Homework Sourse4 Local governmental efforts to control air pollution from a
4) Local governmental efforts to control air pollution from automobiles might reasonably include which of the following?
a) Mandatory annual auto emission inspections
b) Promotion of mass transit and carpooling
c) Sponsored car buyback programs (e.g., Cash for Clunkers) to retire older, more polluting vehicles.
d) Unique benefits for zero-emission vehicles (e.g., free or specially designated parking)
e) All the above.
6) Which of the following is most analogous to the maximal contaminant levels (MCLs) employed in the Safe Drinking Water Act to regulate public drinking water quality in the US.
a) National hazardous air pollution emission standards
b) National ambient air quality standards
c) Local air quality control board air emission permits
7) You recently hired on with the state health department to work in community health assessment and outreach. One of your first assignments is to work with a community to assist them in writing an environmental justice grant to address ambient air pollution concerns. Which of the following might be of use in writing the grant?
a) The number of local air quality control board emission permits within the community compared to other neighboring communities.
b) The total amount or magnitude of toxic air emissions permitted in the community compared to neighboring communities.
c) Poverty rate in the community
d) Racial/ethnic composition of the community
e) All the above
8) The lead in drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan can be viewed as an example of environmental injustice since many believe that had Flint been an affluent white community, there would have been no crisis since the local regulatory agencies would not only have properly applied the Lead and Copper Rule, but would have been much more responsive to voiced citizen concerns and complaints regarding their water quality. Which of the following environmental justice themes does Flint most clearly reflect.
A.
Distributional justice
B.
Process justice
C.
Procedural justice
D. Both B and C
11) For an urban community, which of the following best explains why outdoor air pollution tends to be a more common environmental justice issue than drinking water quality?
a) US Clean Water Act
b) US Clean Air Act
c) US Safe Drinking Water Act
d) All of the above equally explanatory
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| c) Sponsored car buyback programs (e.g., Cash for Clunkers) to retire older, more polluting vehicles. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| d) Unique benefits for zero-emission vehicles (e.g., free or specially designated parking) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| e) All the above. 6) Which of the following is most analogous to the maximal contaminant levels (MCLs) employed in the Safe Drinking Water Act to regulate public drinking water quality in the US.
7) You recently hired on with the state health department to work in community health assessment and outreach. One of your first assignments is to work with a community to assist them in writing an environmental justice grant to address ambient air pollution concerns. Which of the following might be of use in writing the grant?
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Solution
1. Air pollution is becoming a menace nowadays. So, to prevent air pollution government will undertake all the above steps. So, the answer is All the above (option e).
2. The US National Ambient Air Quality Standards are standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under authority of the Clean Air Act that apply for outdoor air throughout the country. Also, maximal contaminant levels (MCLs) employed in the Safe Drinking Water Act is also regulated by EPA. So, the correct asnwer is option b.
