The Acts
This environmental act protects critical habit
ESA (endangered species act)
These permits were developed under the clean water act
NPDES (national pollutant discharge elimination system) regulate stormwater in section 404 (fills wetland national) 401 (filled wetland state)
Indiana is in this EPA region
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This type of communication involves the most scrutiny
Public communication
More than one entity be it a person, group, or institution, produces a solution or accomplishes a task. This is referred to as?
Co-production.
Establishment of a council on environmental quality is the executive office of the president is a provision of this act
NEPA (national environmental policy act)
Tracking hazardous ways from cradle to grave was the purpose of this act
RCRA (resource conservation and recovery act)
These are two advantages of federalism
Distributing resources and expertise. Coordinating efforts.
Proprietary information is protected from this act
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
What caused Flint, MI environmental agency to lose credibility?
Ethical communication did not provide people in the area with accurate information. Not open or accurate.
This act established minimum standards to protect tapwater and requires all public water systems to comply
SWDA (safe water drinking act)
SARA is known as
Super fun amendments in re-authorization act. Protect human health in the environment in regard to communities right to know their exposure to hazardous waste came from the love canal.
A brownfields site is described as
Where manufacturing was used and pollution exists. Cleaned up and turned into recreational land.
This barrier to communication is overcome by turning off your cell phone
Distraction
What are four barriers to communication?
language, prejudice, hierarchy, and distraction.
The intent of this act is to eliminate pollutant discharges to waters of the US
CWA (clean water act)
What is the act that set up the underground injection control program to prevent pollution groundwater
SWDA (safe water drinking act)
Without federal oversight, different states will place different or variable value on different types of development. If not managed, it could lead to the weakening of environmental regulations over time to facilitate this development. This concept refers to the idea?
Race to the bottom. Without oversight, some states may place more value on this, weakening environmental regulations.
Transparency in government meetings is possible through this act
The sunshine act
Ethical communication is these four things
Open, accurate, useful, and fair
What burning river located in Cleveland Ohio helped instigate the enactment of the clean water act
The Cuyahoga River
What are the provisions of what act (create and maintain the national priorities list give EPA authority to identify and force them to clean up, identify sites)
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act)
These four activities are done by regulatory agencies (EPA/State)
Permitting, monitoring, enforcement, and technical assistance
This approach can be used to address a difference in frame of reference?
Encourage openmindedness and empathy to others
This principle of ethical communication for environmental managers requires that info be shared with stakeholders be factual and based on the best available evidence, as inaccurate info can quickly erode trust. What is this principle?