Exam 45: Environmental Protection and Global Warming

The National Forest Service has proposed granting permission to a ski area to expand and cut ski trails and construct lifts on some national forest service land.Which of the following items is not required to be included in the related environmental impact statement?

Under the Clean Air Act,areas that are classified as nonattainment areas are further classified based on the degree to which they exceed the ozone standard.

The Environmental Quality Assessment Report is the document required under the National Environmental Policy Act to assess environmental impacts of government actions.

New point sources of water pollution must use best practical control technology.

The Environmental Protection Agency has no control over the registrations of pesticides,as Congress dictates which ones will be suspended and which ones will be sold.

New chemicals must be tested by the manufacturers before marketing,and the manufacturers must keep records of the test results,but they need to report results to the EPA only for chemicals found to pose an environmental or health risk.

Millie has great plans to become rich and retire young.She has purchased some land near Glacier National Park in Montana.She originally planned to operate her business on this land.Her business is a new advanced high-tech go-kart track.One feature of this track is to have the turns banked at a higher angle,allowing higher speeds.Another feature is smaller go-karts that younger children can drive.Millie remembers her childhood; being dragged on family vacations and being told to look at boring scenery when all she wanted was some fun and action.She will even offer baby-sitting services so that parents can drop the kids off and enjoy the park while the kids are getting worn out.Millie has just learned about the possibility of leasing some National Forest Service land at a better location closer to the park entrance.She would need to get a permit.She is afraid that the permit might be turned down because of the traffic and noise that her business would create.Discuss how the National Environmental Policy Act could affect Millie's plans.

Great Plains Electric Company has several electric power plants that emit sulfur dioxide.Under EPA regulations,each of these plants can emit a certain amount of sulfur dioxide in a year.The limits on these plants will all be reduced by about 10 percent in a couple of years from the present.What options should Great Plains consider when deciding how to meet the new standards?

Which of the following is true?

The Secretary of the Interior has the authority to declare a form of wildlife as being either endangered or threatened.

Which of the following statements is false?

The Clean Water Act regulates the temperature of water discharged into public waterways.

Under the Endangered Species Act:

A permit is required to dump wastes into the ocean.

Do the wealthier nations of the world have an obligation to assist the less wealthy nations in the development and implementation of programs and technology to reduce pollution?

Most states are lax about requiring that private industry prepare an environmental impact statement for proposed developments.

Automobile emissions are one of the major sources of air pollution.

Wetlands require a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers in order to be filled or dredged.

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 is administered by the U.S.Coast Guard.

Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,hazardous wastes are tracked from the time that they are generated until their ultimate disposal.