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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.
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 1980 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) created the Superfund program
- 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 - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA)
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