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The laws listed below meet the following criteria: (1) they were passed by the United States Congress, and (2) pertain to (a) the regulation of the interaction of humans and the natural environment, or (b) the conservation and/or management of natural or historic resources.
In many cases federal laws allow for more stringent regulation by states, and of transfer of certain federally mandated responsibilities from federal to state control. US state governments, therefore, administering state law adopted under state police powers or federal law by delegation, uniformly include environmental agencies. [ 19 ]
Point source water pollution is largely regulated through the Clean Water Act, which gives the EPA the authority to set limits on the acceptable amount of pollutants that can be discharged into waters of the United States. The 1972 law also created federal authority for a permit system—NPDES—to enforce the pollution standards.
The Clean Water Act (CWA) was the first federal law designed to directly address water pollution. The CWA has been amended many times, but the 1972 amendments provide the core statutory basis for the regulation of point source water pollution and created the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. [ 23 ]
But they do carry the force of law, and by directing the state's Energy and Environment Cabinet to defy federal air pollution laws, lawmakers could put the agency in a legal quagmire, experts said ...
In the U.S., the Convention is implemented through the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS). [1] Under the provisions of the Convention, the United States can take direct enforcement action under U.S. laws against foreign-flagged ships when pollution discharge incidents occur within U.S. jurisdiction. When incidents occur outside U.S ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined a group of New Jersey companies over their gasoline storage practices.
In her 2021 petition for stronger PFAS rules, Lujan Grisham wrote that the chemicals presented “imminent and substantial” danger to people and the environment, and federal law lacked language ...