Exam 21: Environmental Law

Non-point source pollution includes:

Under the emissions offset policy, a new plant may be built in a nonattainment area only if:

A(n) ____ is a RCRA required form that states the nature of a hazardous waste and identifies its origin, shipping route, and final destination.

Suits may be brought by citizens to enforce environmental statutes if government agencies do not act to enforce them.

Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and other similar areas.

The 191 hazardous air pollutants listed by the Clean Air Act are limited by the ____ set by the EPA.

California's automobile emissions standards require:

Pollution controls cost ____ every year in the United States.

The ability of the EPA to enforce pollution regulations is hampered by its small size, compared to most other federal regulatory agencies.

New plants may be built in Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) areas if the:

Which of the following is a characteristic of hazardous waste:

The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines allow punishment for environmental crimes to be lessened if a company has a record of doing which of the following:

Toxic, or unconventional water pollutants, are subject to an emission standard known as:

The most important law that addresses protection for all wildlife and plants is:

Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) sued Shenango for not following state standards for emissions. The county where Shenango operated had sued the company and entered into a consent decree for not following standards, but GASP claimed the enforcement was not sufficient. The appeals court held that GASP:

Which of the following pollutants have decreased dramatically since the Clean Air Act was passed:

In Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Company, the Supreme Court decided that a polluting copper smelting operation could:

Which of the following is a global environmental issue?

The fact that many old industrial areas have become abandoned and firms do not wish to buy the land for future use because of potential Superfund liability is called the problem of:

In pollution cases involving strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities, courts have found which of the following activities to be abnormally dangerous: