Tentative Syllabus, Spring 2009
Hazardous
Wastes, 11-375:430, no. 48245
Hazardous
Waste Management, 16-375:530, no. 48251
Time:
Monday and Thursday, 2nd period,
Place: Room 223, ENRSB, Cook/Douglass
Instructor: Dr. Peter F. Strom, 732-932-9800 x 6216
Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg., Room 228
e-mail: strom@aesop.rutgers.edu
Usual Office Hours:
and by appointment (or drop by any time - at own risk)
Course
Website: http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/~strom/hazwaste/
Grade Reporting: Some grades will be reported using SAS Gradebook, https://secure.fas.rutgers.edu/apps/gradebook/
Books: 40
Photocopy Package - purchase from http://www.upublishing.com/,
approx. $25
Class Requirements:
Two hourly exams (80 points total)
Final exam (80 points)
Weekly readings
Three (approx.) written assignments
Term paper (40 points) - details in
photocopy pack (optional for 375:430)
Class attendance and participation
is expected
Students with a disability:
please see me immediately so that we may make any necessary arrangements to
support a successful learning experience.
Foreign students experiencing
language problems may wish to record lectures.
Sharing class notes is also encouraged; please see me if you need help
in making such arrangements.
Tentative Class Schedule
(subject to change)
Week Topics
1 Introduction,
Scope of Problem; Case
Studies
2-3 Physical,
Chemical, and Biological Principles; References; Hazard, Safety, and Acceptable
Risk; Assignment #1
3 RCRA:
Legislation and Overview of Regulations
4 RCRA
Regulations: Definitions, Criteria, Characteristics, and Lists (CFR 260-261)
5-6 RCRA
Regulations: Generators, Transporters, Manifests (CFR 262-263); Storage,
Treatment, and Disposal Facilities (CFR 264-268); HSWA; Assignment #2
6 Hourly
#1
7 CERCLA;
SARA
8 Other
Federal Legislation; NJ State Legislation and Regulations
9 Sampling;
Analysis; Toxicity Testing
10 Hourly
#2
10 Treatment:
Introduction; Thermal
11-12 Treatment: Physical-Chemical
13 Treatment:
Biological
13 Disposal;
Assignment #3
14 Site
Clean-up; Nuclear Wastes
Other Materials:
2004
versions:
2005
RCRA Data Reports
Solid
Waste Textbook Reading
Incineration