The 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act Resulted

question 24

Multiple Choice

The 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act resulted in the US Department of Interior defining the calculation of damages to a valued resource as

• A) the lost value of the resource.
• B) the value of restoring the resource.
• C) the value of replacing the resource with another resource.
• D) the lesser of the lost value of the resource or the value of restoring the resource.

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Activities or actions taken by government bodies or officials, covered by legal and constitutional protections.

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Legal rights to possess, use, and dispose of assets or properties.

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State Action

Activities or actions carried out by government officials or entities, which are subject to constitutional protections against discrimination or infringement of rights.