Ch 19 Sec 3 - Hazardous Waste

passed in 1976 to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

pumping wastes below groundwater level

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

toxic, corrosive, or explosive material

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

often generates wastes that are more toxic than the original substance

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

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.

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7