Common Law
These 3 elements constitute standing.
Injury, causation, and redressability
The Clean Water Act regulates what kind of sources of discharge?
Point sources
What two wastes are regulated under RCRA?
Hazardous and solid waste
The two agencies in charge of the ESA are...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service
Who determines criteria pollutants under the Clean Air Act?
The Environmental Protection Agency
When courts rely on previous cases to make a decision, this is called...
Stare decisis/precedent
The two permitting programs under the CWA are...
NPDES (402) and Dredge-and-fill (404)
Under RCRA, what are wastes required to have from cradle-to-grave?
A manifest (or identification)
When making a listing determination, the agency must use what kind of data?
The best scientific and commercial data available.
What two sources of air pollution does the CAA regulate?
Stationary and mobile sources
Courts use this remedy to stop the harmful conduct of a defendant.
Injunctions
CWA regulates discharges into what kind of waters?
Navigable
What facility needs a permit under RCRA?
Treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
When a federal agency might harm an endangered species, which section of the ESA must they comply with?
Section 7 - interagency cooperation
The standards set for criteria pollutants are known as ...
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
This tort happens when someone interferes with the rights of the public.
Public nuisance
CWA regulates conventional, toxic, and what other pollutant?
Hazardous
When a person notices a release of waste under CERCLA, they must notify who?
National Response Center
What is a candidate conservation agreement?
A tool used to conserve a species that is not currently listed under the ESA.
The court in Mass v. EPA held that the EPA had a duty to do what?
Regulate greenhouse gases (such as CO2)
Courts use what three kinds of statutory interpretation?
Textualism, intentionalism, purposivism.
Waters of the United States must have what to be considered WOTUS?
A continuous surface connection
What kind of liability applies under CERCLA?
Strict Liability
After a species is listed, what must the agency do next?
Determine critical habitat
Air Quality Control Regions (AQCRs)