Deck 12: Environmental Policy and Planning

Question 1

Under the Toxic Substances Control Act allows the EPA to delay or ban production of a chemical if there are questions about its safety.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Atomic Energy Commission is responsible for regulating civilian uuse of nuclear materials.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Nuclear Waste is under the purview of the EPA.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Endangered Species Act requires federal projects do not jeopardize any endangered or threatened species or their habitats.

Question 5

President Reagan's administration expanded environmental regulation.

Question 6

NEPA stands for the National Environmental Protection Act

Question 7

Private Sector actions are not subject to CEQA

Question 8

The 1970 Clean Air Act imposes uniform standards for both new and existing plants.

Question 9

The Federal Government encourages the development and operation of the state implementation plans required by the Clean Air Act through the witholding of funds.

Question 10

Clean air policies and economic development are often considered to be in tension.

Question 11

The United States ratified the Kyoto Protocol.

Question 12

A firm free to dump unwated by-products without regard to the costs imposed, has no economic incentive to find uses for them.

Question 13

The U.S. definition of hazardous waste includes wastes produced by households, agriculture, mining and drilling operations.

Question 14

Superfund determines liability prior to environmental cleanup.

Question 15

Clean Air Act critics contend that by barring increases in air pollution in cities where the air is unhealthy, the law drives businesses and developments to outlying areas, thereby contributing to sprawl and a further increase in air pollution

Question 16

Which of the following marked a culmination of earlier environmental efforts and signified the birth of the modern environmental movement?

A) Earth Day 1970
B) Tennessee Valley Project 1933
C) Establishment of the US Soil Conservation Service 1935
D) Formation of the Sierra Club 1892

Question 17

Which of the following is not an accurate statement regarding NEPA?

A) it is largely procedural
B) it contains no statutory means of enforcement
C) it applies to any major federal action that can have significant enviornmental impact
D) it requires agencies to adopt less environmentally damaging courses of action if available

Question 18

The Love Canal incident was a catalyst for?

A) Clean Air Act
B) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
C) Safe Drinking Water Act
D) Federal Water Pollution Control Act

Question 19

Which of the following is not true of CERCLA?

A) It is known as the superfund.
B) It does not address waste dealt with by producers.
C) It applies the traditional doctrine of negligence.
D) It does not compensate those affected by hazardous waste sites.

Question 20

All of the following are components of an EIS except:

A) Reversible and retrievable commitments of resources which are involved in the propsed actions
B) Environmental impact of the propsed action
C) Alternatives to the propsed action
D) Adverse environmental effects that cannot be avoided

Question 21

The public image of ozone is

A) Acid rain
B) Sulfur oxide
C) Smog
D) Carbon

Question 22

What accounts for over half of all air pollution?

A) Smoking
B) Vehicle emissions
C) Power plants
D) All of the above

Question 23

The agreement reached by many industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gases which lead to global warming was

A) The 1990 Act
B) US EPA
C) Clean Air Act
D) Kyoto Protocol

Question 24

The regulatory system for dealing with hazardous waste was introduced by the

A) 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act
B) 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
C) Resources Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)
D) None of the above

Question 25

In what year were states first required to establish water quality standards?

A) 1948
B) 1965
C) 1972
D) 1974

Question 26

Which type of pollution has varied origins and no easily recognizable point of control?

A) Non-point pollution
B) Groundwater pollution
C) Nuclear pollution
D) All of the above

Question 27

The Coastal Zone Management Act acknowledged

A) The multiple effects growth and development pressures have on various species of fish, wildlife and plants
B) The importance of reducing greenhouse gases near the coast
C) The importance of the many ecological, cultural, historic and esthetic benefits of the coastal zone
D) All of the above

Question 28

An instrument designed to preserve or restore wetlands is

A) Superfund
B) Endangered Species Act
C) Clean Air Act
D) Mitigation banking