Hazardous Waste Management
Spring 2008
Course Outline and Reading Assignments
|
WEEK# |
DATES |
TOPICS |
TEXTBOOK READINGS |
| 1 | 1/22 - 1/25 | The Hazardous Waste Perspective; History; Environmental legislation | pg. 1-36 |
| 2 | 1/28 - 2/1 | Definition and Characteristics of Hazardous Waste | pg. 37-49 |
| 3 | 2/4 - 2/8 | Pathways, Fates and Disposition of Hazardous Waste Releases (Quiz - 2/6) | pg. 51-66 |
| 4 | 2/11 - 2/15 | Toxicology | pg. 69 -85 |
| 5 | 2/18 - 2/22 | RCRA - Generators, transporters and TSD's (Quiz - 2/20) | pg. 89 - 141 |
| 6 | 2/25 - 2/29 | Underground storage tanks | pg. 375 - 393 |
| 7 | 3/3 - 3/7 | UST's (cont) (Quiz - 3/5) | |
| 8 | 3/10 - 3/14 | Pollution prevention, waste minimization, reuse and recycling | pg. 197 - 221 |
| BREAK | 3/17 - 3/21 | NO CLASSES | |
| 9 | 3/24 - 3/28 | Site Assessment and Evaluation - Superfund (Quiz - 3/26) | pg. 241 - 267 |
| 10 | 3/31 - 4/4 | Risk assessment and remediation standards | |
| 11 | 4/7 - 4/11 | Biological treatments (Quiz - 4/9) | |
| 12 | 4/14 - 4/18 | Physical-Chemical treatments | |
| 13 | 4/21 - 4/25 | Thermal treatments (Quiz - 4/23) | |
| 14 | 4/28 - 5/2 | Biological and infectious waste management | pg. 309 - 334 |
| 15 | 5/5 - 5/9 | Radioactive waste management | pg. 335 - 371 |
Final exam - Tues. May 13, 2008 2:45 - 4:45 PM