ENVR 2900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Environmental Law, Smog
18 Oct 2017
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Class #3 tool #1: environmental protection via regulations and agreements . Protecting the environment via allowing/ managing some level of impact. Case example - analytic converter in automobiles; phasing out old power plants unde the clean air act. Command and control (gives a restriction up to a certain threshold) Fda - regulates food (e. g. effects of insects in food: they allow 3% insect damage in peaches) Ecosystems and even entire web starts breaking down. E. g. lobster fishing was restricted because of dangerously low lobster populations (done in ma) [command and control] Was done because the fishermen were losing their livelihoods (not environmental reasons) Epa - tmdl list (list of water bodies requiring a total maximum daily load - ents nts under. Epa - tmdl list (list of water bodies requiring a total maximum daily load - how much can be put in the envt/system before it gets impaired) Epa set a standard for fishable, swimmable water.
