Instructor: Dr. Carol Thompson
Office: 117 Science--ext. 9739
Office Hours: check webpage
cthompson@tarleton.edu

Meeting Place: 109 Sci, 6-9 PM Monday

Meeting Place: 109 Sci, 6-9 PM Wednesday

Text: Environmental Monitoring and Characterization ($56-Amazon)
I will be using this as the overview text. Also on reserve

Other readings on reserve in the library and internet readings. You must do the readings before you come to class. I want to have discussion in class. This is also a good opportunity for learning effective note-taking. I would set aside a couple of 2-3 hour time blocks for reading and note taking each week.

Other books used:
Byrnes, Mark, Field sampling for remedial investigations, $20-100
Driscoll, F.G., Groundwater and Wells, $85-100
Hess, Kathleen, Environmental Site Assessment Phase I: A Basic Guide $48-60
Keith, Lawrence, Principles of Environmental Sampling, $95
Nielsen, David, Practical Handbook of GW Monitoring, $90-125
Roscoe Moss Co, Handbook of GW Development, $200
Sanders, Laura A Manual of Field Hydrogeology, $40-62
Wilson, L.G. et al, Vadose Zone Characterization, $95

Webpage
The syllabus, reading assignments, questions, and links to internet readings are on my web page for this course at http://www.tarleton.edu/~physci/CT/ESA//
Other announcements will be there as well, pertaining to that week's activities.
Check this frequently for updates

Class Participation
This is a course designed specifically for students who plan on working in the environmental field as a consultant or for government. All students are expected to attend every class period, and have read the assigned materials. This is also not a lecture course, although I will lecture on some materials. It is far better for you to read the material and for us to discuss it than for me to regurgitate the readings. The material is technical and is the type of material you will use for reference later as you work.

Projects/Homework:
There will be various assignments. The two large ones will be a partial EIS and a partial site assessment for a site here in town. The projects will be done as a group. Other assignments are individual.

Grading
Two exams 50%
Projects 50%

Date	Topics (very tentative)	Reading from text	Assignments (preliminary)
1/10/2007	Overview, Hydrogeology background, Maps, GIS, GPS	Chp 5, 6, 337-341	Maps (due 1/17)
1/17/2007	Laws I: RCRA (SARA)
1/24/2007	Laws II: CERCLA (HWSA)	18	Haz Ranking (due 2/14)
1/31/2007	Risk Assessment, Toxicology	19, 20
2/7/2007	Statistics	Chp 3
2/14/2007	Environmental Impact Assessments (NEPA, EIS)		EIS (due 3/21)
2/21/2007	Phase I assessment		Phase I project (preliminary due 4/4, final due 4/18)
2/28/2007	Data management and QA/QC	Chp 4
3/7/2007	TEST 1
3/14/2007	Spring Break
3/21/2007	Sampling design, Site and Regional scales	Chp 2
3/28/2007	Preliminary Exploration, Non-intrusive methods, Geophysics	Chp 11
4/4/2007	Site Investigations, Soil and rock sampling, sediment description	Chp 7, 12
	Vadose zone sampling
4/11/2007	Vadose Zone sampling,	Chp 7
	Well installation, Monitoring System Design, Drilling Methods
	Well Design, GW sampling
4/18/2007	GW sampling, Surface water sampling	Chp 8, 9
4/25/2007	Surface water sampling, Air sampling	Chp 9, 10
5/2/2002	TEST 2

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