Toxic Substances in the Environment

Passed in 1976 to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal

• Superfund Act
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Clean Water Act
• Clean Air Act

Passed in 1980 to set aside money for cleanup of hazardous waste sites

• Superfund Act
• No Child Left Behind
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Energy Conservation Act

Pumping wastes below groundwater level

• recycling
• incineration
• composting
• deep-well injection

Toxic, corrosive, or explosive material

• solid waste
• hazardous waste
• municipal waste
• plant waste

Often generates wastes that are more toxic than the original substance

• composting
• recycling
• incineration
• source reduction

Which regulation requires hazardous waste producers to document how waste is handled?

• Superfund Act
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• Landfill Act
• Hazardous Waste Act

What percentage of approved or proposed Superfund sites have been completely cleaned up?

• 400 out of 1200
• 75 out of 1200
• 1175 out of 1200
• none of the above

Which of the following is not a primary goal of the RCRA?

• exploring and developing alternative energy sources
• enforcing standards for hazardous waste treatment
• recycling and recovery of natural resources
• hazardous waste cleanup

Deep-well injection involves

• lining a pond to seal it
• pumping wastes into the ground below groundwater level
• digging wells below landfills to search for water
• removing hazardous wastes from below groundwater level

Surface impoundment is a method for

• packing a landfill down
• disposing of hazardous waste by bringing it to the surface
• disposing of hazardous waste by allowing it to settle out and evaporate  in a pond
• recovering raw material from manufactured goods