Download The Legislation Project

APES Legislation Project
1)
Select one of the following groups of legislation:
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G)
H)
I)
J)
K)
L)
M)
N)
O)
P)
Q)
R)
2)
The Clean Air Act of 1963, 1965, 1970, 1977, 1990 (CAA)
The Clean Water Act 1977, 1981, 1987 (CWA)
The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, 1984, and 1996 (SDWA)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 1986, 1990
(CERCLA or Superfund)
The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of 1973 (CITES)
Lacey Act of 1900
The Endangered Species Act 1973, 1982, 1985, 1988 (ESA)
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1938, 1954, 1958 (FFDCA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act 1972, 1988 (FIFRA)
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA)
Convention of Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997
Convention of Ozone Depletion and the Montreal Protocol of 1986
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
Declaration of the Conference on the Human Environment of 1972 (Stockholm Declaration)
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA)
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Research the laws and/or treaties assigned and create a presentation using Google Slides of
no more than three slides that summarizes:
A)
B)
C)
D)
Name of legislation,
Draft Year, Amendment Years,
International or National scope
Description of Function; Environmental Issues Affected
Make it easy to read and easy to remember—don’t bog down your slides with
too much text!! Include images for aesthetics and effect. Your work will be
assessed based on content and appropriate, organized design. For ideas,
see the sample slide show about The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976 and 1989 (RCRA) posted on the class website.
3)
The following web sites may be useful in your research:
http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/index.html
http://epw.senate.gov/environmental_laws.htm
http://www.asil.org/resource/env1.htm
When your presentation is complete, share your presentation with Mrs. Embry with permission to edit
([email protected]). The file name for your slides should be in this format: 3 APES
Lastname Firstname Laws. After you have emailed your presentation, all the presentations will be
combined into one slide show and posted on the class website. We will watch the slide show
together and fill in the relevant information on the Legislation Chart.
Name of
Legislation
Year
APES Legislation Chart
Description
National/
International