Nutrients are important to the health of body of water

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1. Nutrients are important to the health of a body of water and increase vegetation growth, thereby improving the quality of the water.

True

False

2. Point source pollutants are controlled under the FWPCA by a system of discharge permits that limit the amount of particular effluents that a plant can discharge into the water.

True

False

3. Ground water pollution is not a real problem because there is so much of it that it does not matter if we cannot use a little of it.

True

False

4. Under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, the amount of emissions allowed by a permit are determined by the type of pollutant, the type of discharger, and whether the source is existing or new.

True

False

5. The courts initially supported the attempt by the EPA to weaken New Source Review under the Clean Air Act, but in 2006 reversed their earlier holding to prevent a significant weakening of the act.

True

False

6. Industrial developers would prefer to be located in an area designated Class I, because the air can degrade to slightly below the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

True

False

7. One of the reasons for the ineffectiveness of early air pollution control legislation was that these laws imposed such strict standards on the states that the states rebelled and did not even attempt to meet these standards.

True

False

8. In 2008, a court held that the Clean Air Mercury Rule violated the Clean Air Act.

True

False

9. Originally, the Acid Rain program focused on NOx levels, and not SO2 levels.

True

False

10. "Sick building syndrome"

A. is a phrase used to describe buildings before their construction is completed.

B. is often a result of poor ventilation.

C. can lead to impairment of the nervous system and cancer.

D. both b and c

11. Which was not an early act regulating air quality?

A. Air Pollution Control Act of 1955.

B. Motor Vehicle Control Act of 1960.

C. Clean Air Act of 1963.

D. none of the above.

12. Which of the following is not currently regulated as a hazardous air pollutant?

A. radionuclides.

B. vinyl chloride.

C. Both of the above are regulated.

D. Neither of the above are regulated.

13. Under the 1977 Clean Air Act amendments, air quality regions classified as Class II:

A. already met the NAAQSs.

B. would be allowed to degrade so long as it still met the NAAQSs.

C. would not be allowed to degrade any further.

D. both a and b.

14. Reformulated gasoline

A. is a type of gasoline that produces no pollution.

B. is a problem-free way to reduce pollution.

C. is used in smoggy areas to reduce pollutant emissions.

D. uses only the oxygenate MTBE to make fuels cleaner.

15. Acid rain

A. Would not exist in the absence of man-made emissions of sulfur.

B. occurs only in industrialized areas.

C. is a difficult problem to solve because there is a lack of agreement as to the severity of the problem, the best way to solve the problem, and what ph level warrants the designation acid rain.

D. none of the above.

16. The CEQ

A. was one of the largest federal agencies.

B. promulgated regulations pertaining to the implementation of NEPA procedures with respect to the EIS process.

C. no longer exists.

D. both b and c.

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