Exam 21: Environmental Law

The State Implementation Plans required by the Clean Air Act:

One of the major challenges to dealing with nonpoint source water pollution is:

Air pollution permits are not required for agricultural operations.

Point source pollution is:

RCRA regulates the operation of active hazardous waste dumps sites; Superfund is responsible for inactive hazardous waste sites.

Which of the following statutes concern the consequences of groundwater pollution from agricultural fertilizers and sprays:

In an action alleging environmental damage, by use of the common law of trespass, the plaintiff must show that the:

Under TSCA, the EPA is responsible for:

In Whalen v. Union Bag & Paper Co., the New York Court of Appeals held that a pulp mill could be forced to cease operations if it polluted a creek, even if it was not negligent.

The ____ was first passed in 1947 to regulate pesticides.

Which of the following is NOT a nonpoint source of water pollution:

Prior to passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other regulatory statutes in the 1970s, the common law:

Private nuisance actions are commonly brought by government attorneys to attack destructive environmental practices.

Mobile sources of air pollution are a major concern of the Clean Air Act.

Permits to dredge wetlands often include:

An area that has what the EPA classifies as "dirty air" that does not satisfy the air quality standards is known as a:

In practice, the focus of the Endangered Species Act is on:

State Implementation Plans must provide funding for industry to meet compliance requirements.

In an effort to control the depletion of the ozone layer, which of the following treaties was signed in 1987?

Under ____ people who live along rivers and other bodies of water have the right to use the water in reasonable amounts but must allow the water to flow downstream in usable form.