Environmental Laws: Summaries of Major Statutes Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency

Bearden, David M. ; Copeland, Claudia ; Luther, Linda ; McCarthy, James E. ; Schierow, Linda-Jo ; Tiemann, Mary

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Environmental protection;    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;    Environmental law and legislation;    Executive departments;   

RP-ID  :  RL30798
RP-ID  :  RL30798_2010Oct08

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report summarizes several federal statutes providing legal authority for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) programs and activities. These include: the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Ocean Dumping Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), the Emergency Planning Act, and the Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).