Environmental Compliance, Auditing and Permitting Credits: 1-3

Catalog description

This course provides students with an overview of key federal environmental statutes and their inter-relationships, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Students will learn about inspections, enforcement and liability, environmental management systems and auditing; and generally, how Congress and the EPA formulate environmental law and regulations and the roles in the processes for the legislature, regulators, regulated communities, citizens, and public interest groups.