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Employment and Environmental Regulation Insights

The document discusses regulations related to employment, the environment, and the EPA. It covers topics such as the EPA referring criminal and civil cases to the Department of Justice, requirements for environmental impact statements, and penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act including both criminal and civil penalties such as fines and imprisonment. It also discusses how under environmental laws, parties such as past or present owners can be held jointly and severally liable for cleanup costs regardless of their percentage of responsibility.

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Employment and Environmental Regulation Insights

The document discusses regulations related to employment, the environment, and the EPA. It covers topics such as the EPA referring criminal and civil cases to the Department of Justice, requirements for environmental impact statements, and penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act including both criminal and civil penalties such as fines and imprisonment. It also discusses how under environmental laws, parties such as past or present owners can be held jointly and severally liable for cleanup costs regardless of their percentage of responsibility.

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MODULE 30 REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND ENVIRONMENT 315

chosen because the EPA does refer both criminal and civil
cases over to the Department of Justice.
42. (a) The environmental impact statement is not de-
signed to show the cost or source of the funds for the actions
orlegislation being proposed. Answers (b), (c), and (d) are
all not chosen because these are all required as part of the
environmental impact statement.
43. (d) The Clean Air Act provides for both criminal
and civil penalties against violators. For criminal violations,
both fines and prison are possible. Civil penalties can also
be assessed by the EP A including an amount equal to any
benefits in costs for not complying.
44. (d) Green as a part owner is one of the parties that
has joint and several liability for the cleanup costs. Even
!hough Sason also has joint and several liability , Green can
be held liable for any portion or all of the cleanup costs
without regard to percent of responsibility. Answer (a) is
incorrect because Green, having joint and several liability ,
can be held liable for all of the cleanup costs. Answer (b) is
incorrect because past as well as present owners have po-
tentialliability. Answer (c) is incorrect because there is no
such defense as having less than half of the responsibility.

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