Week 8 Activity 1
1. Best available treatment: a water treatment that is the most current and best available through research even though it may not be the treatment used most frequently.

2. Best conventional treatment: a water treatment that is generally used among industries; not always the best treatment available.

3. Clean Air Act: federal legislations that establishes standards for air pollution levels and prevents further deterioration of air quality.

4. Clean Water Act: federal legislations that regulates water pollution through a control system.

5. Due diligence: process of checking the environmental history and nature of land prior to purchase.

6. Emissions offset policy: controls whether new factories can be built in a non-attainment area.

7. Environmental impact statement (EIS): formal report prepared under NEPA to document findings on the impact of a federal project on the environment.

8. Injunction: order of a court of equity to refrain from doing or to do a specified act.

9. Private nuisance: nuisance that affects only one or a few individuals.

10. Zoning: restrictions imposed by government on the use of designated land to ensure an orderly physical development of the regulate area.

1. Solid waste disposal regulations today deal almost entirely with recycling.
False
2. The EPA has the authority of have activities halted through the use of injunction.
True
3. Conduct that unreasonably interferes with the enjoyment of land is a nuisance.
True

4. Public zoning and restrictive covenants in deeds have a similar purpose, but each has a different source of authority.