unit five

Question 1. Current waste management practices put what quantity of wastes in what waste streams?

Answer

About 23 percent of municipal waste to landfills and 30 percent to incinerators

About 32 million tons of municipal waste to incinerators and 33 percent to recycling

About 32 million tons of municipal waste to landfills and 14 percent to recycling

About 65 percent of municipal waste to landfills and 23 percent to recycling

Question 2. Swimming pool chemicals that sanitize pool water (biocides) are regulated under which environmental law?

Answer

The TSCA (Toxics)

The Clean Water Act

The FIFRA (pesticides)

They are not regulated.

Question 3. What are the four most important words associated with the massive consumer education program launched in 2000?

Answer

Follow the instructions carefully.

Read the label first.

Open at arm's length.

Open this container slowly.

Question 4. Where can hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small-quantity generators be disposed?

Answer

Permitted TSDF facilities only

Incineration only

Municipal landfills

Non-permitted TSDA facilities

Question 5. Which of the following is FALSE if your facility releases a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance?

Answer

Notification must be made to the state emergency response commission.

Notification must be made to the National Response Center.

Notification must be made to local fire and police.

Notification must be made to the local emergency response committee.

Question 6. The EPA exempts recycled products from hazardous waste regulations when they meet which of the following criteria?

Answer

The material is subsequently used as a direct substitution for a commercial product.

The material is recovered in the form of energy in an incineration process.

The material is converted to a solid waste and buried in a secure landfill.

The material is returned to the manufacturing facility as a potential source of filler material for shipments.

Question 7. Which of the following is FALSE concerning the FQPA?

Answer

The FQPA amended the FIFRA, but not the FFDCA.

The FQPA resolved multiple differences between the FIFRA and the FFDCA.

The EPA must conclude with reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposures to each pesticide from dietary and other sources.

The EPA must address risks to children and infants.

Question 8. Which of the following is the EPA's highest priority in its waste management strategy?

Answer

Source reduction

Resource recovery

Recycling

Hazardous waste mitigation

Question 9. An inspector from the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs shows up at your manufacturing facility. He or she shows identification and requests an inspection of the facility and record keeping for your pesticide registrations and sales, date of delivery, and recipient records. Can you deny or delay him or her entry?

Answer

You cannot deny him or her entry.

You can deny or delay him or her entry because he or she did not provide notice to compensate for hazardous pesticide manufacturing downtime recovery.

You can deny or delay him or her entry because all sales records are confidential information unless an appropriate court issues a subpoena.

You can deny or delay him or her entry because he or she did not provide a written reason for the inspection.

Question 10. The EPA's Worker Protection Standard (WPS) program contains regulations protecting employees in all the following places EXCEPT __________.

Answer

Nurseries

Farms

Forests

Hospitals

Question 11. The European Union faces a much more divergent group of members than the individual states here in the U.S. What types of regulations have they imposed or suggested for their member countries regarding waste management and release of hazardous materials or substances? Your response should contain approximately 250-300 of your own words. Provide a reference citation for your source material

Question 12. Explain two theories of liability on which a plaintiff exposed to a toxic substance might base a lawsuit. There is no minimum word limit for your written response, but please provide a reference citation for your source material.

Question 13. Reflect on what you learned in controlling toxic substances this unit within Environmental Law. Describe something that you had difficulty with and where you think the difficulty lies.

Question 14. Reflect on what you learned in this unit within Environmental Law. Describe something that you learned within Unit V that can be applied to your career or an area of interest.