Apes Environmental Legislation

Which regulation requires hazardous waste producers to document how waste is handled?

• Superfund Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Landfill Act

• Hazardous Waste Act

Cradle-to-grave law for describes rules for the proper handling of hazardous and toxic waste

• The EPA

• Clean Air Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA

• Recylcing Act

When was the first enactment of Clean Air Act?

• 1950

• 1960

• 1970

• 1990

Choose 2 pollutants that Clean Air Act (CAA) set limit on

• Sulfur dioxide

• Mercury

• Lead

• Methane

• Zinc oxide

When was the last "big" amendment to the Clean Air Act?

• 2000

• 2010

• 1990

• 1980

Law that makes it illegal to carry endangered species or their parts over international borders

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Stockholm Agreement

• CITES

• ESA

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International law where countries agree to cut back on carbon emissions to curb climate change

• Montreal Protocol

• Kyoto Protocol

• Stockholm Agreement

• CITES

In this treaty, the countries that are unable to meet the agreed upon restrictions, they can purchase emission allowance by paying a developing country to help them reduce the emissions.

• Montreal Protocol

• CITES

• Paris Agreement

• Kyoto Protocol

What decade was the endangered species act signed into law?

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

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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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