Exam 8: Waste Management and Hazardous Releases

Which of the following is not a requirement for a hazardous waste landfill?

Initially, tax revenues from petroleum and chemical industries helped to fund the Superfund, but the tax has now expired, and it is now funded through general tax dollars.

The Superfund was eliminated because it was replaced by the RCRA.

The primary focus of the underground storage tank program is on spill prevention.

Companies that have large quantities of hazardous materials in their facilities must report to the EPA the amount of such chemicals, but the public cannot have access to those reports unless they can show a compelling need to have such data.

The range of chemicals regulated under CERCLA is the same as that regulated under RCRA.

Since its creation, the Superfund has continued to completely replenish its funds through lawsuits against potentially responsible parties.

Which of the following is not a part of the required procedure for closing a landfill?

Which of the following groups need not be represented on local emergency response planning committees?

The RCRA regulates

A waste will be considered hazardous under the RCRA if

Remedial actions are generally much less expensive and time consuming than removal actions.

Which of the following would not be a potentially responsible party?

Citizens' groups may sue the government in federal district court for violations of SARA, but must give at least 60 days notice to the government and alleged violator of their intent to sue.

Comprehensive emergency response plans need not include:

Which of the following was not a goal included in the EPA's 1989 national strategy for municipal solid waste management?

The ranking system used to place sites on the National Priorities List is based on relative risk to human health and the environment, rather than actual risk.

Which of the following is not required by the federal underground storage tank regulations?

Which of the following is not a source of groundwater contamination?

For either remedial or removal actions, a site must be listed on the NPL, but it need not be first on the list.