Deck 8: Waste Management and Hazardous Releases

Question 1

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

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

Answer 2

False

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False

Question 4

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

A) increase recycling and source reduction
B) ban construction of new landfills after the year 2000
C) improve the safety of solid waste management facilities
D) none of the above

Question 5

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

A) law enforcement
B) broadcast and print media
C) firefighters
D) none of the above

Question 6

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.

Question 7

Comprehensive emergency response plans need not include:

A) A determination of the resources available for spills.
B) A determination of what hazardous substances go through a community.
C) A determination of how spill information will be communicated.
D) none of the above.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

A) a past owner of the contaminated site
B) someone who transported materials to the site
C) someone who had produced the contaminating materials
D) none of the above

Question 12

The RCRA regulates

A) hazardous waste
B) non-hazardous waste
C) municipal waste
D) all of the above

Question 13

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

A) landfills
B) underground storage wells
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 14

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

A) a double liner along the bottom and sides
B) a leachate collection system above and between the liners
C) a comprehensive groundwater monitoring system
D) all of the above

Question 15

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.

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

A) financial resources must remain available to address any problems
B) capping the top of the landfill with another liner to prevent infiltration of the landfill by water
C) continued groundwater monitoring
D) none of the above

Question 18

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

A) All tanks must have spill and overflow protection.
B) Tanks that store hazardous substances must have extra protection against hazardous substance release such as a double-walled tank or external liner.
C) Failure to meet the new standards by 2000 may result in fines of up to $10,000 per tank.
D) none of the above

Question 19

A waste will be considered hazardous under the RCRA if

A) it is included on one of the EPA's three lists of hazardous wastes.
B) it has the characteristics of toxicity, ignitability, corrosivity, or reactivity.
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.

Question 20

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