Environment and Planning
Environment

Environmental issues in transportation. Air quality, water quality. Transportation related noise and vibration. Preservation of historic and archeological sites in transportation projects.

Air Quality

General concepts & principles of indoor and outdoor air quality. Research studies. Common pollutants. Emission control standards for motor vehicles, fuels, nonroad engines. Ozone depletion. The Green Book. Air quality standards. EPA air quality information. Guidance on building emissions, height of stacks, exposure analysis. Major issues related to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Tools for estimating emissions of air pollutants & performing air emission inventories. The science of ozone depletion.

Climate Change

Transporation factors in climate change.

Ecology

Ecological principles and designs in transportation planning, maintenance and design.

Environment Data

Online data & reports on acid rain, atmospheric deposition & precipitation chemistry. Global downloadable climate and satellite datasets. Climate summaries. World weather data.

Environmental Analysis

Environmental impacts of transportation projects and systems. Planning, mitigation strategies and policies.

Historic Preservation

Regulations, laws and policies for preservation of historic and archeological material.

Noise

Full text of hearing conservation program. Materials on acoustics. Noise attentuation. Noise basics. Technical material from NIOSH. Hearing protection devices. Noise induced hearing loss.

State EPA Permits

Information on the process for obtaining state environmental permits

Vibration

Hand / arm and whole body vibration. Symptoms of vibration white finger. Hand tool design considerations to control vibrations.

Waste Management

EPA resource documents on solid wastes topics. Regulations and reports on municipal solid waste. Innovative treatment technologies to hazardous waste remediation.

Water Quality

EPA drinking water regulations and guidance. Information on drinking water and arsenic, radon, MTBE, perchlorate, sulfate, cryptosporidium, etc. Permit Compliance System (PCS) Database on water discharge permits. How-to guide for developing urban runoff programs. EPA Ground Water Rule.