Week 10 - Predicting Impacts (I)

Readings

Handouts:

• To be announced

Internet:

•  CEQA Final Appendix J: Guide to Tiering (Acrobat format)
•  US Army Environmental Restoration Programs Guidance Manual, April 1998 - Concentrate on the sections that parallel the NEPA process, particularly Section 3.5 - Investigation Phase.
•  EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) - Home Page - Browse around.

Useful Links:
Air Quality and Climate

• MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) Briefing Paper prepared by Cal-EPA (Acrobat format)
• US-EPA Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards' TTNWeb Home Page
• US-EPA OAQPS's Support Center for Regulatory Air Models -- including air quality models and meteorological data (surface data, mixing height data,etc.)
• California Air Resource Board (CARB)'s Air Quality, Emissions and Modeling
• CARB's Transportation and Land Use Programs
• NOAA's National Weather Service HomePage
• NOAA's * National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) *

Surface Water and Groundwater Quality

• US-EPA Office of Water's Office of Science and Technology/OST Homepage
• US-EPA Office of Water's Drinking Water Regulations and Health Advisories
• US-EPA Office of Water's  Office of Wastewater Management
• US-EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
• California State Water Resources Control Board's SWRCB Home Page
• California Department of Water Resources' DWR California Water Page
• California Dept of Health Services' Division of Drinking Water & Environmental Management
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Water Resources Page
• European Water Pollution Control Association (EWPCA), Germany
• Water Environment Federation
• WERF: Water Environment Research Foundation
• American Water Works Association
• WateReuse Home Page

Biological Environment

• USGS' Midcontinent Ecological Science Center Home Page
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service World Wide Web Site
• National Biological Service: Biological Resources Division - USGS
• California Resources Agency's California's Natural Resources
• California Natural Resources: Codes
• California Department of Fish & Game DFG Home Page
• California Department of Conservation-Main Page
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Welcome to CDF
• California Conservation Corps
• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality - DEQ
• Gaia Forest Conservation Archives
• The Wildlife Society

Recommended Books:

• No new chapters.

Assignments

• No assignment this week, work on team project.