APES Environmental Laws and Treaties

7 Written Questions

1. controlling global warming by setting greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries
2. set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects
3. all states must have facilities to handle low-level radioactive wastes.
4. bans ocean dumping of sewage sludge & industrial waste.
5. Moratorium on mineral exploration for 50 years in Antarctica
6. phase out of ozone depleting substances.
7. requires coal strip mines to reclaim the land

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants
   1. Water Quality Act
   2. Clean Air Act
   3. Clean Water Act
   4. Lacey Act
2. attempt to reduce non-point source pollution
   1. Clean Water Act
   2. Water Quality Act
   3. Lacey Act
   4. Clean Air Act
3. regulates the effectiveness of pesticides.
   1. Low-Level Radioactive Policy Act
   2. Endangered Species Act
   3. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
   4. Food Quality Protection Act
4. Environmental Impact Statements must be done before any project affecting federal lands can be started.
   1. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
   2. Low-Level Radioactive Policy Act
   3. Nuclear Waste Policy Act
   4. Water Quality Act
5. identifies threatened and endangered species in the US, and puts their protection ahead of economic considerations
   1. Clean Air Act
   2. Water Quality Act
   3. Endangered Species Act
   4. Clean Water Act
6. controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system
   1. Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA)
   2. Endangered Species Act
   3. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
   4. Surface Mining Control & Reclamation Act

6 True/False Questions

1. Clean Water Act → Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants

   True        False

2. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA) → controls hazardous waste with a cradle to grave system

   True        False

3. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species → (CITES) lists species that cannot be commercially traded as live specimens or wildlife products.

   True        False

4. Lacey Act → prohibits interstate transport of wild animals dead or alive without federal permit.

   True        False

5. Nuclear Waste Policy Act → set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim: to make surface waters swimmable and fishable.

   True        False

6. Safe Drinking Water Act → set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim: to make surface waters swimmable and fishable.

   True        False