Which federal statute authorizes EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for common outdoor air pollutants?

Which law establishes the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into surface waters of the United States?

Which law requires public water systems to meet health-based standards for potable tap water?

Which statute creates the cradle-to-grave system for managing hazardous waste?

Which law authorizes Superfund cleanup of uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites?

Which statute authorizes EPA to require testing and restrict chemical substances that present unreasonable risk?

Which law requires most pesticides sold or distributed in the United States to be registered with EPA?

Which statute protects and supports recovery of species listed as threatened or endangered?

Which law requires federal agencies to consider environmental impacts before major federal actions that significantly affect the environment?

Which statute strengthened federal prevention, preparedness, and response for catastrophic oil spills?

Which law, also called the Ocean Dumping Act, regulates the transportation and disposition of material in the ocean?

Which statute requires facilities to report certain chemical storage, use, and releases so local responders can prepare for chemical accidents?

Which law regulates underground storage tanks containing petroleum or hazardous substances?

Which law provides the federal basis for states to submit implementation plans for attaining national air-quality standards?

A federal agency proposes a new interstate highway with significant environmental effects. Which law most directly requires environmental review of alternatives?

A company wants to sell a new herbicide in the United States. Which law most directly governs EPA registration of that product?

A city finds that lead in household tap water exceeds a health-based federal standard. Which law most directly governs that public-water-system requirement?

A factory releases untreated effluent through a pipe into a river without a permit. Which law most directly applies?

Drums of solvents are discovered at an abandoned industrial site, and EPA seeks the responsible parties to conduct cleanup. Which law applies most directly?

Before manufacturing a new industrial chemical, a company must provide information that allows EPA to review its risks. Which law most directly applies?

A federal dam project could jeopardize a federally listed fish species. Which law most directly requires protection of that listed species?

A coastal fuel terminal must file a plan for responding to a worst-case spill from its storage tanks. Which law most directly requires this plan?

A vessel plans to transport industrial material from the United States for disposal at sea. Which law most directly governs the required ocean-dumping permit?

A chemical plant must tell local emergency planners about extremely hazardous chemicals it stores and report certain releases. Which law applies most directly?

An electroplating plant fails to identify and track its hazardous-waste shipments from generation to disposal. Which law most directly applies?

A county's outdoor air exceeds a national standard for a common pollutant. Which law supplies the framework for bringing the area into compliance?

The Clean Water Act limits discharges to rivers, while another law sets standards for the water public systems deliver to homes. Which law sets those standards?

One law manages hazardous waste while it is generated, transported, and disposed; another cleans abandoned hazardous-waste sites. Which law governs the active waste-management system?

TSCA regulates industrial chemical substances, while another statute focuses on pesticides. Which law focuses on pesticides?

NEPA requires analysis of impacts from major federal actions. Which other law lets the Fish and Wildlife Service designate critical habitat for a threatened animal?

The Clean Water Act governs many point-source discharges to surface waters. Which law specifically governs disposal of material into ocean waters?

One law addresses pollution emitted to the atmosphere and another addresses pollutant effluent discharged from a pipe to a river. Which law addresses the atmospheric emissions?

After the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, which law required tankers in US waters to be phased over to double hulls?

CERCLA supports cleanup of hazardous releases. Which other law created the Toxics Release Inventory, where facilities report their yearly releases of listed chemicals?

EPA orders a power plant to install controls because emissions contribute to violation of a national ambient air-quality standard. Which law supports that order?

A developer wants to fill a wetland next to a river with soil to build houses. Which law requires a permit for placing that fill material?

Which law sets federal standards for municipal solid-waste landfills, such as liners and groundwater monitoring?

Which law created a trust fund, first paid for by taxes on the chemical and petroleum industries, to clean up hazardous-waste sites when no responsible party can pay?

EPA stops distribution of an unregistered insecticide. Which law provides the authority most directly related to that enforcement action?

EPA takes action after a barge disposes of material in ocean waters outside the conditions of its permit. Which law supports the action?