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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

Comprehensive Emergency Response and Cleanup Act (CERCLA ). Provides for cleanup of hazardous waste sites. As the largest conservation measures in the nation’s history, ANILCA reserves roughly 65 million acres of land in Alaska from development in national parks, wilderness areas, and other conservation areas.

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Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting

The Energy Law

The Decision EPA’s final rule implemented an amendment to the Clean Water Act’s definition of "oil and gas exploration and production" that was contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

PA Environment Daily

However, in some programs like air quality, hazardous waste, safe drinking water, radiation protection, storage tanks and others, Pennsylvania chose to adopt many federal regulations by reference. [So Federal Energy Regulatory Commission- Federal Power Act of 1935; Natural Gas Act of 1938; and Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978.