HYPOXIA
What is hypoxia?
Where does Gulf of Mexico hypoxia occur - depths, area, seasonality?
What are the relative roles of stratification, nitrogen loads, and silica in creating hypoxia?
Where do the problems arise that lead to hypoxia?
What are the economic consequences of hypoxia?
What are the two primary approaches to reduce nitrogen loads to the Gulf? What are some specific methods under each approach to do this?
What are the three goals under the Hypoxia Action Plan? How will this be done?
The two case studies presented, Big Spring and Walnut Creek, show what relative to the hypoxia problem?

PESTICIDES
Under the general term pesticide are many types of compounds used for different purposes. List some of these.
The types of pesticides used has changed over time from a) metal-based to b) synthetic organics such as chlorinated hydrocarbons to c) organophosphates to d) new low-use compounds. Why? What was wrong with these other groups?
What are the main insecticide types in use for ag versus home and garden? What is the most commonly used group of herbicides in use for ag? home and garden?
What is a cholinesterase inhibitor? How does it work? What types of pesticides are inhibitors?
Another effect of pesticides is cutaneous toxicity? Describe the three types.
How do we expect solute partitioning and soil dissipation rate to affect the likelihood of detecting a pesticide in groundwater? What have we seen? What about climate affects
What are the geologic and soil factors that affect whether a pesticide will move to groundwater or surface water? How does well construction affect pesticide detections?
Discuss the occurrence of pesticides in streams and shallow groundwater. Include in your discussion relative concentrations, detection frequency, seasonal patterns, types of compounds detected, land use.
What does IPM stand for? List some possible IPM practices.

WASTE
What is IWM. List its components
What are the components and percentages for the US municipal solid waste stream. What is our approximate per capita generation?
What is a sanitary landfill?
What needs to be included in an environmental impact study for a proposed landfill?
How must a MSW landfill be designed?
What is leachate?
What is incineration? How does it work?
List some advantages and disadvantages of incineration for municipal waste disposal.

Describe the ways a waste becomes a regulated hazardous waste.
What does RCRA stand for and what is it all about?
What us a TSDS and what do they have to do?
Who is a hazardous waste generator?
What are the requirements for a generator?
What are CESQGs and what do they have to do?
Who is a transporter? What do they have to do?
The full burden of the law is on TSD facilities which are?
Who is exempted?
What do TSDs have to do?
How does a TSD landfill have to be designed?

What does CERCLA stand for?
In brief, what is this law all about?
What types of response actions are done?
What is the NCP?
What is SARA? What did SARA do?
What is a hazard ranking system?
What is the NPL? How does a site get on the NPL?

What are the steps needed for a successful recycling program?
What types of composting are there and how do they work?
What can compost be used for?
Describe some programs that can be used to encourage recycling.