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Test Description: Laws and treaties
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1) 1) 1990 (1970 originally), National 2)reduce outdoor (ambient) concentrations of air pollutants that are harmful/ reducing production of chemicals that destroy ozone 3) EPA
A
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act
B
Clean Air Act
C
Consumer Product Safety Act
D
Clean Water Act
2) 1)1972, National 2) Basis for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulates disposal of pollutants/ give authority to EPA to set limits on an industry-wide basis regarding protection of water 3) EPA
A
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act
B
Clean Water Act
C
Clean Air Act
D
Consumer Product Safety Act
3) 1)1980, National 2)(Known as Superfund) Allows EPA to respond to releases of hazardous substances that endanger health/environment. Also enables EPA to force parties to clean up material/reimburse the Superfund. 3)EPA
A
Clean Water Act
B
Consumer Product Safety Act
C
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act
D
Clean Air Act
4) 1)1972, National 2) Established the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Gives CPSC the power to develop safety standards and create recalls/ban a product. 3)FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
A
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation Liability Act
B
Clean Water Act
C
Consumer Product Safety Act
D
Clean Air Act
5) 1)1973, International 2)International agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade is specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. 3)CITES, (Each individual gov adopts legislation) (CITES does
A
Emergency Planning Community Right-To-Know Act
B
Energy Policy Act
C
Endangered Species Act
D
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
6) 1) 1986, National 2) Allow state and local planning for chemical emergencies, provide for notification of emergency releases of chemicals, and address communities right-to-know about toxic and hazardous chemicals 3) EPA
A
Endangered Species Act
B
Energy Policy Act
C
Emergency Planning Community Right-To-Know Act
D
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
7) 1)1973, National 2) Provide conservation for species that are endangered or threatened, a species is considered endangered if- it is in danger of extinction throughout a significant portion of its range or threatened- if it is likely to become an end
A
Emergency Planning Community Right-To-Know Act
B
Energy Policy Act
C
Endangered Species Act
D
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
8) 1) 2005, National 2) adresses energy production regarding (1) energy efficiency (2) renewable energy (3) oil and gas (4) coal, (5) Tribal energy (6) nuclear matters and security (7) vehicles and motor fuels (8) hydrogen (9) electricity (10) energy ta
A
Emergency Planning Community Right-To-Know Act
B
Energy Policy Act
C
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
D
Endangered Species Act
9) 1) 1938, National 2) Gives authority to FDA to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics 3) FDA/EPA
A
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
B
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
C
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
D
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
10) 1) 1910, National 2) First pesticide control law, aimed at protected consumers from ineffective products/deception/ created procedures for registering pesticides 3) EPA
A
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
B
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
C
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
D
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
11) 1) 1948, National 2) allowed the Public Health Service, to prepare programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary conditions of surface and underground waters. 3) EPA
A
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
B
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
C
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
D
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
12) 1)1980, National 2) declares that fish and wildlife are of ecological, educational, esthetic, cultural, recreational, economic, and scientific value 3)USFWS
A
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
B
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
C
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
D
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
13) 1) 1938, National 2) FFDC main law, Gives authority to FDA to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics 3) FDA/EPA
A
Kyoto Protocol
B
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts
C
Food Quality Protection Act
D
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation
14) 1) 1996, National 2) pesticide food safety legislation, mandated a health-based standards for pesticides used in foods, provided special protections for babies and infants, streamlined approval of safe pesticides, establish incentives for creation of
A
Food Quality Protection Act
B
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts
C
Kyoto Protocol
D
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation
15) 1) 2007 failed, (2009 failed), National 2) Would have ended new patents for mining claims, placed 8% royalty on new mining operations, (private mineral rights not affected), 70% of royal money= cleanup fund, 30% to affected communities 3) NMA (Nation
A
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts
B
Food Quality Protection Act
C
Kyoto Protocol
D
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation
16) 1) 1997, International 2) Treaty thats sets binding obligations on industrialized countries to redue emission of greenhouse gases (legally binding limitations of emissions (2008-20012 or 2013-2020) 3) UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Cl
A
Kyoto Protocol
B
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Acts
C
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation
D
Food Quality Protection Act
17) 1) 1982, International 2) Comprehensive regime of law and order in world's oceans pertaining to use of oceans and resources- sovereignty of territorial sea, landlocked countries rights to sea/ limits to territorial sea 3) International Tribunal for t
A
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
B
Marine Mammal Protection Act
C
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
D
Law of the Sea Convention
18) 1) 1972, amended 1994, National 2) prohibits the taking of marine mammals in U.S water to prevent the species to fall beneath optimum population level 3)NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
A
Marine Mammal Protection Act
B
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
C
Law of the Sea Convention
D
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
19) 1) 1987, National 2) Amended Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, implemented Annex V of International Convention to the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 3) NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard
A
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
B
Marine Mammal Protection Act
C
Law of the Sea Convention
D
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
20) 1) 1934, National 2) (Duck Stamp Act)- requires each waterfowl hunter 16 years or older to possesses a valid Federal hunting stamp 3) USFWS
A
Law of the Sea Convention
B
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
C
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
D
Marine Mammal Protection Act
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