Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation

Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation

* 1947 - Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US.

* 1948 - Federal Water Pollution Control Act

* 1955 - National Air Pollution Control Act

* 1959 - California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board created to test automobile emissions and set standards.

* 1963 - Clean Air Act (amended in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1990)

* 1964 - Wilderness Act

* 1965 - National Emissions Standards Act

* 1965 - Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act

* 1965 - Solid Waste Disposal Act

* 1967 - California Air Resources Board established; set emissions standards predating EPA.

* 1967 - Air Quality Act (amendment to CAA)

* 1969 - Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act

* 1970 - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

* 1970 - Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the EPA by Presidential Executive Order

* 1970 - 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 - Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act created OSHA and NIOSH

* 1970 - Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act

* 1970 - Environmental Quality Improvement Act

* 1972 - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (amended by Food Quality Protection Act of 1996)

* 1973 - Endangered Species Act

* 1974 - Safe Drinking Water Act

* 1975 - Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

* 1976 - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

* 1976 - Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

* 1977 - Clean Water Act

* 1977 - Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

* 1978 - National Energy Conservation Policy Act

* 1980 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) created the Superfund program

* 1980 - Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

* 1980 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act

* 1982 - Nuclear Waste Policy Act

* 1986 - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRKA)

* 1986 - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)

* 1990 - 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.

* 1989 - Basel Convention

* 1989 - Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting chemicals enters into force.

* 1991 - Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)

* 1992 - Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act

* 1993 - North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

* 1994 - Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice

* 1996 - Food Quality Protection Act (amended FIFRA)

* 1996 - Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (PL 104-19)

* 1998 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)

* 2002 - California AB 1493 sets standards for emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases from automobiles and light duty trucks.

* 2002 - Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (amended CERCLA)

* 2003 - Clear Skies Act (proposed)

* 2005 - (SAFETEA)

ee also

* EPA
* OSHA
* Timeline of environmental events

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