Laws, Agencies and Treaties

Acts, Treaties and Agencies

FIFRA

Empowers and directs the EPA to Ensure that pesticides are effective Ensure that safe handling, storage and disposal of the pesticides are available for users.

CAA

Empowers and directs the executive branch to Research air pollution levels that are safe. Set air pollution standards Monitor air pollution levels. Enforce air pollution standards Educate the public about these findings

CERCLA

Identifies toxic waste sites Fines polluters and directs clean up of the toxic waste sites

CWA

Empowers and directs the executive branch to Research water pollution levels that are safe. Set water pollution standards Monitor water pollution levels. Enforce water pollution standards Educate the public about these findings

EPA

Agency that coordinates the administering of environmental laws.

UNEP

United Nations subgroup created to coordinate global responses to environmental problems

CDC

Organization that monitors infectious diseases in the United States Sets safety procedures to protect people from passing the diseases

ESA

Empowers and directs the Executive Branch to Identify species that are endangered (USFWS, NOAA) Stop the killing, harming or harassing of endangered species Protect critical habitat so that the species numbers will improve and be taken off the endangered species list.

FD&CA

Empowers and directs the executive branch To monitor the safety of drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics Specifically prohibits the interference of government regulation of cosmetics.

FDA

Agency that monitors the safety of Drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics.

REACH

European Union agreement that requires chemicals be tested before they are put in products.

Antiquities Act

Empowers the Executive Branch to set aside land as national monuments and national parks

Kyoto Protocol

International agreement to limit GHG to 1990 levels (350 ppm)

Lacy Act

Prohibits the trade or sale of listed species across state borders.

NEPA

Law that created the EPA Requires the monitoring of environmental harms Required and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for any large scale federal project. Allows citizens to bring lawsuits

OSHA

Empowers and directs the executive branch to make and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

CITES

An international treaty to stop the sale and trade of endangered species

Wilderness Act

Used to protect land from ANY development, including roads, hotels, mining, hunting, etc. The highest protection provided for nature Ecocentric Preservationist

OSHA

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Agency Makes and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

RCRA

Requires Toxic Substances to be tracked from manufacture until disposal.

Fish and Wildlife Service

Monitors the habitats of wildlife Controls hunting through permits Lists plants and animals on the endangered species list

Rio Earth Summit

International meeting at which the FCCC was created to find agreements on climate change

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

International agreement to limit the production of persistent organic pollutants. The main focus was on the “dirty dozen” including DDT, PCB, and Dioxin.

TSCA

US Law that enables the EPA to regulate toxic chemicals in industry (not food, food additives, cosmetics, nor pesticides)

NOAA

Monitors Ocean systems and organism Lists marine organisms on the Endangered Species list

UNFCCC

An agreement signed by most nations in the world to meet annually to develop international policy on climate change. This group actually makes rules and regulations for nations.

UNIPCC

United Nations panel that reviews evidence on climate change United Nations panel that reviews evidence on climate change. They make predictions and suggest solutions.

USDA

Agency that makes regulations on how food is grown and processed. Regulates nutrition labels Certifies Organic Labels Determines how animals are treated in feedlots. Determines the level of use of antibiotics in livestock

SDWA

Requires that all municipal (City) drinking water be tested for pollutants.

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Creates rules to protect designated rivers from dams, canals, harbors or any major development. Ecocentric Preservationist

Laws, Agencies and Treaties With names

Acts, Treaties and Agencies

Antiquities Act

Empowers the Executive Branch to set aside land as national monuments and national parks

CAA

Clean Air Act Empowers and directs the executive branch to Research air pollution levels that are safe. Set air pollution standards Monitor air pollution levels. Enforce air pollution standards Educate the public about these findings

CDC

CDC Organization that monitors infectious diseases in the United States Sets safety procedures to protect people from passing the diseases

CERCLA

CERCLA Identifies toxic waste sites Fines polluters and directs clean up of the toxic waste sites

CITES

CITES An international treaty to stop the sale and trade of endangered species

CWA

CWA Empowers and directs the executive branch to Research water pollution levels that are safe. Set water pollution standards Monitor water pollution levels. Enforce water pollution standards Educate the public about these findings

EPA

EPA Agency that coordinates the administering of environmental laws.

ESA

ESA Empowers and directs the Executive Branch to Identify species that are endangered (USFWS, NOAA) Stop the killing, harming or harassing of endangered species Protect critical habitat so that the species numbers will improve and be taken off the endangered species list.

FD&CA

FDC&A Food Drug and Cosmetic Act Empowers and directs the executive branch To monitor the safety of drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics Specifically prohibits the interference of government regulation of cosmetics.

FDA

FDA Agency that monitors the safety of Drugs, food additives, medical devices and cosmetics.

FIFRA

FIFRA Empowers and directs the EPA to Ensure that pesticides are effective Ensure that safe handling, storage and disposal of the pesticides are available for users.

Fish and Wildlife Service

USFWS Monitors the habitats of wildlife Controls hunting through permits Lists plants and animals on the endangered species list

Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol International agreement to limit GHG to 1990 levels (350 ppm)

Lacy Act

Lacy Act Prohibits the trade or sale of listed species across state borders.

NEPA

NEPA Law that created the EPA Requires the monitoring of environmental harms Required and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for any large scale federal project. Allows citizens to bring lawsuits

NOAA

NOAA Monitors Ocean systems and organism Lists marine organisms on the Endangered Species list

OSHA

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act Empowers and directs the executive branch to make and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

OSHA

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Agency Makes and enforce rules to protect worker safety.

RCRA

Requires Toxic Substances to be tracked from manufacture until disposal.

REACH

European Union agreement that requires chemicals be tested before they are put in products.

Rio Earth Summit

International meeting at which the FCCC was created to find agreements on climate change

SDWA

Safe Drinking Water Act Requires that all municipal (City) drinking water be tested for pollutants.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

International agreement to limit the production of persistent organic pollutants. The main focus was on the “dirty dozen” including DDT, PCB, and Dioxin.

TSCA

US Law that enables the EPA to regulate toxic chemicals in industry (not food, food additives, cosmetics, nor pesticides)

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme United Nations subgroup created to coordinate global responses to environmental problems

UNFCCC

Framework Convention on Climate Change An agreement signed by most nations in the world to meet annually to develop international policy on climate change. This group actually makes rules and regulations for nations.

UNIPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change United Nations panel that reviews evidence on climate change. They make predictions and suggest solutions.

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture Agency that makes regulations on how food is grown and processed. Regulates nutrition labels Certifies Organic Labels Determines how animals are treated in feedlots. Determines the level of use of antibiotics in livestock

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Creates rules to protect designated rivers from dams, canals, harbors or any major development. Ecocentric Preservationist

Wilderness Act

Used to protect land from ANY development, including roads, hotels, mining, hunting, etc. The highest protection provided for nature Ecocentric Preservationist

Acts, Treaties and Agencies

Antiquities Act

CAA

CDC

CERCLA

CITES

CWA

EPA

ESA

FD&CA

FDA

FIFRA

Fish and Wildlife Service

Kyoto Protocol

Lacy Act

NEPA

NOAA

OSHA

OSHA

RCRA

REACH

Rio Earth Summit

SDWA

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

TSCA

UNEP

UNFCCC

UNIPCC

USDA

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Wilderness Act