Overview
choose one of the following:
1. Clean Water Act (CWA) 1972
2. Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1974 amended 1986, 1996
3. RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976)
4. OSHA Act of 1970
5.TSCA (The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976)
6. Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982)
7. CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) of 1980
8. Clean Air act
9. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
10. The Pollution Prevention Act (1990)
11. The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) of 1978
Pick one environmental law from the list above and summarize it. Connect the law to environmental health and/or sustainability (750-1000 words).
Please be sure to address the following in your summary
- What agency is involved in implementing the policy and what type of policy instrument (Command and control, voluntary measures or economic incentive) is used to implement the policy?
- Identify the stakeholders that were involved in the development and implementation of the law
- Be sure to check if there are amendments and if so, please be sure to list them. Do you think further amendments are required?
- How well do you think it serves the purpose it was created for? Are there any limitations or shortcomings in the implementation of it and if so, how could that be improved?