APES Laws

Sabatino and Holland Coal Company Inc. has an electrostatic precipitator that is no longer functioning properly. If it is not fixed which law are they in danger of violating?

• Superfund Act

• Delaney Clause

• Clean Air Act

• Clean water Act

Shelby and Shania Skin Saver cosmetic company went bankrupt.  Their head chemist, Erica Harris, buried 75 barrels of super toxic glurch on the property before they abandoned it. Which law will help enforce that they clean up their mess?

• Lacy Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Superfund Act

• Clean Water Act

The Brooks and Brooks company ( better known as Green House Gasses Are Us) are thrilled that this international act designed to reduce greenhouse gases was NOT signed by the United States.

• Superfund Act

• Kyoto Protocol

• Montreal Protocol

• CITES

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Nadia and Juliette buy property that has Gopher Tortoises, Northern Spotted owls, and Black Rhinos all living together. (Yes, it’s my imaginary Biome- so deal with it).They plan to cut down all the trees to build a big house for their bearded dragons and squirrels. What law are they violating?

• Endangered Species Act

• Montreal Protocol

• Safe Drinking water Act

• Marine Mammal Act

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Lauren and Emily are so retro that they start up a company called, “To Heck with that pesky Ozone Layer” that produces hair spray with 10X the normal amount of CFC’s than ever. When interviewed and asked why their response was. “We need max propellant for max hold…DUH!!!”  What protocol are they violating?

• Kyoto Protocol

• Oil Pollution Act

• Monreal Protocol

• Clean Air ACt

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Carson and Bryan hijack an oil tanker.  They soon find out that neither of them knows how to drive the aforementioned ship and proceed to crash into an iceberg (they went way off course). They soon discovered that the front fell off of their ship spilling 30,000 tons of crude oil into the ocean killing 100 sea birds and 40 ocean mammals (driving one rare species to extinction). Which law have they NOT violated?

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Oil Pollution Act

• Clean Water Act

• CITES

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Brittiny and Brianna run the local tap water treatment plant. (Not their original life goal, but their pretty well off thank you very much) Being sticklers for following the guidelines of the safe drinking water act, which of the following should they freak out about if it was discovered during a quality control inspection

• Chlorine

• Fluoride

• Dihydrogen monoxide

• E. Coli

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Nasia and Aniya become business partners in the future and become world famous for curing an entire generation of the catatonia causing condition known as “Selfiemania” (obviously their cure has proven lucrative)  They show up to their 10 year reunion and Sydney is wearing Ivory earrings and bracelets and Christian has on an expensive Bengal Tiger fur coat. (He thinks it’s fashionable) Mr. Daniel (now working for the EPA) shows up at the reunion and sadly arrests the world famous pair?  Which law was the basis of Mr. Daniel actions?

• Clean Air Act

• Endangered Species Act

• CERCLA

• RCRA

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Aimoni and Alyssa run the world’s largest Sanitary Landfill. Why? You might ask.  Well Aimoni got burned out after APEs, and Alyssa, well, she has always secretly loved garbage. Anyway, they received notice that one of their rival companies, coincidently run by Parker and Marissa (we won’t go into their story, it’s just too sad) are taking motor oil and paint that they have collected and are simply pouring it out into the soil. With a freaky righteous fit Alyssa calls the EPA to report a violation of which law?

• Endangered Species Act

• Montreal Protocol

• RCRA

• CITES

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Grumman is a Long Island based company where many drums of toxic chemcials have been found buried yeras ago. Today, the government is attempting to clean this site with funds from the:

• ESA

• CERCLA

• RCRA

• Delaney

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