In Commenting on the Problems of Implementing the Provisions of the Clean

question 20

Multiple Choice

In commenting on the problems of implementing the provisions of the Clean Air Act for Los Angeles,EPA director William Ruckelshaus noted that

• A) Los Angeles really did not have a pollution problem and that implementing the act would be burdensome.
• B) under provisions of the act, the EPA was not allowed to take the economic costs imposed by the act into consideration.
• C) it would require taking only 10 percent of the cars in the region off the highway and that people were unwilling to make even this small sacrifice.
• D) the Los Angeles pollution was created by activities taking place outside the region and thus not covered by the provisions of the law.
• E) the Clean Air Act dealt only with industrial pollution and that the problem in Los Angeles was caused by automobiles.

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