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18-Env-B4 Site Assessment and Remediation: December 2019

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  1. Question 1 PCE Spill – Migration Pathways and Site Assessment
  2. Question 2 Preliminary Site Assessment – Former GM Assembly Plant, Oshawa
  3. Question 3 Brownfield Redevelopment – Toronto Housing Shortage
  4. Question 4 Bioventing for Petroleum Hydrocarbon Remediation
  5. Question 5 "Dig and Dump" – Merits, Challenges, and RSC Requirement
  6. Question 6 Section B — answer ONE of TWO (both answered)
  7. Question 7 Gasoline Tank Leak – Release Mass and Bioventing Air Exchanges

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National Exams — December 2019 — 18-Env-B4: Site Assessment and Remediation (3 hours, open book). Instructions: answer FOUR of the FIVE Section A questions and ONE of the TWO Section B questions; all eight questions (A-1–A-5, B-1, B-2) are answered in full below as a complete study resource. Each question is worth 20 marks.

Reference texts: Nyer, E.K., Practical Techniques for Groundwater and Soil Remediation; Fetter, C.W., Contaminant Hydrogeology (2nd ed.); Leeson, A. & Hinchee, R.E. (1997), Soil Bioventing: Principles and Practice; CSA Z768-01, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment; British Columbia Contaminated Sites Regulation (Environmental Management Act); Ontario Regulation 153/04 (Records of Site Condition); Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), National Classification System for Contaminated Sites and Canada-Wide Standard for Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil; Karickhoff, S.W. (1981), organic-carbon partitioning correlations.

Section A — answer FOUR of FIVE (all five answered)