Environment Regulation Flashcards
Under Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) aka “Superfund”
imposes environmental liability on
1) Current owners and operators
2) owners and operators at the time of waste/disposal
3) generators of hazardous waste
4) transporters of hazardous waste
5) lenders who finance borrowers hazardous waste sites
Clean Water Act
regulates dredging or filling of wetlands and discharging of heated water by nuclear power plants
(Prohibited without a permit)*
Environmental Compliance Audits are used for
1) Discover violation to avoid civil and criminal sanctions
2) Meet disclosures requirements under SEC securities law
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act states
1) Herbicides and pesticides must be registered before sold
2) sold only for the purposes certified
3) limited amount used on food crops.
Provisions of Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) state
That if the EPA cleans up hazardous materials they can recover from any responsible party
The National Environmental Policy Act
Requires Federal government and it’s agencies to consider their actions on the environment.
It provides no tax breaks
The Safe drinking water act
regulates safety of water supplied to homes
The clean air act
regulates emissions into the air from
1) Automobiles
2) factories
3) nuclear power plants (not regulated under Nuclear waste policy act)
Nuclear waste policy act
creates plan to dispose of highly radioactive nuclear waste
Example of Federal government require compliance with the Clean Air Act include
requiring manufactures to recall vehicles that violate emission standards
The clean are act allows
citizens to sue violators to enforce complaince
The EPA
helps federal government with national environment policy.
It does not help with citizens lawsuits
assesses Civil penalties
