Environmental Law Flashcards
Externality
When people don’t bear the costs of their decisions
Clean Air Act standards
Primary - establish air quality standards
Secondary - establish NAAQs for pollution
State implementation
Citizen suits
Prevention of significant deterioration plan
No new projects that will cause an increase in pollution without permits
Power plant options for meeting emission standards
Install scrubbers
Use suffer coal
Alternative fuels
Trade allowances
New source review
Companies must upgrade pollution device when renovating plants
Technology forcing
Putting rules on an industry that forces them to make technology that can accomplish them
Maximum achievable control technology
Rules set by EPA that take into account what current technology can actually achieve
Clean water act goals
Make all navigable water suitable for swimming and fishing
Eliminate discharge of pollutants
Super funds
Current landowners responsible for hazards produced on their lands before ownership
Federal law regulates
Point source
State law regulates
Non point source
