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ENVM (Environmental and Waste Management)ENVM 641 Environmental Auditing (3)An examination of methods for attaining statutory, regulatory,and permitting compliance. The protection of workers and otherstakeholders is also examined in the context of organizational,budgetary, and other constraints. Emphasis is on methods ofdefining auditing objectives to meet organizational goals and ofdesigning auditing programs for effective compliance under eachof the 12 major environmental statutes—including air, water,solid, and hazardous waste management laws and pollutionprevention initiatives.ENVM 643 Environmental Communications and Reporting (3)An overview of the range of communication practices requiredfor environmental managers in the fulfillment of legal, regulatory,ethical, and organizational responsibilities. The variouspopulations with whom environmental managers must communicateand interact—including plant supervisors, corporateexecutives, regulators, the legal community, civic groups, laborunions, and the media—are identified and examined. Discussioncovers various types of communication, from decision memorandato environmental impact statements, presentations ofcorporate environmental policies before affected communities,and development/conveyance of technical evidence for obtainingpermit variances.ENVM 644 New Technologies in EnvironmentalManagement (3)An overview of new waste management and waste minimizationtechnologies, including treatment technologies such asphysical and chemical treatment of hazardous wastes, bioreactorsand bioremediation, and reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration.Review covers disposal technologies, such as landfill design andoperation, incineration, and encapsulation methods. Pollutionprevention technologies, including process redesign, computeraidedprocess control, and the substitution of toxic materials,are also presented.ENVM 646 Environmental/Energy Law and PolicyDevelopment (3)An examination of U.S. environmental and energy law andpolicy. Topics include their development, implementation, andenforcement; legislative, executive, and judicial perspectives;and the roles and impact government institutions have made onenvironmental and energy law and policy. Leading laws and theirensuing policies, such as the National Environmental ProtectionAct, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservationand Recovery Act, the 1992 National Energy PolicyAct, the FDR-era Federal Policy Act, the Public Utility HoldingCompany Act, and the Carter-era Public Utility RegulatoryPolicy Act, are examined.ENVM 647 Environmental Risk Assessment (3)An overview of the basic concepts of risk assessment. Topicsinclude the four core parts of a risk assessment, as denoted bythe National Academy of Sciences: hazard assessment, doseresponseassessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.Methods of measurement and modeling are discussed,along with key questions concerning uncertainty. Differencesin the risk characterizations of substances under different useconditions and legal requirements are studied. Significant casestudies serve to illustrate the assessment process.ENVM 648 Fundamentals of Environmental Systems (3)An introduction to the basic concepts of environmental chemistry,physics, geology, and risk. Topics include the gaseous,liquid, and solid effluents from various industrial activities, aswell as management methods and the statutory and regulatoryrequirements of major federal environmental laws affecting thismanagement. Discussion also covers fundamental principlesrelating to the transport and fate of contaminants and industrialwastes and the basic vocabulary of the field.ENVM 649 Principles of Waste Management andPollution Control (3)An introduction to various methods of waste management,including waste collection, transportation, recycling, treatment,and disposal and environmental monitoring. Focus ison hazardous and municipal solid waste, pollution preventiontechniques, and waste minimization. An introduction to theprocess of disposal-facility site selection, design, and operationis also provided.w w w.umuc.edu / grad 101