1. ENVIRONMENTAL AWS & TREATIES

2. MINING ACT 1872

3. ALLOWS COMPANIES TO PURCHASE FEDERAL LAND IF THEY PATENT IT.

4. LACEY ACT 1900

5. PROHIBITS TRANSPORT OF LIVE OR DEAD WILD ANIMALS ACROSS STATE LINES WITHOUT A PERMIT

6. MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY 1918

7. RESTRICTS HUNTING ON MIGRATORY BIRDS

8. TAYLOR GRAZING ACT 1934

9. ALLOWS DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO ISSUE GRAZING PERMITS AND COLLECT FEES TO GRAZE ANIMALS ON PUBLIC LAND

10. SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1935

11. FOCUSES ON EROSION CONTROL
FOCUSES ON EROSION CONTROL. ESTABLISHED SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE IN THE USDA

12. FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA) 1947

13. PROTECTS FROM DANGEROUS AND PERSISTENT PESTICIDES

14. CLEAN AIR ACT 1963

15. ESTABLISHES AIR QUALITY STANDARDS

16. CLEAN WATER ACT 1964

17. RESTORES & MAINTAINS U. S. WATERS
RESTORES & MAINTAINS U.S. WATERS. REGULATES DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS INTO WATER. REGULATES POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS. FUNDS CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT

18. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 1973

19. USFWS AND USNMF MUST ESTABLISH PROGRAMS TO PROTECT ENDANGERED ORGANISMS

20. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA) 1969

21. REQUIRES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

22. COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) (SUPERFUND) 1986

23. CLEANS UP HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES
CLEANS UP HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES. WITH AMENDMENT, SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEAN UP WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. EMPHASIZES REMEDIATION AND PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW.

24. CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)1987

25. REGULATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES

26. PRICE-ANDERSON ACT 1957

27. PROMOTES NUCLEAR POWER BY LIMITING LIABILITY OF POWER PLANT OWNERS IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR ACCIDENT

28. CLEAN AIR ACT 1970

29. PROTECTS AIR FROM POLLUTION
PROTECTS AIR FROM POLLUTION. ADDRESSED ACID RAIN, GROUND-LEVEL OZONE AND STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION

30. OCEAN DUMPING ACT 1972

31. PROHIBITS DUMPING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE, INCLUDING RADIOACTIVE AND MEDICAL

32. SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT 1974

33. SETS STANDARDS AND REGULATES PUBLIC DRINKING WATER

34. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) 1976

35. HAZARDOUS WASTES MUST BE TRACKED
HAZARDOUS WASTES MUST BE TRACKED. STATES DEVELOP HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS

36. MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON PROTECTING STRATOSPHERIC OZONE 1987

37. PHASES OUT USE AND PRODUCTION OF CFC’S

38. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

39. GOVERNMENT OFFICE THAT REGULATES AIR, WATER, AND NOISE POLLUTION; RADIATION, PESTICIDE, AND TOXIN REGULATION; SOLID WASTES

40. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

41. GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE REGULATION OF SURFACE MINING, NATIONAL PARKS, ENDANGERED SPECIES PLANS, WATER MANAGEMENT (IN WESTERN U.S.), FOSSIL FUELS AND MINERALS ON OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

42. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

43. REGULATES FOSSIL FUELS, NUCLEAR ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENRGY RESOURCES AND NUCLEAR WASTES

44. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

45. CONTAINS THE U.S. FORESTRY SERVICE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE