Under What Circumstances, If Any, Does the Environmental Protection Agency

question 61

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances, if any, does the Environmental Protection Agency give a state the first opportunity to prosecute violators of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?

• A) When the state has set up its own program for managing hazardous waste that is at least as stringent as the federal program.
• B) When the state has reduced hazardous waste production at least 10% per year for each of the previous three years.
• C) When the state has reduced hazardous waste production at least 5% per year for each of the previous three years.
• D) When the state has stronger criminal penalties for violation of its hazardous waste laws than does the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
• E) The Environmental Protection Agency never gives a state the first opportunity to prosecute violators of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

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