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Question 41

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Hi-Yield Agriculture,Inc.,makes a pesticide with a one-in-a-million risk to people of developing cancer from exposure.This substance must be​

A) disposed of before anyone develops cancer.
B) registered before it is sold.
C) taken off the market and placed in temporary storage.
D) used only in a way that avoids exposure to people.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Injured individuals can rely on the common law to obtain damages and injunctions against business polluters.

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B) False

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Metal Smelting,Inc.,operates a plant-a "major source"-that emits hazardous air pollutants for which the Environmental Protection Agency has set maximum levels of emission.The plant does not use any equipment to reduce its emissions.Under the Clean Air Act,this is most likely​

Fried Food,Inc.,operates a commercial frying plant,discharging pollutants into the air.Greg reports the violations to the Environmental Protection Agency.Greg

Refuse Reuse & Disposal Center operates a recycling plant.Stan and other Refuse Reuse neighbors file a suit,alleging injuries from the plant.To succeed,they must show that the defendant failed to use reasonable care if the suit is based on

Persons who provide information about violators of the Clean Air Act may be paid up to $10,000.

Bertha owns land located outside Centre City.Bertha sells the land to Disposal & Recycling,Inc.,which establishes a hazardous waste disposal facility at the site.Disposal & Recycling accepts only waste transported by Eco Trucking Inc.exclusively from Federated Industries,Inc.Several years later,Disposal & Recycling closes its facility and sells the land to Garden Variety Retail Corporation,which builds a Home & Yard store on the site.Meanwhile,some of Centre City's citizens complain to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)that the city's municipal water supply is pol-luted.The EPA investigates and discovers that the sources of the pollu-tion are leaks of hazardous waste from what is now the Home & Yard site.The EPA cleans up the site.Who can be held liable for the cost of cleaning up the site? What standards must Centre City meet regarding the water?

Special requirements must be met to discharge toxic chemicals into surface waters.

The Clean Water Act permits the filling or dredging of wetlands without a permit.

The Environmental Protection Agency periodically updates the air pollution standards.

Federal law provides the basis for issuing regulations to control multistate air pollution.

New Town Construction,Inc.,wants to build a parking ramp to connect to its New Town Mall,both of which are on private land.For this action,an environmental impact statement is​