Question 1

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:

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requires persons who generate, treat, store, or transport specified quantities of hazardous waste to notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of that fact, to obtain an ID number that must be placed on a manifest that accompanies all shipments, to meet certain standards, to follow specified procedures in the handling of the wastes, and to keep records.

Question 2

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

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Question 3

"Community right to know" legislation:

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"Community right to know" legislation requires an industry to disclose to the community the presence of certain listed chemicals. As part of its 1986 amendments to Superfund, Congress enacted a series of requirements for emergency planning, notification of spills and accidents involving hazardous materials, disclosure by industry to the community of the presence of certain listed chemicals, and notification of the amounts of various chemicals being routinely released into the environment in the area of a facility.

Question 4

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)?

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Under the given circumstances, Ayush, Bayle Inc., and Solly Trucking Inc. are all potentially liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to require that a site be cleaned up by those persons who were responsible for it, either as the owner or operator of the site, a transporter of wastes to the site, or the owner of wastes deposited at the site.

Question 5

What is the consequence of placing a site on the National Priority List for cleanup under "Superfund"? Who can be responsible for cleanup costs of such a site?

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Question 6

Discuss the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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Question 7

Explain the Clean Air Act's approach for dealing with air pollution, including the role of the states.

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Question 8

In terms of the attempt of government and industry to find sites for new waste facilities, NIMBY refers to:

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NIMBY, or "not-in-my-backyard," refers to a syndrome in which people continue to create waste which they want to dispose of in other communities. This syndrome is pervasive as people almost universally desire to have the wastes from their everyday lives and from the economic activity in their community disposed of in someone else's neighborhood-any place but their own.

Question 9

Employees of a company that illegally disposes of hazardous waste without a proper permit may:

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Failure to comply with the hazardous waste regulations promulgated under RCRA can subject the violator to civil and criminal penalties. An employee of a company that disposes of hazardous waste without a permit from Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is held criminally liable.

Question 10

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

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Quiz 47: Environmental Regulation