List of important Federal legislation

From Environmental Technology

Contents 1 Conservation 1.1 Energy 1.2 Wildlife 1.3 Land 2 Management of solid and hazardous wastes 3 Pesticide control 4 Water management 5 Air management

Conservation

Energy

Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975

Wildlife

Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956

Land

General Revision Act of 1891

Management of solid and hazardous wastes

Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965

Pesticide control

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1947. Protection of farmers and others from dangerous and ineffective pesticides. Amended in the 1970s.

Water management

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6),

Air management