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What are the 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act commonly called?


A) The Clean-Up Water Act
B) The Remedial Water Act
C) The Clean Water Act
D) The Ambient Quality Water Standards
E) The Navigable Water Act

F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

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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.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following has as its primary role to establish the procedures that must be followed whenever a new chemical is about to be introduced into the market?


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 Act

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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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?


A) That the defendants were not liable because they had insufficient control over the hazardous material.
B) That the defendants were not liable because a municipality was involved.
C) That the defendants were not liable because the plaintiffs negligently started the fire.
D) That the defendants were liable because they should have done a better job handling the fire.
E) That the defendants were liable because the fire department did not respond in a timely manner resulting in delay and the release of additional hazardous material.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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A state implementation plan established following the establishment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards must address the means by which the state is going to ensure that the pollutants in the air within its boundaries will meet the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards within ______ of their establishment.


A) Three years
B) Two years
C) Eighteen months
D) Twelve months
E) Nine months

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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