environmental studies, discuss two concepts Emergency and Disaster Management

If you were to get a job within an Emergency and Disaster Management

•Identify and briefly discuss two concepts in this course that you believe will be most applicable to the professional discipline you will enter upon completion of your degree program.
•What is the importance of these concepts to the professional discipline?
•How will you use these concepts in your future career?

MODULE 1:  Environmental Legal Framework in the United States, NEPA, and Environmental Justice

• Module
  • Examine the environmental legal framework in the United States and the National Environmental Policy Act in a historical context.
  • Discuss environmental justice considerations in environmental law and policy.
• Case
  • Examine the environmental legal framework in the United States.
  • Discuss the National Environmental Policy Act.
• SLP
  • Describe the environmental/occupational health significance of regulated substances in a historical context.

MODULE 2: Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, Stakeholders in Standard Setting, and Enforcement in Environmental Regulation

• Module
  • Examine the role of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water Act (CWA) in regulating environmental contaminants.
  • Evaluate the role of stakeholder participation in the standard-setting process.
• Case
  • Examine the role of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in regulating air contaminants.
  • Investigate the function of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in regulating water contaminants.
• SLP
  • Evaluate the role of stakeholder participation in the standard-setting process

MODULE 3:  CERCLA, Community Right-To-Know, and Scientific Evidence in Standard Setting

• Module
  • Explore the function of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and community right-to-know laws.

• • Examine the use of scientific evidence in the standard-setting process.

• Case

• • Explore the function of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in responding to hazardous substances in the environment.

• SLP

• • Examine the use of scientific evidence in the standard-setting process

MODULE 4:  OSHA, Cost-Benefit Analysis in Standard Setting/RCRA, and Enforcement and International Considerations in Chemical Regulation

• Module
  • Investigate the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the regulation and enforcement of occupational hazards.
  • Discuss the role of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in governing solid and hazardous waste disposal.
  • Reflect upon and integrate course concepts.
• Case
  • Investigate the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the regulation of occupational hazards.
  • Discuss the role of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in governing solid and hazardous waste disposal.
• SLP
  • Discuss the use of cost-benefit analysis in the standard-setting process.
  • Describe the role of enforcement in regulating environmental/occupational health hazards.