Question 1

"Community right to know" legislation:

Accepted Answer

A)  requires an industry to disclose to the community the presence of certain listed chemicals. 
B)  is the law that regulates dumping of all types of material into ocean waters. 
C)  is the legislation that protects quality of ambient air through national ambient air quality standards. 
D)  establishes a cradle-to-the-grave regulatory system.

Question 2

Ayush owned property which he discovered was contaminated with hazardous waste. He learned that Bayle Inc. had owned the property thirty years earlier, and had used it as a disposal site for manufacturing chemicals. Ayush also learned that Solly Trucking Inc. had hauled the chemicals to the site under contract with Bayle. Under these circumstances, which of the parties can be liable for the costs of cleaning up the site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only Bayle is potentially liable under the CERCLA. 
B)  Only Ayush is potentially liable under the CERCLA. 
C)  Only Bayle and Solly are potentially liable under the CERCLA. 
D)  Ayush, Bayle, and Solly are all potentially liable under the CERCLA.

Question 3

Which of the following is true for air pollution controls on transportation provided by the Clean Air Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  Under the Clean Air Act, no manufacturer may sell vehicles subject to emission standards without prior certification from the EPA that the vehicles meet the required standards. 
B)  The 1970 Clean Air Act required a reduction by 1976 of 60 percent in the amount of the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons emitted by automobiles. 
C)  To satisfy the requirements of the 1970 Clean Air Act, manufacturers could rely on already existing technology to meet the pollution control standards. 
D)  The 1970 Clean Air Act does not provide for the regulation and registration of fuel additives such as lead.

Question 4

The wetland permit program:

Accepted Answer

A)  is administered by the Kyoto Protocol with the Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A)  involvement. 
B)  can limit a landowner's use of property when that use is viewed as injurious to the values protected by the Clean Water Act. 
C)  specified a list of 189 chemicals for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A)  is required to issue regulations requiring the installation of the maximum available control technology. 
D)  established a program governing the injection of wastes into wells.

Question 5

What are the major requirements a person who generates, treats, stores, or transports significant quantities of hazardous waste must meet?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Which of the following is true of the Safe Drinking Water Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  A public water system is defined to include any supplier of water to the public that has 30 or more service connections or serves 250 people or more at least 180 days a year. 
B)  The standards must be met by "public water systems" and apply at the point the drinking water enters the water distribution system. 
C)  The standards are not applicable to private water suppliers that provide water to their citizens. 
D)  While states are required to enforce the drinking water standards, the federal government does not have the right to enforce them.

Question 7

Describe Superfund's "community right to know" requirement.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Anyone who discharges industrial wastewater from a point source into a river must:

Accepted Answer

A)  do so in compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 
B)  obtain a permit from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). 
C)  obtain a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. 
D)  follow standards prescribed by the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.

Question 9

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet set ambient air quality standards for nitrogen oxide or sulfur oxide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The _____ of 1886 provided that in order to deposit or discharge "refuse" into a navigable waterway, a discharge permit had to be obtained from the Army Corps of Engineers.

Accepted Answer

A)  River and Harbor Act 
B)  Clean Water Act 
C)  Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
D)  National Pollution Discharge Elimination Act

Question 11

Industrial discharge permits impose limitations known as pretreatment standards because they normally require the discharger to provide some on-site treatment of the wastewater before it enters the sewer system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA):

Accepted Answer

A)  does not provide citizens the authority to go to court to force compliance with NEPA. 
B)  commissions a federal agency to assess the environmental impact of a project only after the project is undertaken. 
C)  does not spend time discussing impacts that cannot be avoided. 
D)  requires an environmental impact statement for every major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the environment.

Question 13

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) empowers the federal government, not the states, with the authority to regulate facilities that generate, treat, store, and dispose of hazardous waste.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of an environmental impact statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  It does not discuss the alternatives to a proposed action. 
B)  It describes the environmental impact of a proposed action. 
C)  It does not spend time discussing impacts that cannot be avoided. 
D)  It eliminates the differences between short- and long-term impacts.

Question 15

ISO 14001 concerns _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  guidelines for environmental auditing-audit procedures 
B)  life cycle assessment-principles and guidelines 
C)  guidelines for environmental auditing-general principles 
D)  environmental management systems-specification with guidance for use

Question 16

According to the Clean Water Act, anyone who discharges wastewater other than just domestic sewage to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) must obtain an industrial discharge permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Discuss the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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Question 18

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits establish limits on the concentration and amount of various pollutants that can be discharged and require the discharger to keep records, to install equipment to monitor the discharges, and report the monitoring results to the state environmental agency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires persons who generate, treat, store, or transport specified quantities of hazardous waste to notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of that fact and to:

Accepted Answer

A)  obtain an ID number that must be placed on a manifest that accompanies all shipments. 
B)  refrain from following any procedures in the handling of the wastes. 
C)  eradicate the process of handling hazardous wastes. 
D)  dispose of hazardous wastes without waiting for permits.

Question 20

Primary ambient air quality standards are designed to protect vegetation, materials, climate, visibility, and economic values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 47: Environmental Regulation

"Community right to know" legislation:

Which of the following is true for air pollution controls on transportation provided by the Clean Air Act?

The wetland permit program:

What are the major requirements a person who generates, treats, stores, or transports significant quantities of hazardous waste must meet?

Which of the following is true of the Safe Drinking Water Act?

Describe Superfund's "community right to know" requirement.

Anyone who discharges industrial wastewater from a point source into a river must:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet set ambient air quality standards for nitrogen oxide or sulfur oxide.

The _____ of 1886 provided that in order to deposit or discharge "refuse" into a navigable waterway, a discharge permit had to be obtained from the Army Corps of Engineers.

Industrial discharge permits impose limitations known as pretreatment standards because they normally require the discharger to provide some on-site treatment of the wastewater before it enters the sewer system.

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) :

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) empowers the federal government, not the states, with the authority to regulate facilities that generate, treat, store, and dispose of hazardous waste.

Which of the following statements is true of an environmental impact statement?

ISO 14001 concerns _____.

According to the Clean Water Act, anyone who discharges wastewater other than just domestic sewage to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) must obtain an industrial discharge permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Discuss the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires persons who generate, treat, store, or transport specified quantities of hazardous waste to notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of that fact and to:

Primary ambient air quality standards are designed to protect vegetation, materials, climate, visibility, and economic values.