McMorsel: Which law is it?

List of EHS Laws.

Here’s a list of major environmental, health, and safety laws—and a few others (implementing agency in parentheses):

Atomic Energy Act (AEA) regulates radionuclides, including radioactive source material and wastes. (DOE, NRC)

Clean Air Act (CAA) regulates air emissions. (EPA)

Clean Water Act (CWA) regulates discharges to water or sewers. (EPA)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA aka Superfund) regulates releases of hazardous substances and cleanup of abandoned waste disposal sites. (EPA)

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) regulates releases of extremely hazardous substances, toxic release inventory reporting, and state/local response entities (EPA)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) regulates the distribution, sale, and use of pesticides. (EPA)

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) regulates transport of hazardous materials (DOT)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires environmental assessments before many major federal projects. (EPA)

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) regulates worker safety. (OSHA)

Oil Pollution Act (OPA) regulates catastrophic oil spills. (EPA)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulates hazardous wastes; RCRA is part of SWDA. (EPA)

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulates contaminants in drinking water (EPA)

Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) regulates solid waste; RCRA is a part of SWDA. (EPA)

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulates new chemicals, asbestos, and PCBs. (EPA)

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