Natural Resource Law
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Natural Resource Law examines the legal frameworks governing the management, use, and conservation of natural resources such as land, water, minerals, forests, and wildlife. The course explores federal, state, and international statutes, regulations, and policies that impact resource extraction and environmental protection. Topics include property rights, public trust doctrine, regulatory agencies, sustainability principles, permitting processes, and dispute resolution mechanisms. Through case studies and legal analysis, students gain an understanding of how legal systems balance competing interests related to resource use and address challenges such as environmental degradation, climate change, and equitable resource distribution.
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Environmental Law 8th Edition by Nancy K. Kubasek
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Chapter 1: The American Legal System: the Source of Environmental Law
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Q1) The Fourth Amendment
A) prohibits searches by a government agency without the agency's first obtaining a warrant.
B) is today offering greater protection than it did a few years ago.
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.
Answer: A
Q2) The court has traditionally interpreted the Commerce Clause broadly, so that most environmental regulations are considered a valid exercise of Commerce Clause authority.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Due process
A) may be either substantive or procedural.
B) is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Litigation Process and Other Tools for Resolving Environmental Disputes
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Q1) One of the common criticisms of the adversary system is that it unfairly benefits the wealthier party.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Federal judges
A) are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.
B) are allowed to serve for life, assuming "good behavior."
C) are elected.
D) both a and b.
Answer: D
Q3) The federal district court and the court of common pleas have concurrent jurisdiction over
A) cases involving the interpretation of the Constitution.
B) most cases requiring the interpretation of a federal statute.
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Administrative Law and Its Impact on the Environment
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Q1) Which of the following agencies have significant impact on environmental policy?
A) Department of the Interior
B) Department of Agriculture
C) Both a and b.
D) none of the above.
Answer: C
Q2) The executive branch tends to have more influence over executive agencies than over independent agencies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The EPA was created in 1970, and is one of the largest federal agencies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The Freedom of Information Act is an example of a statutory limitation on administrative agencies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy
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Q1) Factors indicating an EIS must be filed include
A) the activity may have a significant effect on the environment.
B) the activity cannot be completed in less than a year.
C) both a and b.
D) all of the above.
Q2) Business managers are not likely to engage in the most environmentally sound behavior because their primary concern is often with making short run profits.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Nuisance actions would be the ideal means for controlling pollution if most nuisances were private rather than public nuisances.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The primary goal of NEPA was to reform agency decision making so that environmental concerns would be taken into account.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Air-Quality Control
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Q1) In 2008, a court held that the Clean Air Mercury Rule violated the Clean Air Act.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Acid rain
A) would not exist in the absence of man-made emissions of sulfur.
B) occurs only in industrialized areas.
C) is a difficult problem to solve because there is a lack of agreement as to the severity of the problem, the best way to solve the problem, and what ph level warrants the designation acid rain.
D) none of the above.
Q3) If the ambient air quality in a region is cleaner than mandated by the NAAQSs, the air quality will be allowed to degrade down to the level of the NAAQSs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) By 1997, all of the NAAQSs had been met nationwide.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Water-Quality Control
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Q1) Point source pollutants are controlled under the FWPCA by a system of discharge permits that limit the amount of particular effluents that a plant can discharge into the water.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Safe Drinking Water Act establishes drinking water standards that are applicable to
A) bottled water.
B) municipal water supply systems.
C) private wells.
D) all of the above.
Q3) Under appropriative rights, the right to use the water is established by actual consumptive use of the water.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Ground water pollution is not a real problem because there is so much of it that it does not matter if we cannot use a little of it.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Controlling Toxic Substances
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Q1) Which of the following is not one of the options the EPA may exercise within 45 days of receiving a PMN?
A) Limit the amount to be produced, sold or processed.
B) Prohibit the sale or manufacture of the chemical.
C) Require further testing and temporarily prohibit manufacture and sale until the data is provided.
D) none of the above.
Q2) No pesticide has ever had its registration canceled or not renewed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most commonly used data to support regulation of a toxic substance is the epidemiological study.
A)True
B)False
Q4) There has not been extremely stringent regulation of pesticides because the harm caused by pesticides can easily be compensated through negligence actions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Waste Management and Hazardous Releases
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Q1) The primary focus of the underground storage tank program is on spill prevention.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Initially, tax revenues from petroleum and chemical industries helped to fund the Superfund, but the tax has now expired, and it is now funded through general tax dollars.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A waste will be considered hazardous under the RCRA if
A) it is included on one of the EPA's three lists of hazardous wastes.
B) it has the characteristics of toxicity, ignitability, corrosivity, or reactivity.
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.
Q4) Comprehensive emergency response plans need not include:
A) A determination of the resources available for spills.
B) A determination of what hazardous substances go through a community.
C) A determination of how spill information will be communicated.
D) none of the above.
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Chapter 9: Energy
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Q1) Because nuclear energy does not produce carbon emissions, it is considered a renewable source of energy
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following was not an objective of Carter's National Energy Plan?
A) increasing federal spending for research and development of new technology for energy conservation and productivity.
B) centralize federal energy planning through institutional reform.
C) achieve greater energy efficiency through selective use of market forces and a major expansion of federal regulatory policy.
D) none of the above.
Q3) Which of the following is not considered a source of renewable energy?
A) wind energy.
B) biomass energy.
C) solar energy.
D) none of the above.
Q4) The United States has a central site for storing and disposing of nuclear waste.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Natural Resources
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Q1) A "Safe Harbor" agreement under the ESA
A) provides money for environmental groups to establish sanctuaries for endangered species.
B) ensures that landowners who increase a listed species' population and later decrease that population will not be penalized.
C) forces landowners to build shelters for endangered species on the owners' property.
D) is a joint effort between the Fish and Wildlife Service and environmentalists to protect endangered species along waterways.
Q2) By the mid 1970s, over half the wetlands that had existed in the lower 48 states during the eighteenth century had disappeared.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Although wetlands are important globally, there are no international treaties to protect wetlands.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: International Environmental Law
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Q1) A major problem with international environmental law is its lack of an adequate enforcement mechanism.
A)True
B)False
Q2) International environmental law is made up of both customary and conventional law; the former is analogous to common law and the latter is formed by treaties.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The only ways in which the U. S. attempts to resolve environmental problems on an international basis is through treaties and the conduct and sharing of research on environmental problems.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Fauna and Flora (CITES)
A) is designed to prohibit the international trafficking in wildlife species and products that are endangered
B) is implemented in the United States through the Endangered Species Act.
C) is the most heavily enforced international environmental treaty.
D) both a and b.
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