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1.
(p. 1014)
Pollution has not always been seen as a problem in the U.S.
2.
(p. 1014)
A nuisance arises when one person uses his or her property in a manner that
unreasonably interferes with another's use and enjoyment of his or her land.
3.
(p. 1015)
Under a subsidy system, the government gives firms tax credits, low-interest loans,
and/or grants if they install pollution control devices or change their production methods to
reduce harmful emissions.
4.
(p. 1016)
Environmental regulations are enforced primarily through lawsuits started in the state
court systems.
5.
(p. 1030)
The United States has not signed the Kyoto Agreement.
6.
(p. 1020)
The EPA is required to consider implementation costs in setting primary and secondary
National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
7.
(p. 1015)
The ultimate goal of the "polluter and user pay" approach is to phase out environmentally
harmful action through the imposition of a tax.
8.
(p. 1023)
Drinking-water suppliers must provide every household with annual reports detailing the
water contaminants in the household's drinking water and the health problems the contaminants
may cause.
9.
(p. 1024)
Incineration is viewed as the last resort for disposal of hazardous waste.
10.
(p. 1024)
Germany has a law that requires that manufacturers be responsible for their product's
packaging, and the packaging may be disposed of in the public waste disposal system.
11.
(p. 1017)
Which of the following was the result on appeal in
Brodsky v. United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
, the case in the text in which the plaintiff claimed that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission erred in not producing an environmental impact statement?
12.
(p. 1022)
Which of the following was the result at the U.S. Supreme Court level in
Massachusetts v.
EPA
, the case in the text in which Massachusetts led several states in a lawsuit asking that the
EPA be ordered to establish vehicle emission standards for carbon dioxide and five other
greenhouse gasses?
13.
(p. 1028-1029)
Which of the following was the result at the U.S. Supreme Court in
Bates v. Dow
Agrosciences, LLC
, the case in the text in which the Dow filed a declaratory judgment seeking a
determination that farmers' claims against it involving a pesticide that allegedly failed to perform
as claimed and damaged peanut crops were preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)?
14.
(p. 1014)
The oldest legal means of protecting the environment is ______ law.
15.
(p. 1014)
When a plant emits particulates that fall on a person's property, defacing the house and
making it difficult for family members to breathe, which of the following is a theory on which the
homeowner would most likely proceed?
16.
(p. 1031)
Which of the following was the result in the Case Opener, the case in which the company
was found to have generated waste with excessive concentrations of PCBs?
17.
(p. 1015)
______ taxes reference the taxation of environmentally harmful activities.
18.
(p. 1016)
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?
19.
(p. 1016)
Which of the following references regulations aim to achieve the greatest possible
improvements while taking into account the existing levels of technology?
20.
(p. 1016)
For a number of years which of the following has been the primary agency responsible for
the passage and enforcement of federal regulations protecting the environment?
21.
(p. 1025)
Which of the following was the result on appeal in
AMW Materials Testing Inc., Anthony
Antoniou v. Town of Babylon & North Amityville Fire Company Inc.,
the case in the text in which
the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants were liable for cleanup of a hazardous site after a fire
on the basis that the defending town and fire department had control of the facility during the
time that the fire department was responding to the fire?
22.
(p. 1018)
Which of the following is a federal law whose purpose is to protect and improve the
quality of the air through the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, mobile-source performance
standards, and new-source performance standards?
23.
(p. 1019)
Referencing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, ______ standards are standards
necessary to protect the public health, including an adequate margin of safety.
24.
(p. 1019)
Referencing the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, which of the following are
standards that will protect the public welfare (crops, buildings, and animals) from any known or
anticipated adverse effect associated with a pollutant?
25.
(p. 1020)
Every ______ the EPA must review the scientific evidence to determine whether new
discoveries have shown that the National Ambient Air Quality Standards should be changed.
