Question

1) The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 to mount a coordinated attack on environmental problems. Its duties primarily include

Multiple Choice

• providing financial assistance to the private sector to find alternative sources of energy.

• assisting state and local pollution control efforts.

• assessing fines against businesses for violating the Environmental Protection Act.

• drafting agreements between the United States and its trading partners concerning the environmental effects of international trade.

2)

The Clean Air Act of 1990 has all but which of the following requirements?

Multiple Choice

• It required tougher auto emission controls.

• It required cleaner-burning gasoline.

• It required new equipment to capture industrial and business pollution.

• It required a 50-percent reduction in all airborne pollutants by 2020.

3)

The Brownfields Act provides liability protection for owners of brownfield sites.

True or False

4)Recycled hazardous materials are not covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 1

Answer 1 - correct option is B

Reason - The environment protection agency was created in 1970 and its primary goals was to Set the national goals in reducing was disposal , Conservation of natural resources and energy and assisting state and local pollution control board

Answer 2 - correct option is A

Reason - the requirement of clear air act 1990 was it requires the tougher auto emission control to reduces acid rain and emission of sulphar dioxide and nitrogen

Answer 3 - false

Reason - brownfield act provides the liability protection to both owners as well as the tenants who has acquired the containment property after the date of enactment

Answer 4 - true

Reason - resources conservation and recovery act do not include the recycled hazardous materials