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To establish legal responsibility under the Superfund Act, courts use strict liability as well as joint and several liability.

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The series of events that begins with waste generation and continues through transport, storage, treatment, and disposal is known as

A) the "cradle to grave" management system
B) the waste manifest system
C) the waste stream
D) the Superfund cleanup process

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Use marginal analysis (i.e., marginal social benefit (MSB) and marginal social cost (MSC)) to graphically illustrate a Superfund site abatement decision that is solely risk-based relative to one that is based on the efficiency criterion. What do you observe? b. Repeat the exercise using total analysis (i.e., total social benefits (TSB) and total social costs (TSC)).

Identification of hazardous wastes under the law relies on risk-benefit analysis.

A permit system is used to control hazardous waste management at treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs).

The land restrictions may act to provide an incentive to reduce hazardous waste generation.

In 1984, amendments to RCRA restrict landfilling activity, which in turn

The legislative provisions that govern waste control policy in the United States today are the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (commonly known as the RCRA Amendments of 1984).

Types of hazardous substances include heavy metals, acids, and solvents.

The first federal legislation passed in the United States that dealt with waste control was the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976.

Hazardous waste sites posing the greatest threat to health and the ecology are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).

The most prevalent type of damage associated with hazardous waste sites is

A set of control strategies to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous waste at every stage of the waste stream is known as

According to the textbook application, GE was ordered to dredge the Hudson River

The economic sector responsible for the largest amount of hazardous waste is

Abandoned or underdeveloped real properties whose development is complicated by contamination are referred to as

Unwanted materials that pose a substantial threat to human health or the environment are referred to as municipal solid wastes.

A major component of the "cradle-to-grave" management system is

Under the Superfund Act, the EPA has the authority to require those responsible for a hazardous substance release, known as potentially responsible parties (PRPs), to correct the problem and pay for damages.

The identification of hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)