Visioning - answer process where citizens offer input about how community could be
in the future. Early in Comp Plan Process. Develop vision state & break down into
themes.
April 22, 1970 - answer First earth day
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - answer created in 1927 in order
to create the Colorado River Aqueduct. It was built between 1933 and 1941 and is
owned and operated by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. It ran a
water pipeline to Los Angeles.
Rachel Carson - answer author of Silent Spring, which was published in 1962. In the
book, Carson examined the dangers of chemical pesticides, such as DDT, on plants,
animals, and humans. This book greatly influenced the way people think about the
environment.
Effluent Standards - answer set restrictions on the discharge of pollutants into the
environment. Effluent guidelines reduce the discharge of pollutants that have serious
environmental impacts. The EPA has effluent guidelines for more than 50 categories.
Point Source Pollution - answer discharged directly from a specific site, such as a
sewage treatment plant or an industrial pipe.
Non-point Source Pollution - answer contaminated runoff from many sources.
Aquifer - answer one or more strata of rock or sediment that is saturated and
sufficiently permeable to yield economically significant quantities of water to wells or
springs. An aquifer includes any geologic material that is currently used or could be
used as a source of water within the target distance limit.
Estuary - answer area where fresh water meets salt water.
Lagoon - answer shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast.
Marsh - answer type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland found along
rivers, ponds, lakes, and coasts. It does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits and
is dominated by herbaceous vegetation.
, Reservoir - answer pond, lake, tank, or basin that can be used for the storage and
control of water, and can be either natural or man-made.
Surface Water - answer includes rivers, lakes, oceans, ocean-like water bodies, and
coastal tidal waters.
Swamp - answer a freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddy land and a lot of
water.
Watershed - answer a region drained by, or contributing water to, a surface water
body.
Renewable energy - answer sources include solar, wind, geothermal, etc
The Clean Water Act - answer passed in 1977, as an amendment to the Federal
Water Pollutant Control Act of 1972. Act requires anyone wanting to discharge
pollutants into a body of water to obtain a permit to do so. also regulates the amount of
water that may be discharged and the types of pollutants that may be released.
Point Source Discharge Permit - answer Must obtain from the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).in order to discharge pollutants into the water
from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
Clean Air Act - answer passed in 1970 with major amendments in 1977 and 1990.
The federal gov't sets ambient standards & states must devise methods that enable
standards to be met. Air cannot be contained in one location, so Air Quality Control
Regions (AQCR) were created to measure air quality in air sheds. Like the Clean Water
Act, the law requires a permit to release pollutants into the air.
Clean Air Act Pollutants - answer The Act monitors six pollutants: Ozone, Particulate
Matter, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Lead
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) - answer relates to air quality and
requires that a project will not increase emissions above a specified PSD increment.
Ambient Air Quality Standards - answer he maximum air contaminant concentrations
allowed in the ambient air.
Clean Air Act Non-Attainment - answer The Clean Air Act has provisions that cut off
federal funding for metropolitan areas that are not in attainment. In non-attainment
areas, new pollution sources are allowed only if there is a reduction in pollutants greater
than the pollutants contributed by the source. As of September 2002, there were 124
non-attainment areas.
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) - answer Act resulted in the
creation of the Council on Environmental Quality. The Act requires that the
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