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| New York State Tenement House Law |
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| Legislative Basis for the revision of city codes that outlawed tenements. Lawrence Veiller leading reformer |
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| Created fund from sale of public land in the arid states to supply water there through the construction of water storage and irrigation works |
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| 1st Comprehensive zoning resolution adopted by NYC Board of Estimates under the leadership of Edward Bassett "Father of Zoning" |
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| Standard City Planning Enabling Act |
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1928
U.S. Dept of Commerce Under Hoover |
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| 1st law to institute federal protection for preserving achaeologica sites. Provided for designation as a National Monuments areas already in the public domain that contained historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures and objects of historic or scientific interest. |
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| Created to provide for unified and multipurpose rehabilitation and redevelopment of the TN Valley, America's most famous experiment in river-basin planning. David Lilienthal implementer. |
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U.S. Housing Act
1937
Wagner-Steagall |
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| Appropriated $500 million in loans for low-cost housnig. Tied slum clearance to public housing. |
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Housing Act
1949
Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill |
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| 1st comprehensive housing legislation Aimed to construct 800,000 units. Inaugurated urban redevelopment program. |
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| Stressed slum prevention and urban renewal rather than slum clearance and urban redevelopment as in the 1949 Act. Stimulated planning for cities under 20,000 |
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| Multi-billion dollar act to create interstate highway system linking all state capitals and most cities of 50,000 population or more. |
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| Outlaws discrimination based on race, creed and national origin ni places of public accommodation. |
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National Histroic Preservation Act
1966 |
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| Establishes the National Register and provides through its Section 106, for the protection of preservation worthy sites and properties threatened by federal activities. This act also creates the national Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and directs that each state appoint a State Historic Preservation Officer. |
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| Provides protection to parkland, wildlife refuges, and other preservaion worthy resouces in building national roads. Unlike parklan and wildlife refuges, however, privately owned historic sites as well as those in public ownership are protected by secion 4F |
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National Environmental Policy Act
1969 |
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| NEPA requires an environmental impact statement for every federal or federally aided state or local major action that might significantly harm the environment. |
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| EPA established to administer main provisions. Requires EPA to establish air quality control regions across US and set ambient standards for each region. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Contained non-attainment and maintenace air quality control regions. |
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Endangered Species Act
1973 |
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| Authorized federal assistance to state and local jurisdictions to establish conservation programs for endangered plant and animal species. |
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Housing and Community Development Act
1974 |
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| Replaces the categorical grant with the block grant as the principal form of federal aid for local community development. CDBG |
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Comprehensive Response, Compensation and Liability Act
CRCLA
1980 |
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| Superfund Bill. Creates liability for persons discharging hazardous waste into the environement. Taxes polluting industries to establish a trust fund for the cleanup of polluted sites in cases where individual responsibility is no ascertainable. |
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Intermodal Surface Transporation Effeciency Act
ISTEA
1991 |
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| Includes provisions for a National Scenic byways program and for transporation enhancements, each of which inlcudes historic preservation component. Required MPO's and DOT's create an ongoing 3year transporation improvement program ad a 20 year long range plan. |
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Telecommunications Act
1996
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| Realigns the telecommunications industry by allowing competition. It also impacts local land use by requiring telecommunication towers be permitted where a gap in coverage is found, and prohibits the consideration of health effects in permitting decisions. |
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| In 1972 established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Requires all point source discharges to acquire and maintain permit. Protects wetlands with the authority of the USACOE. |
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National Coastal Zone Management Act
1972 |
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| Established voluntary program for states. In order to be eligible for financial assistance, each state had to develop a coastal zone plan based on an inventory of coastal areas that required special protection. Then the state had to implement this plan by adopting relevant land use controls. |
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Transportiaon Equity Act fot the 21st Century
TEA-21 |
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| Continuation of ISTEA. TIP's to regional based no current demographics coordintated with local and regional planning for growth, environmentally sensitive and based on public involvement. Continued CMAQ program. |
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Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Programs
CMAQ |
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| HOV Lanes, ridesharing, transit improvements |
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Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transporation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
SAFETEA-LU
2005 |
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| Largest surface transportation allocation in US history. Create Highway Safety Improvement Progarm designed to keep up with repair and contruction of aging infrastructure. Balanced the federal allocation of transportation improvements monies across the states. |
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