19.3 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)

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)

toxic, corrosive, or explosive material

• Superfund Act

• deep-well injection

• incineration

• hazardous waste

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

generally the most expensive form of disposing waste

• 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

• 250 out of 2000

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

• characterizing waste to facilitate effective treatment and disposal options

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.

Surface impoundment is a method for

• packing a landfill down.

• disposing of hazardous waste by bringing it to the surface.

• accumulating liquid hazardous waste while water evaporates from the pond.

• recovering raw material from manufactured goods.