Environmental Compliance Inspector Regulations & Legislation Flashcards
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What does the Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control (UIC) program regulate?
Answer: Injection of fluids into underground wells
The UIC program under the SDWA regulates the construction, operation, and closure of injection wells to protect underground sources of drinking water.
Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which type of plan must certain facilities maintain to address potential worst-case oil discharge scenarios?
Answer: Facility Response Plan
OPA 90 requires facilities that pose substantial harm risks to prepare and submit Facility Response Plans addressing worst-case discharge scenarios.
Which provision of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for criteria pollutants?
Answer: Section 109
Section 109 of the Clean Air Act directs EPA to establish primary and secondary NAAQS for criteria pollutants to protect public health and welfare.
What is the penalty for knowingly violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit, per violation per day?
Answer: Up to $50,000 and/or imprisonment
Knowing violations of the CWA can result in fines up to $50,000 per day of violation and/or imprisonment under Section 309(c).
Under TSCA, what must manufacturers and processors submit to EPA before producing a new chemical substance not on the TSCA Inventory?
Answer: Premanufacture Notice (PMN)
TSCA Section 5 requires submission of a Premanufacture Notice at least 90 days before manufacturing or importing a new chemical substance.
Which executive order requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental justice impacts of their programs and policies on minority and low-income populations?
Answer: Executive Order 12898
Executive Order 12898, signed in 1994, directs federal agencies to identify and address disproportionately high environmental and health effects on minority and low-income populations.