APES Acts and Protocols

Question 1

hat harmful substances did the Montreal Protocol aim to phase out?

Accepted Answer

CFCs that deplete the ozone layer

Question 2

Why has the Delaney Clause been controversial in food safety regulation?

Accepted Answer

It bans substances even at very low, non-risky levels

Question 3

What makes the Clean Air Act of 1970 a landmark in U.S. environmental policy?

Accepted Answer

It required states to create plans to meet federal air standards

Question 4

How does CITES enforce protection of endangered species?

Accepted Answer

By using a permit system for international trade

Question 5

Why did the United States not ratify the Kyoto Protocol?

Accepted Answer

Concerns about economic impacts & no binding goals for developing countries

Question 6

What legal authority does the ESA give to the federal government?

Accepted Answer

The power to restrict land use to protect listed species

Question 7

hat is the main focus of the RCRA?

Accepted Answer

Management of solid and hazardous waste

Question 8

What does RCRA require companies to do regarding hazardous waste?

Accepted Answer

Track it from “cradle to grave”

Question 9

What does CITES regulate?

Accepted Answer

Trade of endangered species

Question 10

What does the Delaney Clause prohibit?

Accepted Answer

Any food additive shown to cause cancer in lab animals or humans

Question 11

What does the SWDA require the EPA to do?

Accepted Answer

Set national standards for contaminants in public water systems

Question 12

What is CERCLA commonly known as?

Accepted Answer

The Superfund law

Question 13

hat does CERCLA primarily hold polluters accountable for?

Accepted Answer

Cleanup of hazardous waste sites

Question 14

What does the ESA aim to do?

Accepted Answer

Conserve threatened and endangered species and their habitats

Question 15

Why is the Montreal Protocol considered a major environmental success?

Accepted Answer

Greatly reduced ozone-depleting substances with international cooperation

Question 16

What is a key feature that makes the Clean Air Act distinct among U.S. environmental laws?

Accepted Answer

It allows the EPA to set and enforce air quality standards

Question 17

What was the main focus of the Kyoto Protocol?

Accepted Answer

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Question 18

What is the main goal of the Clean Water Act?

Accepted Answer

To protect and restore the nation's surface waters

Question 19

What does the SDWA protect?

Accepted Answer

Public drinking water supplies

Question 20

What major change did the 1972 Clean Water Act make to earlier legislation?

Accepted Answer

Shift frm health-based standards to water quality goals & discharge permits

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