1. EPA ACTS

2. CLEAN AIR ACT 1970
 Congress passed this act to toughen air-pollution
laws
 It required the Environmental Protection Agency to
develop and enforce regulations to protect the
general public from exposure to airborne
contaminants that are hazardous to human health

3. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 1970
 NEPA is a United States environmental law that
promoted the enhancement of the environment
 NEPA also required environmental-impact
statements for federally funded construction
projects

4. THE CLEAN WATER ACT 1972
 Clean Water Act prohibits discharges of pollutants
into navigable waters in the United States
 Created steps to restore polluted waters for
recreational use
 Use of the pesticide DDT is banned
 DDT- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
 Can be found in aerosols, smoke candles, moth killer,
vaporizers, and lotions

5. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 1973
 Congress passed this act for the protection and
conservation of animals and plants that were
threatened by extinction
 Bald Eagles, Northern Flying Squirrel, Key Deer,
Whooping Crane, Northern Spotted Owl, and many
more…

6. THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT 1974
 This act required the Environmental Protection
Agency to set and enforce standards to protect the
nation’s drinking water supply
 The EPA must oversee all states, localities and
water suppliers so that they implement these
standards

7. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY
ACT 1976
 Authorized Environmental Protection Agency to
regulate the disposal of and treatment of municipal
solid and hazardous wastes