Environmental Legislation Project
Due Date: May 5, 2009
In an effort to make sense of the many laws and treaties that are associated with environmental issues, you will be researching and reporting on important legislation. You will be responsible for researching an assigned regulation or act and discover the answers to the following questions. This is not designed to be a major research project, as most of the information can be found in our text or on the Internet (use as a starting point).
Questions to be answered:
- In what year was this law enacted
- What events or situations led to the enactment of this law?
- What controversy, if any, is or was connected to this law?
- What does the law do?
- What impacts has this law had? In addition to discussion this from a broad sense, include at least one specific example.
Prepare the following:
- Wiki Page that contains all of the basic information about your piece of legislation. There will be one single page for legislative projects under class projects on the wiki. 25 points
- Poster or PowerPoint presentation:
Present the above information, as well as several pictures that provide a visual representation of some aspect of the law. These may be downloaded from the Internet, photocopied form an original source, or cut from a magazine (with permission). You must include a bibliography on the front of the poster or at the end of the PowerPoint presentation. Your poster/presentation will be graded with respect to accuracy, completeness, clarity, analysis, organization, creativity, and readability. 50 points.
- Handout:
Prepare a handout that provides the information above on one side of standard sheet of paper. You may use single spacing but you must use a 10-12 point font. I will photocopy it and give each person a copy for a study reference. Your handout will be graded with respect to accuracy, completeness, clarity, analysis, and organization. 25 points
Your assigned Environmental Law is: ______
Scoring Rubric: Environmental Legislation
Poster or PowerPoint Presentation
1: Year of enactment5 points______
2: Events leading to enactment10 points______
3: Controversy10 points______
4: Scope of Law10 points______
5: Impact and examples10 points______
6: Creativity5 points______
Wiki Page and Handout:
Wiki PageHandout
1: Year of enactment5 points______
2: Events leading to enactment5 points______
3: Controversy5 points______
4: Scope of Law5 points______
5: Impact and examples5 points______
Environmental Laws and Treaties
- Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Clean Water Act 1972
- National Environmental Policy Act
- Clear Air Act 1990
- Kyoto Protocol
- Montreal Protocol
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Endangered Species Act
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Oil Pollution Act
- Ocean Dumping Ban Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Food Quality Protection Act
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
- Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
- Wilderness Act of 1964
- Lacey Act
- Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
- Occupational Safety and Health Act
- Low Level Radioactive Policy Act
- Nuclear Waste Policy Act
- Electronic Waste Recycling Act 2003
- Energy Independence and Security Act – 2007
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1938, 1954, 1958 (FFDCA)
- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) – Council on Environmental Quality
- Declaration of the Conference on the Human Environment of 1972 (Stockholm Declaration)
- Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 (or Law of the Sea Convention, LOSC)
- National Park Service Act
- Soil Conservation Act
- Price Anderson Nuclear Indemnity Act
- National Invasive Species Act
- Federal Noxious Weed Act
- Alaska National Interests Lands Act
- Coastal Barriers Resources Act