Course Outline

Module I

• Introduction to Hazardous Wastes and history of contamination
• Contamination: Introduction and effects
• Types of Contamination: An overview
• Overview of Global Environmental issues related to Contamination
• Introduction: International Environmental Treaties and Guidelines related to Contamination
• The Role of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP),and the toxic 12 chemicals
• Significance of environmental law
• Hazardous Wastes & Non-Hazardous Wastes: Definition
• The concept of Connecting the dots between Contamination and Hazardous Wastes

Module II

• Hazardous Wastes and contamination management
• Description: The relationship between Occupational Health & Safety and contamination
• The significance of documentation in Hazardous Waste Management
• Hazardous Waste Regulations and the need for harmonization
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS): The purpose
• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS): The purpose
• The reason: Why a Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is essential for WHMIS and MSDS?
• Carrying out a Contamination Audit: Description
• Waste Disposal Site management
• Class Assignment

Module III

• Pollution Prevention and contamination: Overview
• Sources of pollution, techniques and technologies to minimize them: Discussions on contamination sources from the contamination audit

Module IV

• Refining & Transportation – Exploration and production
• Description: Oil Spills with special reference to the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil slick occurrence
• Understanding Modern Tanker design to reduce the occurrence of a major oil spill
• Overview of Other oil related sources of pollution
• Overview of the third world countries concerning pollution issues: The common thread
• Limitations and concepts of zero liquid discharge (ZLD) and zero waste (ZW)
• The Bird Problem: Overview
• Class Assignment

Module V

• Description: Continuation of Pollution Prevention Planning, Contamination and Contingency Planning for Major Incidents
• Life Cycle Management of all materials: Description
• The concept of The 5R’s- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover and Rethink
• Proper Storage of Hazardous Materials: Detailed requirements
• Significance of On-going Training
• Significance of regular reviews of Emergency plans
• Description: Updated information on ISO 14001, 18001 and 9001
• Environmental Audits: Types
• Some major preventable accidents: Discussion

Module VI

• Management and Prevention of Contamination and Hazardous Wastes: Review
• HAZID (HAZard IDentification): Introduction and Overview
• HAZOP (HAZard & OPerability): Introduction and Overview
• Understanding Environmental Ethics
• The significance of Climate Change and its update for the Gulf Coast Countries
• Summary