Enables long-range planning by US Forest Service to ensure future supply of forest resources.

Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act

This law provides for federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use.

Federal Insecticide Fungicide, and Rodent Control Act

Has 2 programs: 1. Regulating active coal mines 2. Reclaiming abandoned mine lands

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Aims to conserve terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory species throughout their range.

1979 Global Treaty on Migratory Species (Bonn Convention)

The EPA sets standards for managing hazardous waste & uses cap and trade method w/ companies.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Requires USDA to periodically make a national plan for soil&water conservation on private lands

Soil and Water Conservation Act

Any person who hunts waterfowl and is over 16 years old must carry a current Duck Stamp.

Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act

Regulates the environmental effects of coal mining.

Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act

Protects rivers w/ superb wildlife/geological/scenic/recreational/historical/cultural values.

National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Can accumulate in the fatty tissues of organisms that occupy high trophic levels in food webs.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

General term used to describe international environmental treaties and agreements.

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)

Authorized US president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitats.

International Environmental Protection Act

The UN agency established at UNCED that coordinates the UN's environmental activities.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

This law was later amended to become the Clean Water Act.

Federal Water Pollution Control Act

An environment impact statement must be made 4 every federal project that'll degrade the enviro

National Environmental Policy Act

Requires a renewable resource assessment&Forest Service plan for natural resources every 10 yrs

Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act

Main goal:Protection against risks to life & property from transportation of hazardous material

Hazardous Material Transportation Act

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Which President served through the Golden Age of Conservation?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Ulysses S. Grand
Teddy Roosevelt
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Enables long-range planning by US Forest Service to ensure future supply of forest resources.
Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act
National Forest Management Act
Forest Reserve Act 1891
Resource Conservation and Recovery Ac
3
This law provides for federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use.
Federal Insecticide Fungicide, and Rodent Control Act
Hazardous Material Transportation Act
CAFEs
Solid Waste Disposal Act
4
Establishes guidelines for businesses, environment, & management of marine natural resources.
Coastal Zone Management Act
Madrid Protocol
Earth Summit
Law of the Sea Convention
5
Lawsuit filed by a group on behalf of a large # of ppl who've had damages from a product/action
Environmental Lawsuit
Injunction
Class Action Suit
Statues of Limitations
6
This law authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as "forest reserves"
Weeks Act 1911
Antiquities Act
National Park Service Organic Act
Forest Reserve Act 1891
7
Gave consent for states to enter into compacts for purpose of conserving forests&water supplies
Forest Reserve Act of 1891
National Park Service Organic Act
Antiquities Act
Weeks Act of 1911
8
Established primary and secondary air quality standards in the US.
Madrid Protocol
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Oil Pollution Act
9
Aims to improve understanding of natural&developed enviro, &relationships between humans&enviro
Forfeiture Law
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act
Energy Policy and Conservation Act
Environmental Education Act
10
An area of ocean protected from some/all human activities (protect 0.2% of total ocean area).
POPs
CAFE
Superfund Site
Marine Protected Areas
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Has 2 programs: 1. Regulating active coal mines 2. Reclaiming abandoned mine lands
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
Mining Act of 1872
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
CERCLA
12
Aims to conserve terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory species throughout their range.
Lacey Act
1979 Global Treaty on Migratory Species (Bonn Convention)
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
CITES
13
Goal was to shift from oil and gas supply toward energy conservation via taxes and tax credits
Energy Policy Act
National Energy Act
Riparian Common Law
Energy Tax Act
14
The EPA sets standards for managing hazardous waste & uses cap and trade method w/ companies.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
CERCLA
Clean Air Act
Pollution Prevention Act
15
Encourages coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans.
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Coastal Zone Management Act
CAFE
Clean Water Act
16
Which law mandated a health-based standard for pesticides used in foods?
Clean Water Act
Lacey Act
Food Quality Protection Act
Consumer Product Safety Act
17
Requires USDA to periodically make a national plan for soil&water conservation on private lands
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Soil and Water Conservation Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
National Park Service Organic Act
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Gives loans to families to install solar heating/cooling equipment.
Lacey Act
National Energy Act
OSHA
Energy Policy Act
19
Established standards for how the Forest Service manages the national forests.
National Forest Management Act
National Park Service Organic Act
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
National Environmental Policy Act
20
Any person who hunts waterfowl and is over 16 years old must carry a current Duck Stamp.
Lacey Act
Marine Mammals Protection Act
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
Wilderness Act
21
A person can file a mining claim/assume ownership of a parcel of land on any US public land
Mining Act of 1872
Wilderness Act
Lacey Act
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
22
The water rights holder may not sell any water they save (conserved water).
Beneficial Use
Salvaged Water Rule
Forfeiture Law
Public Interest
23
People who own land along streams/lakes/springs have the right to “reasonable use” of water.
Forfeiture Law
Riparian Common Law
Prior Appropriation
Beneficial Use
24
Regulates the environmental effects of coal mining.
Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act
CERCLA
Mining Act of 1872
Toxic Substances Control Act
25
Identifies sites where hazardous wastes have contaminated the environment and clean them up.
International Environmental Protection Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Superfund/ CERCLA
Coastal Zone Management Act
26
Designed to encourage mineral exploration and the mining of hard rock minerals in the US.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act
National Forest Management Act
Mining Act of 1872
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1st person to divert water&use has a right to what he used; ppl later can claim what's left.
Prior Appropriation
Beneficial Use
Salvaged Water Rule
Riparian Common Law
28
A global agenda for sustainable development in the 21st century.
Agenda 32
Madrid Protocol
Agenda 47
Agenda 21
29
An ideal whereby every person is equally entitled to protection from environmental hazards.
Environmental Law
Environmental Justice
NIMBY
Environmental Policy
30
Protects rivers w/ superb wildlife/geological/scenic/recreational/historical/cultural values.
Coastal Zone Management Act
National Park Service Organic Act
Soil and Water Conservation Act
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
31
Can accumulate in the fatty tissues of organisms that occupy high trophic levels in food webs.
CAFOs
PCBs
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
CFCs
32
General term used to describe international environmental treaties and agreements.
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
CITES Law Foundation
Environmental Summits
International Treaties
33
Authorized US president to assist countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitats.
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act
CITES
International Environmental Protection Act
National Environmental Policy Act
34
The UN agency established at UNCED that coordinates the UN's environmental activities.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
35
Defines rights and responsibilities of nations w/ respect to their use of the world's oceans.
Law of the Sea Convention
Montreal Protocol
Madrid Protocol
CITES
36
An international treaty that aimed to cut emissions of CFCs by 35% between 1989 and 2000.
CERCLA
Madrid Protocal
Montreal Protocal
Kyoto Protocal
37
This law was later amended to become the Clean Water Act.
Water Purity Act
Clean Air Act
Soil and Water Conservation Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
38
Sets allowed levels of 100 pollutants&has polluter get permit to limit amount released to water
Safe Drinking Water Act
Law of the Sea Convention
Pollution Prevention Act
Clean Water Act
39
Required participating MDCs to cut emissions of CO2, CH4,&N2O to 5.2% below 1990 levels by 2012
Earth Summit
Madrid Protocol
Montreal Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
40
States that companies must have plans to prevent and cleanup oil spills if they happen
CAFEs
Oil Pollution Act
Soil and Water Conservation Act
Pollution Prevention Act
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Laws developed and passed by legislative bodies such as federal and state governments.
Sustainable Legislation
Environmental Laws
Statutory Laws
Common Law
42
Sets goals, creates mandates&amends utility laws to increase clean energy use&energy efficiency
National Energy Act
Energy Policy Act
Energy Tax Act
National Environmental Policy Act
43
Created to develop and administer a federal environmental education program.
International Environmental Protection Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Environmental Education Act
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act
44
An environment impact statement must be made 4 every federal project that'll degrade the enviro
Endangered Species Act
National Environmental Policy Act
International Environmental Protection Act
CERCLA
45
Type of US water law also known as first-in-time or first-in-right.
Salvaged Water Rule
Prior Appropriation
Riparian Common Law
Forfeiture Law
46
Laws&treaties defining what's fair enviro behavior for individuals/groups/businesses/nations
Class Action Suit
Riparian Common Law
Statutory Law
Environmental Law
47
Requires a renewable resource assessment&Forest Service plan for natural resources every 10 yrs
National Forest Management Ac
Antiquities Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Ac
Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act
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Established goals for addressing the world’s social, economic, and environmental problems.
Kyoto Protocol
Agenda 47
Madrid Protocol
Agenda 21
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Main goal:Protection against risks to life & property from transportation of hazardous material
Hazardous Material Transportation Act
Consumer Product Safety Act
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Oil Pollution Act
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Water rights are limited by the interest of the public as defined by law & court rulings.
Salvaged Water Rule
Beneficial Use
Public Interest
Riparian Common Law
51
Which US president created the EPA in 1970?
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama
Teddy Roosevelt
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States that the US wants to conserve & protect whales through research & studies.
1979 Global Treaty on Migratory Species (Bonn Convention)
US Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 1976
Marine Mammal Protection Act
CITES
53
Allows the CPSC to ban a product if there is no feasible alternative.
Food Quality Protection Act
Consumer Product Safety Act
Lacey Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act
54
This law established the National Park Service (NPS).
National Environmental Policy Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
CITES
National Park Service Organic Act
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This law intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public in the US.
Soil and Water Conservation Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Solid Waste Disposal Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
56
A global treaty on Presistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Madrid Protocol
Earth Summit
Stockholm Convention
Kyoto Protocol
57
held to review the somewhat limited progress made toward implementing the Agenda 21 goals.
Earth Summit
International Cooperative Environmental Summit
ASEAN Summit
BRICS Summit
58
All pesticides used in the United States must be registered (licensed) by EPA.
National Park Service Organic Act
Federal Insecticide Fungicide, and Rodent Control Act
Consumer Product Safety Act
Wilderness Act
59
This law was established to preserve, protect, develop,& restore/enhance resources of US coast.
Coastal Zone Management Act
Clean Water Act
Solid Waste Disposal Act
CERCLA
60
What was the first National Park and which US President signed it into being?
Ulysses S. Grant; Yosemite
Ulysses S. Grant; Yellowstone
Teddy Roosevelt; Yellowstone
Teddy Roosevelt; Yosemite
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Assess&regulate commercial chems b4 enter market; regulate chems pose risk; regulate chem dist.
Clean Water Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Lacey Act
62
Supports emergency planning efforts to provide the public w/ info about potential chem hazards
Consumer Product Safety Act
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act
OSHA
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
63
This law's purpose is to conserve environment for enjoyment by future generations.
National Park Service Organic Act
Wilderness Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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Regulates the treatment, storage, or disposal of solid, non hazardous and hazardous waste.
Toxic Substances Control Act
Solid Waste Disposal Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Ocean Dumping Ban Act
65
Prohibits trading wildlife/fish/plants that have been illegally taken, transported, or sold.
Lacey Act
Endangered Species Act
Law of the Sea Convention
Marine Mammals Protection Act
66
Requires developing plans outlining responses to environmental emergencies in the Antarctic.
Montreal Protocol
Stockholm Convention
CITES
Madrid Protocol
67
Enabled fed matchingfunds for state agencies to protect forestedwatersheds of navigable streams
Weeks Act of 1911
Coastal Zone Management Act
Forest Reserve Act 1891
Soil Water and Conservation Act
68
Which law provides for regulation of grazing on public lands to improve rangeland conditions.
National Forest Management Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Taylor Grazing Act
Wilderness Act
69
Grants to businesses willing to use energy conservation techniques & made standards mandatory.
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act
Environmental Education Act
National Energy Act
Energy Policy Act
70
An amendment to the Montreal Protocol that accelerated phasing-out key ozone-depleting chems.
Copenhagen Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
Madrid Protocol
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol for Better Implementation
71
Sets limits and goals to reduce mobile source air pollution and ambient air quality standards.
Pollution Prevention Act
Clean Air Act
Stockholm Convention
Clean Water Act
72
Allows SecOfAgri to develop&administer timber/range/water/recreation/wildlife onNationalForests
Multiple Use - Sustained Yield Act of 1960
National Forest Management Act
Weeks Act of 1911
Antiques Act
73
Let US gov protect undeveloped tracts of public land as part of the National Wilderness System.
Taylor Grazing Act
Wilderness Act
Pollution Prevention Act
Food Quality Protection Act
74
Intended to mollify & prevent civil liability from future oil spills off the coast of the US.
Pollution Prevention Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
Solid Waste Disposal Act
Oil Pollution Act
75
Goals:conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components,& air sharing of benefits
International Environmental Protection Act
1995 International Convention on Biological Diversity
Earth Summit
CITES
76
US law that authorized federal purchase of forestlands in the headwaters of navigable streams.
Forest Reserve Act 1891
Antiquity Act
Weeks Act 1911
Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning Act
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People may establish water rights only for “beneficial use” as established by state law.
Riparian Common Law
Public Interest
Prior Appropriation
Beneficial Use
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If a rights holder saves water, ownership of the saved water reverts to the state.
Public Interest
Salvaged Water Rule
Riparian Common Law
Prior Appropriation
79
An international treaty banning hunting, capturing, & selling threatened/endangered species.
Taylor Grazing Act
Lacey Act
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Madrid Protocal
80
US pres can protect areas of scientific/historic interest on fed lands as national monuments
National Forest Management Act
International Environmental Protection Act
National Environmental Policy Act
Antiquities Act
81
Which President established the United States Forest Service?
Woodrow Wilson
Ulysses S. Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
82
Which law prohibited all municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste dumping into the ocean?
Montreal Protocal
Stockholm Convention
Oil Pollution Act
Ocean Dumping Ban Act
83
The major policy outcome of this conference was a global agenda for sustainable development.
UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
CITES
Stockholm Convention
Copenhagen Protocol
84
Created a national policy to have pollution prevented/reduced at the source wherever possible.
Toxic Substances Control Act
Oil Pollution Act
Pollution Prevention Act
CERCLA/ Superfund
85
Lawsuit against public participation targeting ppl who criticize a business for some activity.
Contract Action
Negligence Action
Class Action Suit
SLAPP Suit
86
Provides regulations intended to improve average fuel economy of cars and light trucks in US.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Clean Air Act
Consumer Product Safety Act
87
Gives CPSC the power to make safety standards & recall products presenting risks of injury.
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act
Consumer Product Safety Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act
88
This law provided funds for the conservation of migratory waterfowl.
CITES
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
Lacey Act
Marine Mammals Protection Act
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US water law also known as use-it-or-lose-it.
Prior Appropriation
Forfeiture Law
Public Interest
Beneficial Use
90
Opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development because it's close to them.
CAFE
NIMBY
NOPE
GAFE
91
Regulates use of 12 POPs that accumulate in fatty tissues of organisms at high tropic levels.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent Control Act
Madrid Protocol
Pollution Prevention Act
Stockholm Convention
92
Prohibits taking marine mammals in US water&importing marine mammals/products made from into US
CITES
Marine Mammals Protection Act
Lacey Act
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
93
The system of public lands & waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife & plants.
National Federal Wildlife Refuge System
Wilderness Act
National Environmental Policy Act
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
94
Protects severely imperiled species from extinction b/c of economic growth & development in US.
Marine Mammals Protection Act
International Environmental Protection Act
Endangered Species Act
CITES
95
This law aims to ensure that employee safety from recognized hazards in the work environment.
Pollution Prevention Act
Toxic Substances Control Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act
96
Mandated vehicle fuel standards,extended oil price controls&created strategic petroleum reserve
CAFE
Energy Tax Act
Environmental Education Act
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
97
Also known as the Superfund Program
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
CERCLA
Soil and Water Conservation Act
CITES
98
Environmental laws and regulations that are designed, implemented,and enforced.
Full Cost Pricing
Environmental Policy
Sustainable Legislation
Politics
99
If a water rights holder fails to use all water he has right to, loses right to unused amount.
Beneficial Use
Prior Appropriation
Salvaged Water Rule
Forfeiture Law
100
What agreement aimed to slow global warming and the resulting projected climate disruption?
Lacey Act
Montreal Protocal
Kyoto Protocal
Hazardous Material Transportation Act

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