The U.S. federal government requires all rivers to have low…
The U.S. federal government requires all rivers to have low levels of pollutants. After decades of collecting industrial waste, the fictional Tulalula River in Alabama was very polluted. The federal government provided Alabama $45 million to clean up the Tulalula River, but the state claims it will cost up to $100 million to get the river to federal standards. In the minds of Alabama state policymakers, the requirement to clean this river represents a(n) ______ in this scenario.