Quiz: The EPA - Civic Genius

Which U.S. president created the EPA?*

Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Bill Clinton

Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act in 1980, also known as the Superfund program. What environmental disaster helped kickstart this legislation?*

Love Canal
Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spills
East Palestine Train Derailment

Some parcels of land are hard to use because they’ve been contaminated with hazardous substances or pollutants. The EPA calls these sites _____________ and runs a program to help redevelop them.*

Dead Zones
Brownfields
Designated Hazardous Lots (DHLs)
Blank Spaces

The EPA spent _______ in fiscal year 2022.*

$1.7 billion
$4.7 billion
$7.7 billion
$10.7 billion

Which of the following is the EPA responsible for?*

Ensuring clean drinking water
Certifying organic food
Dealing with nuclear waste
Managing endangered species

The EPA has regional offices across the country that oversee the agency’s programming and enforcement. How many regions are there?*

3
5
7
10

“Particulate matter” is a science-y term for “stuff in the air that can be a health risk.” All particulate matter (PM) is subject to regulation by the EPA.*

True
False

In 1996, the EPA amended the Clean Air Act to fully ban the use of _______ in gasoline.*

Ethanol
Lead
Nitromethane
Solvent Red 26

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