Exam 4: An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy

Factors indicating an EIS must be filed include

When Congress passed the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, it recognized that end-of-pipe regulations may not be enough to combat pollution

The goals of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 is furthered by

Direct regulation is the primary means we use to control pollution today, although other methods, including discharge permits and tort actions, supplement direct regulation.

Which of the following is not contained in the EIS?

Companies that comply with environmental regulations often gain increases in efficiency from the use of new technology.

The "Tragedy of the Commons" is frequently cited to justify the use of the tort law to prevent pollution.

Nuisance actions would be the ideal means for controlling pollution if most nuisances were private rather than public nuisances.

The CEQ

Tort law was an ineffective means of controlling pollution because

The EIS requirement is frequently criticized by environmentalists as being too weak; the only remedy available under the Act when an EIS is inadequate is to have the EIS rewritten.

The primary goal of NEPA was to reform agency decision making so that environmental concerns would be taken into account.

Business managers are not likely to engage in the most environmentally sound behavior because their primary concern is often with making short run profits.

The fact that clean air is a collective good means that

The Boomer case is important in environmental law because it ensured that injunctions would remain the premier method of preventing environmental harm.

Which is the most accurate assessment of the EIS process?

An environmental impact statement must be filed whenever a business wants to undertake a project that will affect the environment.

The EIS must include

Green taxes

Federal environmental legislation