Exam 50: Environmental Law and Land Use Controls

The federal government is not subject to any type of environmental quality regulation

__________ of the federal environmental laws carry criminal penalties for violations.

Funds from the Superfund are used to pay the cost of eliminating or containing condemned waste sites.

Both companies and their employees are subject to criminal penalties for violations of federal environmental laws.

The Jarvis family owned its land for more than 150 years.The Jarvis family traditionally farmed the land and for that purpose maintained farm animals.As years passed,most of the surrounding farms were sold by the owners and the area turned out to be a close-in suburb of a major city.A zoning ordinance was passed that prohibited maintaining a barn or farmyard animals on the land.The Jarvis family was advised that they were unaffected by this ordinance because theirs would be considered a nonconforming use.The members of the Jarvis family lost interest in farming and sold off all their animals.Seven (7)years later,a family member desired to raise a few pigs on the property.Angry neighbors asserted that the family has lost the right to do so.What is your opinion?

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

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

Which of the following statements is correct concerning restrictive covenants?

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

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

Megan owns a manufacturing business in a nonattainment area under federal air pollution law.She wishes to triple the size of the manufacturing operation using land she just purchased next to her current location.What must Megan demonstrate in order to secure a permit to operate in the nonattainment area?

If any uncertainty exists in the interpretation of a restrictive covenant,the covenant will be construed strictly in favor of the free use of the land.

Solid waste disposal regulations today deal almost entirely with recycling.