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| 1947 FIFRA | Regulates the manufacture and use of pesticides |
| 1964 Wilderness Act | Established the national wilderness preservation system |
| 1965 Water Quality Act | Attempt to reduce Non-point source pollution by creating governmentwatch dog under Dept of Health, Ed and Welfare |
| 1969 NEPA | Environmental Impact statements must be done before any project effecting federal lands is started. Created a council on enviromental quality |
| 1970 Clean Air Act | Established national primary and secondary air quality standards. set emmission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants |
| 1972 Clean Water Act | set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways and created pollutant discharge permits. Goal: to make all water swimable and fishable |
| 1973 Endangered Species Act | Protects thretend and endangered animals in the US, and puts their protection over economic considerations |
| 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act | Set maximum containment levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on on human health |
| SARA | increased superfund to $8.5 Billion. Shares responsibility for cleanup among potentially responsible parties |
| 1976 Federal land policy and management act | outlines procedures concerning the use and preservation of public US lands |
| Resource conservation and Recovery Act | Controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system from storage, treatment, transportation to disposal |
| 1977 surface mining control and reclamation act | requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land |
| 1980 Comprehensive enviromental response, compensation and liabilty act | Created $1.6 billion superfund designed to identfy and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dump sites. established liability for clean up costs if source could be identified. |
| 1988 Ocean Dumping Ban Act | Bans dumping of sewage, sludge and industrial waste into oceans. |
| Food Quality Protection Act | Set pesticide limits in food, and all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects |
