Environmental
The EPA's Superfund (CERCLA) National Priorities List (NPL) includes several Iowa sites where:
ANew residential construction is encouraged
BLong-term cleanup of serious hazardous substance contamination is required✓ Correct
CAgricultural operations are promoted
DIowa Title Guaranty coverage is mandatory
Explanation
The EPA's National Priorities List identifies the most seriously contaminated hazardous waste sites in the U.S.
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Key Terms to Know
Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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