ESA – Final Exam – Energy and Sustainability Analysis – study
material
Clean Air Act (CAA)(1963) - correct answer ✔✔Set emission standards for cars,
and limits for release of air pollutants from industry, tail pipes, and now
greenhouse gases
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - correct answer ✔✔A 1969 U.S.
federal act that mandates an environmental assessment of all projects involving
federal money or federal permits.
Clean Water Act - correct answer ✔✔(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissible
amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to
make surface waters swimmable and fishable
Cuyoga River
Endangered Species Act of 1973 - correct answer ✔✔identifies threatened and
endangered species in the US, and puts their protection ahead of economic
considerations
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)(1974) - correct answer ✔✔The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is allowed to set the standards for drinking water quality
and oversees all of the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement
these standards
, Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) - correct answer ✔✔Authorizes the
Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the manufacture, distribution,
import and processing of certain toxic chemicals.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)(1976) - correct answer
✔✔Management of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste including
landfills and storage tanks. Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities
and for hazardous wastes (cradle-to-grave).
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA)(1977) - correct answer
✔✔Requires restoration of abandoned mines.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA)(1980) - correct answer ✔✔"superfund"
harm obviously demonstrated to human health and environment
no responsible party
Established the NPL
Love Canal
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 - correct answer ✔✔Established both the
Federal government's responsibility to provide a place for the permanent disposal
of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and the generators'
responsibility to bear the costs of permanent disposal
three mile island (1979)
material
Clean Air Act (CAA)(1963) - correct answer ✔✔Set emission standards for cars,
and limits for release of air pollutants from industry, tail pipes, and now
greenhouse gases
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - correct answer ✔✔A 1969 U.S.
federal act that mandates an environmental assessment of all projects involving
federal money or federal permits.
Clean Water Act - correct answer ✔✔(CWA, 1972) set maximum permissible
amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways; aims to
make surface waters swimmable and fishable
Cuyoga River
Endangered Species Act of 1973 - correct answer ✔✔identifies threatened and
endangered species in the US, and puts their protection ahead of economic
considerations
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)(1974) - correct answer ✔✔The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is allowed to set the standards for drinking water quality
and oversees all of the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement
these standards
, Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) - correct answer ✔✔Authorizes the
Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the manufacture, distribution,
import and processing of certain toxic chemicals.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)(1976) - correct answer
✔✔Management of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste including
landfills and storage tanks. Set minimal standards for all waste disposal facilities
and for hazardous wastes (cradle-to-grave).
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA)(1977) - correct answer
✔✔Requires restoration of abandoned mines.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA)(1980) - correct answer ✔✔"superfund"
harm obviously demonstrated to human health and environment
no responsible party
Established the NPL
Love Canal
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 - correct answer ✔✔Established both the
Federal government's responsibility to provide a place for the permanent disposal
of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and the generators'
responsibility to bear the costs of permanent disposal
three mile island (1979)
