5.06 Quiz Other Types Of Environmental Legislation

Question: Which law provides for the cleanup of toxic waste sites in the United States?

Answer: CERCLA

Question: When a toxic waste site is listed by the U.S. government, who is initially responsible for cleaning up the site?

Answer: the parties responsible for the waste

Question: What does the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act require?

Answer: that the government appraise conservation efforts

Question: Why did the cleanup of Superfund sites begin to lag after 1995?

Answer: A tax that had funded Superfund was repealed.

Question: Which is not a problem that many New Zealand businesses see in the Resource Management Act (RMA)?

Answer: Smaller companies were favored in the consent application process.