The federal act that grants authority to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which controls the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and ultimately called for the phaseout of land disposal of hazardous waste under a later amendment was the:
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
- Pollution Prevention Act (PPA).
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Explanation:

world war i had a devastating effect on german-americans and their cultural heritage. up until that point   german-americans, as a group, had been spared much of the discrimination, abuse, rejection, collective mistrust experienced by so many different racial and ethnic groups in the history of the united states. indeed, over the years, they had been viewed as a well integrated and esteemed part of american society. all of this change with the outbreak of war.