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Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy
Land + Sea - $100Land + Sea - $100
What act makes it illegal to dump sewage, What act makes it illegal to dump sewage, sludge, or industrial or medical waste into sludge, or industrial or medical waste into the oceans?the oceans?
Ocean Dumping ActOcean Dumping Act
Land + Sea - $200Land + Sea - $200
Protects species that are considered to be Protects species that are considered to be threatened or endangered. Includes threatened or endangered. Includes migratory birds and their habitatsmigratory birds and their habitats
Endangered Species ActEndangered Species Act
Land + Sea - $300Land + Sea - $300
What act prohibits the taking (hunting, What act prohibits the taking (hunting, harassing, killing or capturing) or harassing, killing or capturing) or importing of marine mammals from U.S. importing of marine mammals from U.S. waters and by U.S. citizens at sea?waters and by U.S. citizens at sea?
Marine Mammal Protection ActMarine Mammal Protection Act
Land + Sea - $400Land + Sea - $400
Controls the exploitation of endangered Controls the exploitation of endangered species through international legislation. species through international legislation. Bans hunting, capturing, and selling of Bans hunting, capturing, and selling of threatened species and bans the import of threatened species and bans the import of ivory. ivory.
CITIES; Convention on International Trade CITIES; Convention on International Trade In Endangered SpeciesIn Endangered Species
Trash - $100Trash - $100
What act gives the EPA the authority to What act gives the EPA the authority to control the creation, transportation, control the creation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste?hazardous waste?
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)(RCRA)
Trash - $200Trash - $200
What act provides a fund of money that What act provides a fund of money that can be used to clean up abandoned or can be used to clean up abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites under uncontrolled hazardous waste sites under the direction of the EPA?the direction of the EPA?
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund)(CERCLA/Superfund)
Mining - $300Mining - $300
What act allows companies or individuals What act allows companies or individuals to prospect and extract menials, oil, and to prospect and extract menials, oil, and gas on public lands?gas on public lands?
General Mining ActGeneral Mining Act
Pollution - $100Pollution - $100
What international agreement signed by What international agreement signed by 172 countries set goals for achieving lower 172 countries set goals for achieving lower than 1990 levels of emissions of six than 1990 levels of emissions of six greenhouse gases?greenhouse gases?
Kyoto Protocol 1997Kyoto Protocol 1997
Pollution - $200Pollution - $200
What international agreement signed by What international agreement signed by 191 countries set goals for reducing 191 countries set goals for reducing ozone-depleting chemical emissions by ozone-depleting chemical emissions by 50% and phasing out the use of nearly all 50% and phasing out the use of nearly all ozone depleting chemicals by 1996?ozone depleting chemicals by 1996?
Montreal Protocol of 1987Montreal Protocol of 1987
Pollution - $300Pollution - $300
What act requires the EPA to develop What act requires the EPA to develop regulations for an enforce monitoring of regulations for an enforce monitoring of six criteria air pollutants?six criteria air pollutants?
Clean Air Act of 1963, 1965, 1970, 1977, Clean Air Act of 1963, 1965, 1970, 1977, 19901990
Pollution - $400Pollution - $400
Created to protect worker and health. Its Created to protect worker and health. Its main aim was to ensure that employers main aim was to ensure that employers provide their workers with an environment provide their workers with an environment free from dangers to their safety and free from dangers to their safety and health, such as exposure to toxic health, such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, mechanical dangers, heat or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions. or unsanitary conditions.
Occupational Safety and Health Act Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)(OSHA)
Pollution - $500Pollution - $500
Requires that all pesticides are registered Requires that all pesticides are registered and approved by the FDA and creates a and approved by the FDA and creates a pesticide registrypesticide registry
FIFRA; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and FIFRA; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ActRodenticide Act
Water - $100Water - $100
What act protects the drinking water What act protects the drinking water supply from groundwater contamination supply from groundwater contamination and requires that all tap water distributed and requires that all tap water distributed to the public meet federal standards?to the public meet federal standards?
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, 1996, Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, 1996, 2000, 20072000, 2007
Water - $200Water - $200
What act protects waterways from any What act protects waterways from any physical, chemical, or biological activity physical, chemical, or biological activity that reduces water quality and requires that reduces water quality and requires that discharges have permits and meet that discharges have permits and meet federal standards?federal standards?
Clean Water Act of 1977, 1981, and 1987Clean Water Act of 1977, 1981, and 1987
Water - $500Water - $500
International agreement that sets rules for International agreement that sets rules for the use of the world’s oceans, which cover the use of the world’s oceans, which cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface.70 percent of the Earth’s surface.
Law of Sea ConventionLaw of Sea Convention
Miscellaneous - $100Miscellaneous - $100
What act gave 160 acres of undeveloped What act gave 160 acres of undeveloped land to people 21 years of ago or older land to people 21 years of ago or older under the condition that they build a under the condition that they build a house and live on the land for ate least 5 house and live on the land for ate least 5 years?years?
Homestead Act of 1862Homestead Act of 1862
Miscellaneous - $200Miscellaneous - $200
What act establishes a system of wild land What act establishes a system of wild land areas that are set aside as preserves and areas that are set aside as preserves and may not be used for timber harvesting, may not be used for timber harvesting, hunting, fishing, grazing or mineral hunting, fishing, grazing or mineral extraction?extraction?
Wilderness Act of 1964Wilderness Act of 1964
Miscellaneous - $300Miscellaneous - $300
What act requires that all federally funded What act requires that all federally funded projects research and produce an projects research and produce an Environmental Impact Statement before Environmental Impact Statement before proceeding?proceeding?
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 19691969
Miscellaneous - $400Miscellaneous - $400
Established a site to identify for, and Established a site to identify for, and construct, an underground repository for construct, an underground repository for spent nuclear reactor fuel and high-level spent nuclear reactor fuel and high-level radioactive waste from federal defense radioactive waste from federal defense programs. programs.
Nuclear Waste Policy ActNuclear Waste Policy Act
Miscellaneous - $500Miscellaneous - $500
EPA is given the ability to track the 75,000 EPA is given the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA can imported into the United States. EPA can ban the manufacture and import of those ban the manufacture and import of those chemicals that pose an unreasonable chemicals that pose an unreasonable
Toxic Substances Control ActToxic Substances Control Act
Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy
Requires reporting of toxic releases: Requires reporting of toxic releases: encourages response for chemical encourages response for chemical releases.releases.
Emergency planning & Community Right-Emergency planning & Community Right-To-Know-ActTo-Know-Act