Table 2.

U.S. EPA acts to address population at the level of the population.

United States environmental protection agency acts to address pollution at the level of the population
Act	Function
Clean Air Act	Regulates air pollution by requiring federal and state regulations for air emissions from stationary and mobile sources
Clean Water Act	Regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters and establishes quality regulation standards for surface water
Toxic Substances Control Act	Allows the EPA to impose reporting, record-keeping, testing requirements, and restrictions on chemical substances and mixtures
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	Provides a framework for managing hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act	Responds to abandoned, uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and provides a fund (i.e., superfund) to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites

Adapted from United States Environmental Protection Agency. Laws & Regulations. EPA. Available at: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations[63].