Environmental Law Key Terms - Micah and Mel

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Across
  1. 1. A method for final disposal of solid waste on land. This is where all society's garbage goes to.
  2. 2. Reducing the degree or intensity, or eliminating, pollution. (Hint: Ab_t_m__t)
  3. 5. Something that is poisonous.
  4. 6. Any substance in water, soil, or air that degrade the natural quality of the environment, offend the senses of sight, taste, smell, or cause a health hazard. (Hint: Po____tion)
  5. 8. A measure of the probability that damage to life, health, property, and/or the environment will result from a given hazard.
  6. 10. (Hint: 2 words. There is a dash between words. Second word is "rights") A doctrine of state water law under which a land owner is entitled to use the water on or bordering his property, including the right to prevent diversion or misuse of upstream waters.
  7. 13. A special interest in the case which is more than a "mere intellectual or emotional concern." If you cannot show that you have suffered from special damage over and above that suffered by the community at large (i.e. physical damage), then the court is unlikely to grant you ____ to appear in court.
Down
  1. 1. (Hint: 3 words. There is a dash between words. The middle is "of") The concentration in air of an extremely hazardous substance above which there may be serious immediate health effects to anyone exposed to it for short periods.
  2. 3. Dust, smoke, or chemical fumes that pollute the air and make hazy, and unhealthy conditions. (Hint: The word is a blend of smoke and fog)
  3. 4. When a substance turns impure from the result of mixture or contact with another foreign substance.
  4. 7. Pollution discharged into the atmosphere from smokestacks, other vents, and surface areas of commercial or industrial facilities.
  5. 8. 1. Cleanup or other methods used to remove or contain a toxic spill or hazardous materials from a Superfund site. (Hint: Re_ _ _ _ _ tion)
  6. 9. The layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth's surface.
  7. 11. A mineral fiber that can pollute air or water and cause cancer or asbestosis when inhaled. EPA has banned or severely restricted its use in manufacturing and construction.
  8. 12. The place where a population (eg human, animal plant, microorganisms) lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living.