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AICP Environmental & Energey Review Questions

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show 1899 - Prohibited the construction of any bridge, dam, dike, or causeway over any navigable waterway without Congressional Approval. Also required Congressional approval for all wharfs, piers, or jetties, and the excavation or fill of navigable waters.  
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show 1948 allowed the Surgeon General working w/ other governmental entities, to prepare a comprehensive program to eliminate/reduce the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary conditions of surface and underground waters.  
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show 1965 - Established the Water Pollution Control Administration within the Department of the Interior. This was the first time water quality was treated as an environmental concern rather than a public health concern.  
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)   show
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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)   show
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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)   show
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Coastal Zone Management Act 1972   show
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Federal Water Pollutant Control Act 1972   show
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show Amend to Fed Water Pollutant Control Act of 1972. Must have permit if discharge pollutants into body of water, amt of discharge regulated by ambient and effuent water quality stds. Excl ship sewage.  
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Clean Air (1990)   show
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Clean Air Act   show
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show PSD stds dictate total ambient & effluent stds & new air pollutions not allowed unless reduce pollutants > than pollutants contributed by new source.  
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Ambient Standards   show
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First Earth Day   show
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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California   show
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Rachel Carson   show
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Effluent Standards   show
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show Discharged directly from a specific site, such as a sewage treatment plant or an industrial pipe.  
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Non-point Source Pollution   show
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Potable Water   show
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show One or more strata of rock or sediment that is saturated and sufficiently permeable to yield economically significant quantities of water to wells or springs.  
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show An area where fresh water meets salt water.  
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show A shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast.  
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Marsh   show
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show A pond, lake, tank, or basin that can be used for the storage and control of water, and can be either natural or man-made.  
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show Includes rivers, lakes, oceans, ocean-like water bodies, and coastal tidal waters.  
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show A freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddy land and a lot of water.  
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show A region drained by, or contributing water to, a surface water body.  
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show Include swamps, marshes, bogs, and other similar areas. They are areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetland  
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Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)   show
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Endangered Species Act   show
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Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA)   show
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act   show
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show Land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be contaminated by low concentrations of hazardous waste or pollution and has the potential to be reused once it is cleaned up.  
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Greyfield   show
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EPA's Environmental Indicators Initiative   show
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show Draft 2003 - Multiyear effort to identify credible indicators to answer key questions pertaining to the environment & human health and to understand/improve what is know about current state of the environment & identify where additional info is needed.  
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Biomass energy   show
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Methane   show
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Hydroelectric power   show
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Solar Energy   show
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Wind power   show
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Insulation   show
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show Ratings for insulationindicates the resistance to heat flow. The higher the number, the greater the insulating effectiveness.  
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LEED   show
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Greenfield   show
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show 1980 - Identifies potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for environmental contamination. Setup Federal “Superfund” to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites.  
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R-20   show
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Lowering a thermostat by 1 degree Fahrenheit can reduce a heating bill by what percent?   show
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show Created in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in a region particularly hard hit by the Great Depression. Served as a large-scale regional planning program.  
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)   show
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show A biological process to remove dissolved organic matter from wastewater. Sewage microorganisms are cultivated and added to the wastewater. The microorganisms absorb organic matter from sewage as their food supply.  
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show The discharge of pollutants into the environment in an untreated, partially treated, or completely treated state.  
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Mass Wasting   show
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