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Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation
- 1916 â National Park Service Organic Act created the National Park Service.
- 1918 â Migratory Bird Treaty Act creates protections for migratory birds.
- 1947 â Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US.
- 1948 â Federal Water Pollution Control Act
- 1955 â National Air Pollution Control Act
- 1959 â California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board created to test automobile emissions and set standards.
- 1963 â Clean Air Act (amended in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1990)
- 1964 â Wilderness Act
- 1965 â National Emissions Standards Act
- 1965 â Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act
- 1965 â Solid Waste Disposal Act (amended by RCRA in 1976)
- 1967 â California Air Resources Board established; set emissions standards predating EPA.
- 1967 â Air Quality Act (amendment to CAA)
- 1969 â Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
- 1969 â National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- 1970 â Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Presidential Executive Order
- 1970 â Clean Air Act (Extension). Major rewrite of CAA, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Hazardous Air Pollutant standards, and auto emissions tailpipe standards.
- 1970 â Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (created OSHA and NIOSH)
- 1970 â Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act
- 1970 â Environmental Quality Improvement Act
- 1972 â Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500). Major rewrite.
- 1972 â Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (amended by Food Quality Protection Act of 1996)
- 1972 â Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
- 1973 â Endangered Species Act (amended 1978, 1982)
- 1974 â Safe Drinking Water Act (amended 1986, 1996)
- 1975 â Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
- 1976 â Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (amended 1984, 1996)
- 1976 â Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (amended 2016)
- 1977 â Clean Water Act (amended FWPCA of 1972)
- 1977 â Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
- 1978 â National Energy Conservation Policy Act
- 1978 â Endangered Species Act Amendments
- 1980 â Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Created the Superfund program.
- 1980 â Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
- 1980 â Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
- 1982 â Nuclear Waste Policy Act
- 1982 â Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982
- 1984 â Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
- 1986 â Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986
- 1986 â Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRKA)
- 1986 â Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
- 1987 â Water Quality Act (amended FWPCA of 1972)
- 1989 â Basel Convention
- 1989 â Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting chemicals enters into force.
- 1990 â Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Set new automobile emissions standards, low-sulfur gas, required Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for toxins, reduction in CFCs.
- 1990 â Oil Pollution Act of 1990
- 1991 â Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)
- 1992 â Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
- 1993 â North American Free Trade Agreement (Implementation Act)
- 1994 â Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice
- 1996 â Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (P.L. 104-19)
- 1996 â Food Quality Protection Act (amended FIFRA)
- 1996 â Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996
- 1996 â Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996
- 1997 â Kyoto Protocol
- 1998 â Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
- 2002 â California AB 1493 sets standards for emissions of CO<sub>2</sub> and other greenhouse gases from automobiles and light duty trucks.
- 2002 â Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (amended CERCLA)
- 2005 â Energy Policy Act of 2005
- 2005 â (SAFETEA)
- 2007 â Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA)
- 2007 â Washington Declaration
- 2010 â Cancun Agreements
- 2015 â Paris agreement
- 2016 â Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (amended TSCA)
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