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18-Env-B1 Environmental Assessment and Management Systems: May 2017

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  1. Question 1 Resource Problems and EIA Dimensions for a Mine Tailings Expansion
  2. Question 2 EMS vs. Environmental Audit; GIS for Hydro Dam Impact Reduction
  3. Question 3 Knowledge-Integration Techniques for Energy Policy; Risk Analysis for Air-Emissions Regulation
  4. Question 4 Sustainable Development Principles for a Gold Mine/Fishery Watershed; CEAQ Benefits and Challenges
  5. Question 5 Life Cycle Analysis Schematic; Environmental Risk Assessment Process
  6. Question 6 Landfill Leachate EIA, Peak-Flow Effluent Control, Industrial VOC Reduction
  7. Question 7 Environmental Legislation Framework; EIA Indicators for a Wetland Under Flood/Erosion Risk

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National Examination, May 2017 — 04-Env-B1, Environmental Assessment and Management Systems. 3 hours duration, CLOSED BOOK exam with a candidate-prepared 2-sided (8½×11) aid sheet permitted, approved calculator only. Any five (5) questions constitute a complete paper, each equally weighted at twenty (20) points (100 points total, Problem 6 split 7/6/7 across three sub-parts); all seven are solved below as a complete study resource.

Reference texts: Mihelcic & Zimmerman, Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design; Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (6th ed.); ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Management Systems — Requirements with Guidance for Use; ISO 14040/14044, Life Cycle Assessment — Principles and Framework; Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA); Impact Assessment Act, 2019 (Canada); World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future (the Brundtland Report), 1987.