Environmental
A New Mexico property near an old mining site may be contaminated with which hazardous substances?
ANatural gas and propane
BHeavy metals such as lead, arsenic, and cadmium from mine tailings✓ Correct
CChlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
DCarbon dioxide only
Explanation
Abandoned mines in New Mexico (particularly uranium, silver, copper, and gold mines) can leave behind tailings and waste rock containing heavy metals that leach into soil and groundwater.
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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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