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ENVM 644 New Technologies in Environmental
Management (3)
An overview is offered of new waste management and waste
minimization technologies, including treatment technologies
such as physical and chemical treatment of hazardous wastes,
bioreactors and bioremediation, and reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration.
Disposal technologies such as landfill design and operation,
incineration, and encapsulation methods are reviewed.
Pollution prevention technologies, including process redesign
and computer-aided process control, as well as the substitution
of toxic materials, are also presented.
ENVM 645 Hazardous Materials Transportation (3)
This course offers a review of the legal, regulatory, and operational
requirements for the transport of hazardous materials and
hazardous waste. A foundation is provided for understanding
the state, federal, and international regulatory framework that
governs the transport of such materials. The identification, classification,
and description of transported materials (according to
U.S. Department of Transportation criteria) is presented. The
course includes the evaluation of shipment alternatives, such as
the use of common carriers, contract carriage, and private carriage;
compliance with shipping re q u i rements, including the selection
of appropriate packaging, labeling, and placarding; and the
p rovision of emergency response support.
ENVM 646 Environmental/Energy Law and Policy
Development (3)
(Also listed as ENER 646.) This course will examine U.S. environmental
and energy law and policy, including its deve l o p m e n t ,
implementation, and enforcement. Legislative, executive, and
judicial perspectives and the roles and impacts these have made
on environmental and energy law and policy are analyze d .
Leading laws and their ensuing policies, such as the National
Environmental Protection Act, the Clean Air and Clean Water
Acts, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the 1992
National Energy Policy Act, the FDR-Era Federal Policy Act,
the Public Utility Holding Company Act, and the Carter-Era
Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act, will be examined.
ENVM 647 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)
This course is designed to acquaint managers with the basic concepts
of risk assessment. It examines the four core parts of a risk
assessment as denoted by the National Academy of Sciences:
hazard assessment, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment,
and risk characterization. Methods of measurement and
modeling are discussed, along with an exploration of key questions
concerning uncertainty. Differences in the risk characterizations
of substances under different use conditions and legal
requirements are studied. Significant case studies serve to illustrate
the assessment process.
ENVM 648 Fundamentals of Environmental Systems (3)
(For students lacking a strong science background or experience
in the environmental field.) The basic concepts of enviro n m e n t a l
c h e m i s t ry, physics, geology, and risk are introduced. En v i ro n m e n -
tal systems are presented in the study of the gaseous, liquid, and
solid effluents from various industrial activities, while management
methods and the statutory and regulatory requirements of
major federal environmental laws affecting this management are
considered. Additionally, this course provides the student with
the basic vocabulary of the field and an understanding of fundamental
principles relating to the transport and fate of contaminants
and industrial wastes.
ENVM 649 Principles of Waste Management and Pollution
Control (3)
This course introduces the student to various methods of waste
management including waste collection, transportation, recycling,
treatment and disposal, and environmental monitoring.
The course also focuses on hazardous and municipal solid waste,
pollution prevention techniques, and waste minimization. An
introduction to the process of disposal-facility site selection,
design, and operation is also included.
ENVM 650 Land and Water Resource Management (3)
This course introduces the student to the development of multipleuse
re s o u rce management strategies and the role of public policy
in land and water re s o u rce management. Free markets, mark e t
f a i l u re, and distributional equity issues are examined. The Pu b l i c
Trust Doctrine, Na t i ve American Trust responsibilities, and land
use regulations are also examined. En f o rcement of land and water
restrictions, ex-post-liability schemes, and public purchase of private
land and water rights are examined as approaches to land and
water management.
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