Environmental SITE ASSESSMENT

ENVS 541

FaLL 2011

Instructor: Dr. Carol Thompson

Office: 139D Science--ext. 9739

Office Hours: check webpage

Meeting Place: 109 Sci, 6-9 PM Wednesday

Readings:

Required purchase 10 ASTM standards, $10 on-line

Student Instructions:

1. Go to http://www.astm.org/campusstandards.html

2. Current Student Members login or Join ASTM as a new Student Member (free).

3. Insert this course code to order ASTM standards: 10342

4. Checkout and pay $10 (Credit Card payment required).

5. After submitting your order, you will receive an email with details on

how to login and access the purchased standards package.

6. Problems/Questions - Contact ASTM at

Readings either on reserve in the library and internet readings. You must do the readings before you come to class. I want to have discussion in class. This is also a good opportunity for learning effective note-taking. I would set aside a couple of 2-3 hour time blocks for reading and note taking each week.

Books on reserve:

Eccleston, Charles H : Environmental impact statements : a comprehensive guide to project and strategic planning.

Hess, Kathleen, Environmental Site Assessment Phase I: A Basic Guide

Blackboard

The syllabus, reading assignments, questions, and links to internet readings are on BB. http://online.tarleton.edu/Dual/DualLoginPage.htm

Other announcements will be there as well, pertaining to that week’s activities.

Check this frequently for updates

Class Participation

This is a course designed specifically for students who plan on working in the environmental field as a consultant or for government. All students are expected to attend every class period, and have read the assigned materials. This is also not a lecture course, although I will lecture on some materials. It is far better for you to read the material and for us to discuss it than for me to regurgitate the readings. The material is technical and is the type of material you will use for reference later as you work. There is lots of it and it will be repeated in the sources, so learn to skim and pick out main points.

Projects/Homework:

There will be various assignments. The two large ones will be a partial EIS and a partial site assessment for a site here in town. The projects will be done as a group. Other assignments are individual.

Grading

Two exams 50%

Projects 50%

Date

/ Topics (rev 9/4)
8/31/11 / Class info, overview of topics, maps, sources of information, ASTM standards
9/7/11 / Phase I assessment
9/14/11 / Haz waste incidents and Superfund
9/21/11 / CERCLA
9/28/11 / CERCLA/HWSA/Brownfields
10/5/11 / RCRA / Phase I due
10/12/11 / TEST 1
10/19/11 / NEPA
10/26/11 / Environmental Impact Assessments / Haz ranking due
11/3/11 / Sampling design
11/9/11 /

Phase II assessments

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11/16/11
11/30/11 /

Toxicology, Risk Assessment

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EIS due

12/7/11 / Statistics
12/14/11 / TEST 2

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