EES 324 Study Guide - Final Guide: Endangered Species Act Of 1973, Endangerment, Rodenticide

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Ecology and Environmental Sciences
• Course: EES 324
• Professor: Sharon Tisher

Document Summary

Other requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. The range of actions covered by nepa is broad and includes: making decisions on permit applications, adopting federal land management actions, and constructing highways and other publicly- owned facilities. Using the nepa process, agencies evaluate the environmental and related social and economic effects of their proposed actions. Agencies also provide opportunities for public review and comment on those evaluations. provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. The lead federal agencies for implementing esa are the u. s. The fws maintains a worldwide list of endangered species. Toxics in commerce, products to others, paints, solvents, etc. provides epa with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures. Certain substances are generally excluded from tsca, including, among others, food, drugs, cosmetics and pesticides.