environmental policies/agencies

Question 1

goal of environmental policy

Answer 1

To reduce human risks or environmental damages resulting from pollution or environmental hazards

Question 2

policy cycle

Answer 2

start:
policy definition/formulation/reformulation
–> agenda setting –> policy establishment –> policy implementation –> policy assessment –> policy definition/formulation/reformulation

Question 3

principles of environmental policy development

Answer 3

Precautionary principle
Environmental justice
Environmental sustainability
Polluter Pays Principle

Question 4

principles of environmental policy development: Polluter Pays Principle

Answer 4

Polluter should bear the expenses of carrying out the pollution prevention and control measures introduced by public authorities, to ensure that the environment is in an acceptable state

Question 5

principles of environmental policy development: Environmental Sustainability

Answer 5

Resources should not be depleted faster than they can be regenerated
There should be no permanent change to the natural environment

Question 6

principles of environmental policy development: Environmental Justice

Answer 6

Fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to environmental laws and policies

Question 7

principles of environmental policy development: Precautionary Principle

Answer 7

Look before you leap – err on the side of caution

Take preventative measures even if cause and effect relationship is not definitive

Question 8

WHO

Answer 8

world health organization

Question 9

EPA

Answer 9

environmental protection agency (national and state level)

Question 10

examples of state level orgs

Answer 10

Air resource board, integrated waste and management board, energy commission, public service commission, air quality division, dept. of natural resources, dept. of environmental quality

Question 11

HHS

Answer 11

US department of Health and Human Services

Question 12

NIH

Answer 12

National Institutes of Health

Question 13

CDC

Answer 13

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 14

FDA

Answer 14

Food and Drug Administration

Question 15

NIOSH

Answer 15

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Question 16

ATSDR

Answer 16

Agency for toxic substances and disease registry

Question 17

3 environmental health laws

Answer 17

Clean Air Act (CAA–1970)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA–1974)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA–1976)

Question 18

Clean Air Act

Answer 18

CAA – 1970
Domain: air pollution
-Regulates air emission from stationary and mobile sources
-Allows EPA to set ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)
-Amended in 1990 to address problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and stratospheric ozone depletion

Question 19

Safe Drinking Water Act

Answer 19

SDWA–1974
Domain: community water supply
-Protects drinking water from all sources
-Authorized EPA to establish health standards for contaminants in drinking water
-Oversees compliance through a federal-state partnership
-Established public notification system to alert customers if water became unsafe

Question 20

Toxic Substances Control Act

Answer 20

TSCA–1976
Domain: toxic chemicals
-Gave EPA authority to track 75,000 industrial chemicals (existing and new)
-EPA can require testing and reporting of potentially hazardous chemicals
-EPA can ban import or production of chemicals that pose unreasonable risk
-Provides the EPA with the authority to require reporting, record keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances

Question 21

NAAQS

Answer 21

national ambient air quality standards set by the EPA