1916 – National Park Service Organic Act created the National Park Service. 1947 – Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US. 1948 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act 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 – National Emissions Standards Act 1965 – Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act 1965 – Solid Waste Disposal Act (amended by RCRA in 1976) 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 1969 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1970 – Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (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 1970 – Environmental Quality Improvement Act 1972 – Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500). Major rewrite. 1972 – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (amended by Food Quality Protection Act of 1996) 1972 – Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 1973 – Endangered Species Act (amended 1978, 1982) 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act (amended 1986, 1996) 1975 – Hazardous Materials Transportation Act 1976 – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (amended 1984, 1996) 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (amended 2016) 1977 – Clean Water Act (amended FWPCA of 1972) 1977 – Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 1978 – National Energy Conservation Policy Act 1978 – Endangered Species Act Amendments 1980 – Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Created the Superfund program. 1980 – Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 1980 – Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act 1982 – Nuclear Waste Policy Act 1982 – Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1982 1984 – Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 1986 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 1986 – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRKA) 1986 – Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)