Table 1.

U.S. statutes and regulations which consider ecotoxicology test data and applicable agencies

U.S. statute/regulationa	Abbreviation	Applicable Agency
Animal Damage Control Actb	ADC	DOI, USDA
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act	BGEPA	DOI, USDA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act	CERCLA	DOD, DOI, EPA
Clean Water Act	CWA	DOD, DOI, EPA
Endangered Species Act	ESA	DOI, EPA, USDA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	FIFRA	DOI, EPA, USDA
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976	FLPMA	DOI
Food Quality Protection Act	FQPA	EPA
General Mining Act of 1872	GMA	DOI
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act	MPRSA	DOD
Migratory Bird Treaty Act	MBTA	DOI
National Environmental Policy Act	NEPA	DOI, FDA, USDA
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act	NWRSAA	DOI
Oil Pollution Act of 1990	OPA	DOD, DOI, EPA
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act	OCLSA	DOI
The Organic Act Establishing the U.S. Geological Survey as a Research Entity	None	DOI
Toxic Substances Control Act	TSCA	EPA, USDA

^aCopies of the laws cited in this table can be obtained from web locations available in Table S1

^bOn August 1, 1997, the Animal Damage Control program was officially renamed to Wildlife Services (Hawthorne, 2004).