Exam 49: Environmental Law and Land Use Controls

The EPA has promulgated the _______ which has a 'good neighbor' provision requiring upwind states to reduce emissions that result in air pollution problems in states downwind.

The primary method the EPA uses for determining whether a factory can be built in a dirty area is the emissions offset policy.

In the Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the EPA could step up its permitted requirements from ______ to _______ - a standard that is not controlled by cost alone.

The __________ increased the role of the _______ to allow businesses to transfer their emissions permits to someone else who can then use them without affecting total emissions in the designated area.

What federal act regulates the federal government in terms of its operations and impact on the environment?

Public zoning and restrictive covenants in deeds have a similar purpose, but each has a different source of authority.

An example of a nuisance could be smoke from a chemical plant that damages the paint on neighboring houses.

The primary federal agency responsible for federal environmental laws is the EPA.

A nuisance: ________.

Nuisances may be classified as either private nuisances or public nuisances.

Due diligence is the process by which the buyer of property conducts a thorough investigation of the property and its uses to determine whether environmental or nuisance problems exist.

The object of zoning is to ensure an orderly physical development of the geographic area that is regulated.

If a restrictive covenant is valid, it binds only the original grantee in the deed that created the covenant.