclear waste repositories.

• Seeks to prevent the creation of toxic waste dumps by setting standards for the management of hazardous waste. Like CERCLA, this law also includes some provisions for cleanup of existing contaminated sites.

• Authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the manufacture, distribution, import and processing of certain toxic chemicals.

Created because of Love Canal, mandated Superfund sites

• RCRA

• CERCLA

• Brownfields

• Clean Water Act

Which of the following government agencies is responsible for enforcing the Clean Air Act?

• the USGS

• the USDA

• the EPA

• the USDOJ

Law to clean up old brownfields

• CAFE

• CITES

• MSW

• CERCLA

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The Clean Air Act and The Clean Water Act are laws created by the:

• Local government

• Federal government

• State government

• Industies in the private sector

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Law trying to prevent brownfields

• PCB

• RCRA

• CDR

• DDT