AICP Environmental Test
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| A. Set restrictions on the discharge of pollutants into the environment. The EPA has effluent guidelines for more than 50 categories.B. Created in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in a region particularly hard hit by the Great Depression. Served as a large-scale regional planning program.C. A shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast.D. Draft 2003 - Multiyear effort to identify credible indicators to answer key questions pertaining to the environment & human health and to understand/improve what is know about current state of the environment & identify where additional info is needed.E. Land previously used for industrial purposes, or certain commercial uses, and that may be contaminated by low concentrations of hazardous waste or pollution and has the potential to be reused once it is cleaned up.F. A type of freshwater, brackish water or saltwater wetland found along rivers, ponds, lakes, and coasts. It does not accumulate appreciable peat deposits and is dominated by herbaceous vegetation.G. 1973 - Provided protection of animal and plant species that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designate as threatened or endangered. Act was later amended in 1988.H. A pond, lake, tank, or basin that can be used for the storage and control of water, and can be either natural or man-made.I. typically associated with large dams. It uses falling water to produce power, which is moved through a turbine, causing it to spin. The spinning turbine is coupled with a generator, which produces energy.J. Mandates state programs to delinate coastal boundaries, regulate activities within them & inventory areas req. protection.K. A freshwater wetland that has spongy, muddy land and a lot of water.L. Established in 1927, to build and operate the Colorado River Aqueduct. Aqueduct built between 1933 and 1941 and ran a water pipeline to Los Angeles.M. Safe to drink.N. Minimum R-value recommended for home insulation?O. The system for granting and regulating discharge permits. Regulates both point and non-point sources that discharge pollutants into waters of the U.S.P. An area where fresh water meets salt water.Q. A biological process to remove dissolved organic matter from wastewater. Sewage microorganisms are cultivated and added to the wastewater. The microorganisms absorb organic matter from sewage as their food supply.R. uses photovoltaic panels to convert sunlight directly into electricity. The panels can be added together to create large systems.S. A region drained by, or contributing water to, a surface water body.T. Contaminated runoff from many sources. |
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