Environmental
Which federal program created Superfund sites and funds cleanup of the nation's most contaminated properties?
ARCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
BCERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act)✓ Correct
CClean Air Act
DSafe Drinking Water Act
Explanation
CERCLA (Superfund) created the National Priorities List of the most contaminated sites and established a trust fund to finance cleanup. Property owners may face significant liability under CERCLA.
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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.
State-Specific Concepts
Trust Account Rules
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