Fact Pattern 18-1
Jean LeFleur, owner of Happy Feet, a company that makes environmentally-sensitive foot wear, decided to move operations from Los Angeles to Bozeman, Montana. LeFleur wanted to be in an area noted for environmental quality. He built a new plant that produced oil-based sludge from its production process. The sludge could have been treated at the plant. But LeFleur decided that treatment was too costly, so the company dumped sludge into the Gallatin River, which runs through Happy Feet property. Other sludge was buried in drums in a field at night.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 18-1. During the course of its construction, Happy Feet disrupts and largely destroys the habitat of the extremely rare Montana kuhl. This action may subject Happy Feet to a lawsuit under:

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The Endangered Species Act protects species that are listed as threatened or endangered, and the destruction of the Montana kuhl's habitat could potentially subject Happy Feet to a lawsuit under this act. The other answer choices do not appear to apply to the given fact pattern.

Fact Pattern 18-1 Jean LeFleur, Owner of Happy Feet, a Company That Makes