Summary of Criminal Prosecutions - Abbreviations
This document provides a brief list of Environmental statutes and terms and their corresponding abbreviation as used in the Summary of Criminal Prosecutions.
| The Environmental Protection Agency was created by combining Federal programs from various agencies through Reorganization Plan Number 3 of 1970. | EPA |
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Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
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CAA
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Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.
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CWA
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Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f, et seq.
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SDWA
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Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. 1401, et seq. |
Ocean Dumping |
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136, et seq. |
FIFRA |
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.
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RCRA
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Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.
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TSCA
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act "Superfund" of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.
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CERCLA
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| Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. | EPCRA |