OESM 212 - Hazardous Waste Management Applications
- Prerequisite: OESM 106
This course is an in-depth study of the application of hazardous waste regulations with an emphasis on generator compliance, site investigation & remediation, permitting, enforcement, and liability. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), HIOSH/OSHA hazardous waste worker safety laws, ground water discharge permitting, and Hawaii hazardous waste laws are included.
Contact: 4 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of OESM 212, the student will be able to:
- Define hazardous material and hazardous waste
- Identify federal, state, and local regulations pertinent to hazardous waste management
- Explain majors topics covered by RCRA
- Discuss regulatory impacts on hazardous waste management
- Describe regulatory requirements for hazardous material/waste handling & sampling procedures
- Discuss major topics covered by SARA
- Analyze situations in case studies
- Apply relevant regulations to given scenarios
- Describe treatment technologies and their effectiveness
- Discuss pollution prevention strategies
- Examine real estate transactions issues
- Discuss risk assessment and risk communication issues