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Note: You don't have to explain the answers. 36. The Clean Air Act: a. only requires each state to develop a State Implementation Plan b.

Note: You don't have to explain the answers.

36. The Clean Air Act:

a. only requires each state to develop a State Implementation Plan

b. only places the primary enforcement burden on states

c allows the EPA to mandate a portion of states' budget to enforce pollution guidelines

d. requires each state to develop a State Implementation Plan and allows the EPA to mandate a portion of states' budget to enforce pollution guidelines

e. requires each state to develop a State Implementation Plan and places the primary enforcement burden on states

37. Under the emissions offset policy, a new plant may be built in a nonattainment area only if:

a. the increase in air pollution from the new plant is offset by reductions in the same pollutants from other plants in the area

b. the increase in air pollution is equivalent to the pollution caused by similar plants in the area

c. the air pollution produced by the new plant is less than the air pollution produced by any other plant in the area

d. the company buys sufficient carbon offsets

38.Under the Clean Water Act, dumping pollutants into navigable waters:

a. is illegal

b. is illegal without a permit

c. is legal for government companies, but not private companies

d. is legal for private companies, but not government companies

e. is legal

39. Dano owns a waste disposal site. Armand Chemicals hires Cary Trucking to transport Armand's hazardous waste to the Dano disposal site. The regulatory obligations under the RCA manifest system require that:

a. as transporter, Cary Trucking must create a manifest of the hazardous waste

b. as transporter, Cary Trucking must create a manifest, and as generator of hazardous waste, Armand must sign a copy of that manifest and keep it for EPA's review

c. as owner of the disposal site, Dano must send a copy of the manifest they receive from Cary Trucking to the EPA

d. if Armand is not informed of the safe disposal of its waste by receiving a signed copy of the manifest, it must notify EPA

e.as the disposal site operator, Dano must create the manifest and provide copies to Cary, Armand, and the EPA

40. Beehler bought a waste disposal site from Toxic Inc., which went bankrupt in 1975. Toxic had been dumping toxic waste at the site since 1946. Beehler closed the old site and built another that complies with RCA. In 2020, it was discovered that the old site was leaking, which could pollute groundwater. Who might be a responsible party under CERCLA for the clean up costs at the old site?

a. Beehler

b. any company that dumped at the site O

c.any company that transported hazardous wastes to the site when it was operated by Toxic

d. owners of Toxic e.

all of the other choices are responsible parties

41. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major external environmental problems that the EPA has primary responsibility for:

a.air pollution

b. water pollution

c.noise pollution

d.land pollution

e. none of the other specific choices are correct.

42. To grow cranberries, Eva used a wet area on her property, which was located in Massachusetts. When cranberries were linked to cancer and the market for cranberries collapsed, Eva wanted to drain the wet area to be able to raise goats because goat cheese is popular. To make this change Eva must:

a. obtain permission from the state of Massachusetts to stop growing cranberries

b. obtain permission from the Department of Agriculture to stop growing cranberries

c. obtain a license from the Department of the Interior to develop a goat farm

d. obtain a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

e. Eva does not need to do anything; she may change her farm however she wants

43. Fact Pattern Naida Baronowski is an American fashion designer who has a design firm in Chicago. Naida has been successful in the U.S. and wants to expand her operation overseas. She hopes to open shops in Paris, Milan, Madrid, Rome, Vienna, and Moscow in the next several years. Naida is unfamiliar with foreign operations. She comes to you, her attorney, for advice about how she should pursue her goal of becoming an international fashion company. Refer to the Fact Pattern. Naida opens a shop in Madrid, and has incomplete pieces of her clothes sent to Spain from her Joliet, III. plant. The materials go to an area where they are assembled into completed clothing. The finished products are shipped to Madrid. The Spanish government taxes the finished clothes once they leave the area. This area is known as:

a.a qualified trade area

b. a foreign-trade zone

c.a duty-free port

d.a non-aligned trade zone

e.a developing port area

44."Dumping" is the practice of:

a.importing goods that do not meet U.S. environmental standards

b. importing goods that do not meet U.S. safety standards

c.foreign companies selling goods at lower prices in the U.S. market than in their home markets d. foreign companies selling goods at higher prices in the U.S. market than in their home markets

e. U.S. companies outsourcing undesirable jobs to other countries

45.Goodman Co., a U. S. corporation, manufactures paper clips in the Philippines. During 2020, a political revolution occurs and all industries in the Philippines are nationalized. The Philippine government pays Goodman 40% of the value of the assets it seized. The seizure of Goodman's assets and payment of less than just compensation is

a. expropriation

b. repatriation

c. confiscation

d. bribery

46.The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits

bribes to all foreigners.

O small bribes to foreign officials that serve as facilitating or grease payments.

O bribery only by corporations and their representatives.

O bribes to foreign officials to influence official acts

47. XCo is an American company that wants to sell widgets to DCo, a Danish Corporation. XCo is unsure about DCo's ability to pay. XCo should

a.not transact business with DCo.

b. transact business with DC because American law requires Do to pay.

c. transact business with DC because Danish law requires Do to pay.

d. require DC to obtain a letter of credit.

48. A trade deficit occurs when:

a. a country is dumping goods in another country

b. the value of exports exceeds the value of imports

c. the value of imports equals the value of exports

d. other countries are dumping in a country's home market

e. the value of imports exceeds the value of exports

49.Gables purchased used Mercedes from a German company. The cars were built for the German market and met its safety and pollution requirements. Gables hoped to sell the cars in the U.S., and so shipped them to New York. Upon reaching Customs, the cars will:

a. not be passed through Customs because Germany does not have most favored nation status with the U.S.

b.be passed through Customs because they are not products that would affect U.S. national security

c. not be allowed to pass because they are a major source of competition for U.S. automakers d. not pass through Customs unless they meet all safety and pollution control for cars operated in the U.S.

e. not be allowed because they are not new cars

50. If a U. S. company brings suit against a foreign country in a U. S. court, the issue raised is on :

a. repatriation

b. expropriation

c. sovereign immunity

d. dumping

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