Question 1

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was one of the first major environmental laws enacted by the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Troy Chemical Company is about to introduce a new chemical into the market. What regulation applies to Troy Chemical's new product?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Toxic Substances Control Act
B)   The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
C)   The Hazardous Chemical Act
D)   The Illegal Toxic Substances Act
E)   The Health and Environment Control ActF) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 3

Underground storage tanks are not regulated in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

[Not So Sly Trucker] Sly had a trucking business and advertised that he would transport "anything." One day Shady Corporation asked him to transport some hazardous waste and dump it on a farm telling him that he should be careful about touching any of the waste. A friend of Sly's asked him if he should check to see if Shady Corporation had the proper permits. Sly replied that he was unconcerned about permits for dumping because he was a mere transporter. A few years later, federal investigators operating on a tip from someone Sly had cheated in a poker game, discovered the farm. The material at issue consisted of a pile of hazardous waste dumped by Sly. The waste was removed; soil was cleaned; and the action, resulting in a permanent solution, was complete within 6 months. The government requested that Sly cover the clean-up costs. He refused on the basis that he was simply a trucker and did not make the waste.
-Cleaning up hazardous sites, such as the farm on which Sly dumped the hazardous waste, is one of the purposes of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   The Hazardous Waste Act
B)   The Comprehensive Waste Clean-Up Act
C)   The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
D)   The Hazardous Discovery, Remediation and Clean-Up Act
E)   The Remedial Hazardous Material ActF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

When a nuisance occurs, a party can seek ________ which prohibits the continuation of the nuisance.

Accepted Answer

A)   an injunction
B)   a cease and desist order
C)   a redistricting
D)   a rezoning
E)   a new state law to abate the nuisanceF) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is required of industries emitting pollutants covered by the 1990 Air Toxics Program?

Accepted Answer

A)   That the industries phase in the use of pollution control equipment for the pollutants that meets the maximum achievable control technology standard.
B)   That the industries phase in the use of pollution control equipment for the pollutants that meets the maximum affordable control standard.
C)   That the industries phase in the use of pollution control equipment for the pollutants that results in at least a 50% reduction in the pollutants each year.
D)   That the industries phase in the use of pollution control equipment for the pollutants that results in at least a 30% reduction in the pollutants each year.
E)   That the industries phase in the use of pollution control equipment for the pollutants that results in at least a 5% reduction in the pollutants each year.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

Every environmental impact statement must contain a detailed statement that includes alternatives to a prosed action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following, if any, references regulations passed primarily on health considerations with the assumption that once standards have been established, industries will be forced to develop the technology to meet the standards?

Accepted Answer

A)   Technology-driven
B)   Technology forcing
C)   Application assuming
D)   Invention dependent
E)   There are no regulations passed without known technology to implement them because such regulations would be unconstitutional.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

When must an environmental impact statement be filed under the National Environmental Policy Act? What does the EIS need to contain?

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

States that did not meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards are known by which of the following terms?

Accepted Answer

A)   Failure states
B)   Marginal areas
C)   Nonattainment areas
D)   Misguided states
E)   Sick statesF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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