Chapter 21 Flashcards

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Sealing off of environmental hazards I stead of removal

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Encapsulation

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A fire resistant mineral fiber used in a wide variety of building supplies prior to 1978;enviormental health hazard, when friable, that can cause respiratory diseases and cancer

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Asbestos

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From paint or other sources can result in damage to the Brian,nervous system , kidneys ,and blood

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Lead poisoning

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Radioactive gas produces as a by product of the natural decay if other radioactive substances causes lung cancer

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Radon

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According to this persons selling or leading residential housing constructed before 1978 must disclose the presence of known lead based paint and provides purchasers or lessees with any relevant records or reports

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Residential lead based paint hazard reduction act

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An insulating foam that can release harmful formaldehyde gases

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Urea-formaldehyde foam insulation

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A by product of incomplete fuel combustion that may result in deathly concentration in poorly ventilated areas

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Carbon monoxide

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Produced by electric currents and may be related to a variety of health complaints

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Electromagnetic fields

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The water that exists under the earth’s surface within the tiny spaces it crevices in geological formation

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Groundwater

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The natural level at which the ground is saturated

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Water table

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A tank and any underground piping connected to the tank that has at least 10% of its combined volume underground

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Underground storage tank

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An enormous hole either excavated for the purpose of waste disposal or leftover from surface mining operations

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Landfill

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Was created in 1980. Established a find of 9 billion called the superfund to clean up uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and to respond to spills

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Comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability act

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The purpose of this is to regulate underground storage tanks discharge of any hazardous substance including gas and oil

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Nc leaking petroleum underground storage tank cleanup act

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Designed to protect,preserve and give management guidelines in coast areas of the state

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Nc coastal area management act

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Under this a property owner must obtain a permit from the coastal resources commission before participating in any dredging or filling that may affect vegetation or aquatic conditions in nc waters or marshlands

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Nc dredge and fill act

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Was enacted to handle problems that occur as a result of sedimentation in state waters

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Nc sediment pollution control act

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System to limit the source of environmental hazards and reduce their effect in humans and the surrounding environment