The environment of business: Questions and Answers

The Environmental Protection Agency can regulate a substance that poses an imminent hazard but cannot prohibit the use of a substance altogether.
Correct Answer: False

There are no plans to develop national standards regulating the fuel economy and emissions for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Correct Answer: False

State laws may restrict a business’s discharge of chemicals into the air or water.
Correct Answer: True

Different standards for air quality apply to existing sources of pollution and major new sources.
Correct Answer: True

States may restrict emissions from motor vehicles.
Correct Answer: True

Any point source emitting pollutants into water must have a permit.
Correct Answer: True

Federal statutes and regulations do not cover mobile sources of air pollution.
Correct Answer: False

An environmental impact statement is required for every major federal action that significantly affects the quality of the environment.
Correct Answer: True

New sources of water pollutants must install pollution-control equipment before beginning operations.
Correct Answer: True

The government can recover the cost to clean up a hazardous waste disposal site from the persons who were even remotely responsible.
Correct Answer: True

New sources of water pollutants must install pollution-control equipment before beginning operations.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency sets minimum levels for pollutants in public water systems.
Correct Answer: False

An environmental impact statement is required for every major federal action that significantly affects the quality of the environment.
Correct Answer: True

States may restrict emissions from motor vehicles.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency can regulate a substance that poses an imminent hazard but cannot prohibit the use of a substance altogether.
Correct Answer: False

All environmental law consists of statutes and regulations.
Correct Answer: False

States have the primary responsibility for enforcing the permit system for point-source water pollution control.
Correct Answer: True

Under the common law doctrine of nuisance, persons may be liable if they file a suit against a business polluter that views the suit as a nuisance.
Correct Answer: False

The Environmental Protection Agency defines wetlands as “lands that are wet.”
Correct Answer: False

There are no plans to develop national standards regulating the fuel economy and emissions for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Correct Answer: False

Any point source emitting pollutants into water must have a permit.
Correct Answer: True

Different standards for air quality apply to existing sources of pollution and major new sources.
Correct Answer: True

An environmental impact statement is required for every major federal action that significantly affects the quality of the environment.
Correct Answer: True

Under the common law doctrine of nuisance, persons may be liable if they file a suit against a business polluter that views the suit as a nuisance.
Correct Answer: False

The Environmental Protection Agency periodically updates the pollution standards.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency defines wetlands as “lands that are wet.”
Correct Answer: False

The Environmental Protection Agency sets minimum levels for pollutants in public water systems.
Correct Answer: False

Federal statutes and regulations do not cover mobile sources of air pollution.
Correct Answer: False

States have the primary responsibility for enforcing the permit system for point-source water pollution control.
Correct Answer: True

Corporate officers cannot be subject to penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act.
Correct Answer: False

The Clean Water Act includes special provisions for toxic chemicals and for oil spills.
Correct Answer: True

New sources of water pollutants must install pollution-control equipment before beginning operations.
Correct Answer: True

All environmental law consists of statutes and regulations.
Correct Answer: False

Any point source emitting pollutants into water must have a permit.
Correct Answer: True

Only the Environmental Protection Agency can sue violators of emission limits under the Clean Air Act.
Correct Answer: False

Corporate officers cannot be subject to penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act.
Correct Answer: False

States may restrict emissions from motor vehicles.
Correct Answer: True

There are no plans to develop national standards regulating the fuel economy and emissions for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Correct Answer: False

An environmental impact statement is required for every major federal action that significantly affects the quality of the environment.
Correct Answer: True

The primary responsibility for implementing air-quality standards rests with the federal government.
Correct Answer: False

States may restrict emissions from motor vehicles.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency sets minimum levels for pollutants in public water systems.
Correct Answer: False

The government can recover the cost to clean up a hazardous waste disposal site from the persons who were even remotely responsible.
Correct Answer: True

The Clean Water Act includes special provisions for toxic chemicals and for oil spills.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency periodically updates the pollution standards.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency can regulate a substance that poses an imminent hazard but cannot prohibit the use of a substance altogether.
Correct Answer: False

Different standards for air quality apply to existing sources of pollution and major new sources.
Correct Answer: True

States have the primary responsibility for enforcing the permit system for point-source water pollution control.
Correct Answer: True

The Environmental Protection Agency defines wetlands as “lands that are wet.”
Correct Answer: False

Federal statutes and regulations do not cover mobile sources of air pollution.
Correct Answer: False