Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund 1 --
Air quality control regions 8 --
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 9 --
Alliance of Small Island States 11 --
Alternative Motor Fuels Act 11 --
American Farm Bureau Federation 12 --
American Heritage Rivers Initiative 13 --
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 15 --
Below-cost timber sales 19 --
Best available control technology 20 --
Bliley, Thomas J., Jr. 21 --
Carbon sequestration 28 --
Coastal Barrier Resources Act 46 --
Coastal Zone Management Act 46 --
Command and control 47 --
Conservation Reserve Program 48 --
Convention on Biological Diversity 49 --
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 49 --
Conventional pollutants 51 --
Corporate Average Fuel Economy 52 --
Cost-benefit analysis 52 --
Council on Environmental Quality 53 --
Criteria air pollutants 53 --
Debt for nature swaps 59 --
Dombeck, Michael P. 65 --
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 68 --
Endangered Species Act 70 --
Endangered Species Committee 75 --
Endocrine disruptors 76 --
Environmental impact statements 79 --
Environmental justice 80 --
Environmental movement 81 --
Environmental Protection Agency 85 --
Environmental Quality Incentives Program 86 --
Environmental riders 86 --
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 93 --
Federal Land Policy and Management Act 93 --
Federal Water Pollution Control Act 94 --
Finding of no significant impact 94 --
Fish and Wildlife Foundation 94 --
Food Quality Protection Act 97 --
General Mining Law 102 --
Genetically modified organisms 102 --
Global Climate Change Prevention Act 104 --
Global Environment Facility 106 --
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 111 --
Grandfather clauses 112 --
Habitat conservation plans 121 --
Hazardous air pollutants 122 --
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act 123 --
High-level nuclear waste 126 --
House Commerce Committee 126 --
House Resources Committee 127 --
Indoor air pollution 130 --
Indoor Radon Abatement Act 131 --
Integrated pest management 131 --
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 132 --
International Monetary Fund 133 --
International Whaling Commission 133 --
Interstate shipments of waste 134 --
The World Conservation Union
Jobs vs. the environment 135 --
Land and Water Conservation Fund 139 --
Lands Legacy Initiative 140 --
Low-level radioactive waste 143 --
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 145 --
Marine Mammal Protection Act 146 --
Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act 148 --
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act 148 --
Maximum contaminant levels 149 --
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer 152 --
Mountaintop removal 153 --
Municipal solid waste 155 --
Murkowski, Frank H. 156 --
National ambient air quality standards 157 --
National Association of Manufacturers 157 --
National Environmental Policy Act 158 --
National Forest Management Act 158 --
National Marine Fisheries Service 163 --
National marine sanctuaries 163 --
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 164 --
National priorities list 168 --
National trails system 168 --
National Water Quality Inventory 168 --
National wilderness preservation system 169 --
National wildlife refuge system 169 --
Natural Resources Conservation Service 170 --
Nonattainment areas 174 --
Nongovernmental organizations 175 --
Non-Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Act 175 --
Nonpoint source pollution 175 --
North American Free Trade Agreement 176 --
North American Precipitation Assessment Program 176 --
Northern spotted owl 177 --
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 179 --
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 185 --
Old-growth forests 187 --
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 188 --
Particulate matter 193 --
Persistent organic pollutants 194 --
Port and Tanker Safety Act 203 --
Port and Waterways Safety Act 203 --
Precautionary principle 204 --
Predator and pest control 204 --
Prevention of significant deterioration 205 --
Private property rights 205 --
Public notification 210 --
Reasonable certainty of no harm 214 --
Reformulated gasoline 215 --
Regional fishery management councils 216 --
Regulatory impact analysis 216 --
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 221 --
Retroactive liability 222 --
Roosevelt, Theodore 225 --
Ruckelshaus, William 225 --
Safe Drinking Water Act 227 --
Secondary treatment 231 --
Sediment pollution 232 --
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 232 --
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee 233 --
Solid Waste Disposal Act 237 --
Species recovery plans 237 --
Sport utility vehicles 238 --
State implementation plans 238 --
Stationary sources 239 --
Sugar price supports 239 --
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 245 --
Sustainable Fisheries Act 246 --
Tongass National Forest 248 --
Total maximum daily loads 249 --
Toxic Substances Control Act 249 --
Toxics Release Inventory 250 --
Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Authorization Act 251 --
Transboundary pollution 252 --
Tropical rain forests 253 --
Turtle excluder devices 255 --
Underground injection wells 257 --
Underground storage tanks 257 --
U.N. Environment Programme 258 --
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act 258 --
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 260 --
U.S. Department of Agriculture 261 --
U.S. Department of Energy 262 --
U.S. Department of the Interior 262 --
U.S. Forest Service 264 --
Watershed management 272 --
Wetlands Reserve Program 276 --
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 278 --
Windblown pollution 280 --
World Heritage sites 282 --
World Trade Organization 282 --
Yellowstone National Park 283 --
Environmental Organizations 290 --
Congressional Committees Responsible for Environmental Policy 293 --
Summaries of Major Environmental Laws 300.