AIR ASBESTOS CLIMATE CHANGE LAND & CLEANUP PESTICIDES TOXIC SUBSTANCES WASTE WATER By Topic (on EPA website)

AMENDED IN 1977 & 1990 Includes pollution from indoor air, mold, radiation, acid rain, vehicle emissions, visibility/haze, ozone, toxic air pollutants, nitrogen dioxides, sulfur dioxides, carbon monoxides, and particulate matter Famous incident: London Fog Clean Air Act 1970

OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Organization responsible for protecting workers EPA – Responsible for governing asbestos in schools Asbestos

RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act – Corrective Action on land that is environmentally impacted by oil, toxics, waste, etc. Superfund – EPA’s fund that assists in cleanup of oils or hazardous materials have been released to land or water Famous incident: Love Canal Land & Cleanup

FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act - EPA & states are authorized to register pesticides under this law FFDCA – Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act – EPA authorized to regulate maximum levels of pesticides in foods Pesticides

RCRA – Resource Conservation & Recovery Act - EPA regulates household and industrial solid and hazardous wastes; goals are to conserve by recycling and recovery; reduce or eliminate waste; and clean up Famous incident: WR Grace, improper disposal of wasres, including solvents Waste

Safe Drinking Water Act (1974) – Drinking Water, coastal waters, groundwater, impaired water, oceans, stormwater, wastewater, watershed, & wetlands Water