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Tables of Contents for The Environment A-Z
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xiii
A
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
1
1
Acceptable risk
1
1
Acid rain
2
3
Agricultural runoff
5
1
Air pollution
5
3
Air quality control regions
8
1
Air quality index
8
1
Alar
9
1
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
9
2
Algal blooms
11
1
Alliance of Small Island States
11
1
Alternative Motor Fuels Act
11
1
American Farm Bureau Federation
12
1
American Heritage Rivers Initiative
13
1
Antarctica treaty
13
1
Antiquities Act
13
1
Aquaculture
14
1
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
15
1
Asbestos
16
1
B
Babbitt, Bruce
17
1
Bald eagle
17
1
Barrier islands
18
1
Batteries
19
1
Baucus, Max
19
1
Below-cost timber sales
19
1
Best available control technology
20
1
Bhopal
20
1
Biodiversity
21
1
Bliley, Thomas J., Jr.
21
1
Browner, Carol
22
1
Brownfields
23
1
Btu tax
23
1
Bush, George
24
1
Bycatch
25
2
C
Carbon dioxide
27
1
Carbon sequestration
28
1
Carbon sinks
28
1
Carter, Jimmy
28
2
CFCs
30
1
Chafee, John H.
30
1
Citizen lawsuits
31
1
Clean Air Act
32
6
Clean coal
38
1
Clean Water Act
38
4
Clearcutting
42
1
Clinton, Bill
43
3
Coastal Barrier Resources Act
46
1
Coastal Zone Management Act
46
1
Command and control
47
1
Conformity
47
1
Conservation Reserve Program
48
1
Consumption
48
1
Convention on Biological Diversity
49
1
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
49
2
Conventional pollutants
51
1
Coral reefs
51
1
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
52
1
Cost-benefit analysis
52
1
Council on Environmental Quality
53
1
Criteria air pollutants
53
2
Critical habitat
55
1
Cryptosporidium
56
1
Cumulative impact
56
1
D
Dams
57
2
DDT
59
1
Debt for nature swaps
59
1
Deforestation
60
2
Delaney clause
62
1
Dingell, John D.
62
1
Dioxin
63
1
Dolphin-safe tuna
64
1
Dombeck, Michael P.
65
1
Drift-net fishing
65
2
E
Earth Day
67
1
Earth Summit
68
1
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
68
1
Emissions trading
69
1
Endangered Species Act
70
5
Endangered Species Committee
75
1
Endocrine disruptors
76
1
Energy efficiency
77
2
Energy Policy Act
79
1
Environmental impact statements
79
1
Environmental justice
80
1
Environmental movement
81
4
Environmental Protection Agency
85
1
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
86
1
Environmental riders
86
1
Estuaries
87
1
Eutrophication
87
1
Everglades
88
1
Exotic species
88
2
Extinction
90
1
Exxon Valdez
91
2
F
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
93
1
Federal Land Policy and Management Act
93
1
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
94
1
Filtration
94
1
Finding of no significant impact
94
1
Fish and Wildlife Foundation
94
1
Flood insurance
95
1
Flow control
96
1
Food Quality Protection Act
97
1
Fossil fuels
98
3
G
Garbage
101
1
General Mining Law
102
1
Genetically modified organisms
102
2
Global Climate Change Prevention Act
104
1
Global economy
104
2
Global Environmental Facility
106
1
Global warming
106
4
Globalization
110
1
Gore, Al
110
1
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
111
1
Grandfather clauses
112
1
Grazing fees
112
1
Great Lakes
113
1
Green parties
114
1
Greenhouse gases
115
1
Grizzly bear
116
1
Groundwater
117
2
Group of Ten
119
2
H
Habitat conservation plans
121
1
Habitat loss
121
1
Hazardous air pollutants
122
1
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
123
1
Hazardous waste
124
1
Haze
124
1
Headwaters Forest
125
1
High-level nuclear waste
126
1
House Commerce Committee
126
1
House Resources Committee
127
2
I
Incinerators
129
1
Indoor air pollution
130
1
Indoor Radon Abatement Act
131
1
Instream flows
131
1
Integrated pest management
131
1
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
132
1
International Monetary Fund
133
1
International Whaling Commission
133
1
Interstate shipments of waste
134
1
IUCN---The World Conservation Union
134
1
J
Jobs vs. the environment
135
2
K
Kyoto Protocol
137
2
L
Lacey Act
139
1
Land and Water Conservation Fund
139
1
Landfills
140
1
Lands Legacy Initiative
140
1
Law of the Sea
141
1
Lead
141
1
Love Canal
142
1
Low-flow toilets
143
1
Low-level radioactive waste
143
2
M
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act
145
1
Manure
146
1
Marine Mammal Protection Act
146
2
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act
148
1
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
148
1
Maximum contaminant levels
149
1
Mercury
149
1
Miller, George
150
1
Mining
150
2
Mobile sources
152
1
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
152
1
Mountaintop removal
153
1
MTBE
154
1
Multiple use
154
1
Municipal solid waste
155
1
Murkowski, Frank H.
156
1
N
National ambient air quality standards
157
1
National Association of Manufacturers
157
1
National Environmental Policy Act
158
1
National Forest Management Act
158
2
National forests
160
3
National Marine Fisheries Service
163
1
National marine sanctuaries
163
1
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
164
1
National parks
164
4
National priorities list
168
1
National trails system
168
1
National Water Quality Inventory
168
1
National wilderness preservation system
169
1
National wildlife refuge system
169
1
Natural Resources Conservation Service
170
1
Negligible risk
170
1
NIMBY
170
1
Nixon, Richard M.
171
2
No net loss
173
1
``No regrets''
173
1
No surprises
173
1
Noise pollution
174
1
Nonattainment areas
174
1
Nongovernmental organizations
175
1
Non-Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Act
175
1
Nonpoint source pollution
175
1
North American Free Trade Agreement
176
1
North American Precipitation Assessment Program
176
1
Northern spotted owl
177
1
Nuclear energy
178
1
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
179
1
Nuclear waste
179
4
Nutrients
183
2
O
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
185
1
Offshore drilling
185
1
Oil Pollution Act
186
1
Old-growth forests
187
1
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
188
1
Overfishing
189
2
Ozone depletion
191
2
P
Particulate matter
193
1
Passenger pigeon
193
1
PCBs
194
1
Persistent organic pollutants
194
1
Pesticides
195
4
Pfiesteria
199
1
Pittman-Robertson
199
1
Point sources
200
1
Polluter pays
200
1
Population growth
201
2
Port and Tanker Safety Act
203
1
Port and Waterways Safety Act
203
1
Precautionary principle
204
1
Predator and pest control
204
1
Prevention of significant deterioration
205
1
Private property rights
205
2
Public lands
207
3
Public notification
210
1
R
Radon
211
1
Rangelands
211
1
Reagan, Ronald
212
2
Reasonable certainty of no harm
214
1
Recycling
214
1
Reformulated gasoline
215
1
Regional fishery management councils
216
1
Regulatory impact analysis
216
1
Regulatory relief
216
3
Renewable energy
219
2
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
221
1
Retroactive liability
222
1
Risk assessment
223
1
Roadless areas
224
1
Roosevelt, Theodore
225
1
Ruckelshaus, William
225
2
S
Safe Drinking Water Act
227
2
Safe harbor
229
1
Salmon
230
1
Salvage logging
230
1
Secondary treatment
231
1
Section 404
231
1
Sediment pollution
232
1
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
232
1
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
233
1
Sierra Club
234
1
Sikes Act
234
1
Silent Spring
234
1
Sludge
235
1
Smith, Robert
235
1
Smog
235
1
Snail darter
236
1
Solid Waste Disposal Act
237
1
Sound science
237
1
Species recovery plans
237
1
Sport utility vehicles
238
1
State implementation plans
238
1
Stationary sources
239
1
Sugar price supports
239
1
Superfund
240
5
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
245
1
Sustainable Fisheries Act
246
1
Sustainable use
246
1
Swampbuster
246
1
T
Three-Mile Island
247
1
Tier 2 standards
248
1
Tongass National Forest
248
1
Total maximum daily loads
249
1
Toxic Substances Control Act
249
1
Toxics Release Inventory
250
1
Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Authorization Act
251
1
Transboundary pollution
252
1
Tropical rain forests
253
2
Turtle excluder devices
255
2
U
Underground injection wells
257
1
Underground storage tanks
257
1
U.N. Environment Programme
258
1
Unfunded mandates
258
1
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
258
1
Urban sprawl
259
1
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
260
1
U.S. Department of Agriculture
261
1
U.S. Department of Energy
262
1
U.S. Department of the Interior
262
2
U.S. Forest Service
264
3
W
Water pollution
267
3
Water scarcity
270
2
Watershed management
272
1
Watt, James G.
273
1
Wetlands
273
3
Wetlands Reserve Program
276
1
Whaling
276
2
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
278
1
Wilderness Act
278
2
Wildfires
280
1
Windblown pollution
280
1
Wolves
281
1
World Bank
281
1
World Heritage sites
282
1
World Trade Organization
282
1
Y
Yellowstone National Park
283
1
Young, Don
283
1
Yucca Mountain
284
3
Z
Zebra mussels
287
1
Zero risk
287
21
Reference Material
Environmental Organizations
290
3
Congressional Committees Responsible for Environmental Policy
293
4
Bibliography
297
3
Summaries of Major Environmental Laws
300
8
Clean Air Act
300
2
Clean Water Act
302
3
Endangered Species Act
305
1
Superfund Hazardous Waste Law
306
2
Index
308