Exam 15: Environmental Law and Sustainability.

Company X was responsible for 40% of the environmental pollutants on a hazardous waste site whereas Company Z was responsible for the remaining 60%.Under CERCLA which of the following is true regarding the imposition of liability on the parties?

Environmental __________ is a systematic and ongoing process for determining whether property contains or emits hazardous substances and whether a company is in compliance with environmental laws

The principal goal of the Clean Water act is to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the non-navigable waters of the United States.

Explain in detail EPA practice in regard to approving a state program in lieu of the EPA's federal program.

The Toxic Substances and Control Act applies only to chemical substances manufactured in the U.S.,not to imported chemicals.

Environmental laws establish minimum standards to which companies must adhere.

Kentucky unveiled the first statewide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases in the U.S.

The need to file a lawsuit in each case and the complexity of the common law made nuisance a cumbersome way to control environmental pollution in an industrialized society.

__________ liability is the responsibility of an acquirer of corporate assets for the liabilities of the seller.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act bans the disposal of hazardous wastes onto land without treatment to render them less hazardous.

Define the term "navigable waters" as used in the Clean Water Act and set forth what the U.S.Supreme Court has said that the term includes and excludes.Why was the U.S.Supreme Court concerned with limiting the scope of the term "navigable waters"?

Environmental law does not cover land-use regulation.

State environmental laws may not be more stringent than federal laws.

The Clean Air Act does not require which of the following?

Contractual arrangements to shift environmental liability between companies are binding on federal and state governments.

Set forth the Clean Air Act's four types of air quality goals.

Under the Clean Air Act,if a nonattainment area fails to develop an adequate plan to attain the national standard,which of the following penalties may be imposed?

The EPA is a cabinet-level department.

The __________ occurs when individuals exploit a limited shared resource and contribute to its depletion knowing that there will be a detrimental impact in the long term.

Which of the following authorizes the federal government to take remedial action in response to a release of hazardous substances into the environment?