Author Question: Why did federal laws limiting pollution of rivers and streams not prevent the pollution and the ... (Read 174 times)

student77 · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

Why did federal laws limiting pollution of rivers and streams not prevent the pollution and the fires on the Cuyahoga River from 1868 to 1969?

A) There were no federal regulations of water pollution at that time.
B) This pollution went undetected by agents overwhelmed by the amount of work.
C) The federal laws preventing water pollution did not apply to the state where this occurred.
D) These industries that polluted the water had been repeatedly fined for polluting and continued to ignore the laws.

Question 2

Based upon the history of the U.S. federal government's involvement in controlling water pollution, which one of the following scenarios would have most likely occurred?

A) In 1908, federal inspectors reported unacceptably high levels of petroleum products in a river.
B) In 1898, a city receives a federal grant for one million dollars to improve its handling of industrial wastes draining into a nearby river.
C) In 1947, agents of the federal Environmental Protection Agency fined a company for dumping industrial waste into a local stream.
D) In 1952, federal agents advised a city on the best way to handle its sewage and storm water.