* 1916 – National Park Service Organic Act created the National Park Service. * 1947 – Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US. * 1948 –

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

* 1955 – National Air Pollution Control Act * 1959 – California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board created to test automobile emissions and set standards. * 1963 – Clean Air Act (amended in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1990) * 1964 – Wilderness Act * 1965 –

National Emissions Standards Act The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide. Initially enacted in 1963 and amended many times since, it is one of the United States' first and most infl ...

* 1965 – Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act * 1965 – Solid Waste Disposal Act (amended by RCRA in 1976) * 1967 – California Air Resources Board established; set emissions standards predating EPA. * 1967 – Air Quality Act (amendment to CAA) * 1969 – Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act * 1969 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) * 1970 –

Reorganization Plan No. 3 Reorganization Plan No. 3 was a United States presidential directive establishing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), effective December 2, 1970. The order, published in the Federal Register on October 6, 1970, consolidated components fro ...

created the

Environmental Protection Agency A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

(EPA) by Presidential Executive Order * 1970 – Clean Air Act (Extension). Major rewrite of CAA, setting

National Ambient Air Quality Standards The U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, pronounced ) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards. Established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ...

(NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Hazardous Air Pollutant standards, and auto emissions tailpipe standards. * 1970 – Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (created OSHA and

NIOSH The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, ) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the C ...

) * 1970 – Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act * 1970 – Environmental Quality Improvement Act * 1972 – Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500). Major rewrite. * 1972 – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (amended by Food Quality Protection Act of 1996) * 1972 – Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 * 1973 –

Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of ec ...

(amended 1978, 1982) * 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act (amended 1986, 1996) * 1975 –

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), enacted in 1975, is the principal federal law in the United States regulating the transportation of hazardous materials. Its purpose is to "protect against the risks to life, property, and the env ...

* 1976 – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (amended 1984, 1996) * 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (amended 2016) * 1977 –

Clean Water Act The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters; recognizing the responsibiliti ...

(amended FWPCA of 1972) * 1977 – Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act * 1978 – National Energy Conservation Policy Act * 1978 – Endangered Species Act Amendments * 1980 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Created the Superfund program. * 1980 – Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act * 1980 – Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act * 1982 –

Nuclear Waste Policy Act The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 is a United States federal law which established a comprehensive national program for the safe, permanent disposal of highly radioactive wastes. * The US Congress amended the act in 1987 to designate Yucca ...

* 1982 – Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982 * 1984 – Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 * 1986 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 * 1986 – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRKA) * 1986 –

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency ...

(SARA) * 1987 –

Water Quality Act The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters; recognizing the responsibiliti ...

(amended FWPCA of 1972) * 1989 – Basel Convention * 1989 – Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting chemicals enters into force. * 1990 – Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Set new automobile emissions standards, low-sulfur gas, required Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for toxins, reduction in

CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are fully or partly halogenated hydrocarbons that contain carbon (C), hydrogen (H), chlorine (Cl), and fluorine (F), produced as volatile derivatives of methane, ethane, and propan ...

. * 1990 – Oil Pollution Act of 1990 * 1991 – Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) * 1992 – Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act * 1993 –

North American Free Trade Agreement The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...

(Implementation Act) * 1994 – Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice * 1996 –

Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act #REDIRECT Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act {{R from other capitalisation ...

(P.L. 104-19) * 1996 – Food Quality Protection Act (amended FIFRA) * 1996 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 * 1996 – Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996 * 1997 –

Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

* 1998 – Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) * 2002 – California AB 1493 sets standards for emissions of CO₂ and other

greenhouse gas A greenhouse gas (GHG or GhG) is a gas that Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorbs and Emission (electromagnetic radiation), emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range, causing the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse ...

es from automobiles and

light duty truck Light truck or light-duty truck is a US classification for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight up to and a payload capacity up to 4,000 pounds (1,815 kg). Similar goods vehicle classes in the European Union, Canada, Australia, and New Zealan ...

s. * 2002 – Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (amended CERCLA) * 2005 –

Energy Policy Act of 2005 The Energy Policy Act of 2005 () is a federal law signed by President George W. Bush on August 8, 2005, at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The act, described by proponents as an attempt to combat growing energy problems ...

* 2005 – Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (

SAFETEA Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or SAFETEA-LU was a funding and authorization bill that governed United States federal surface transportation spending. It was signed into law by President Geo ...

) * 2007 –

Energy Independence and Security Act The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007Pub.L. 110-140, originally named the Clean Energy Act of 2007, is an Act of Congress concerning the energy policy of the United States. As part of the Democratic Party's 100-Hour Plan during the ...

(EISA) * 2016 – Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (amended TSCA)

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