9) Congratulations, you have graduated and scored a job at oneof the Charleston area’s largest consulting firms. You have justfinished typical first day stuff (choosing your screensaver,arranging your cubicle, etc) when your new supervisor walks in.“Listen –new person, I have to go to a company shareholders patourselves on the back meeting this afternoon that just came upthree months ago. I scheduled a meeting with a new client today andyou need to brief the client on what regulations apply to theirsite. They own a large industrial/agricultural facility on a fewhundred acres. They want to redevelop part of it and keep part ofit operating as is; part has existing contamination; part has newchemical and biotechnology operations; part has day to dayoperations that result in hazardous as well as municipal solidwaste. You need to brief them on what three (3) major federalregulations apply to their site and what those regulations mean.Youalso need to let them know specifically which regulations applyto their different on site problems and operations–here is a listof those operations or problems.” Thedescriptions of the specificregulations need to be very detailed.

The list: •Developing a genetically engineered strain ofsoybeans to resist cold and draught

•Groundwater contamination on a closed parcel of land from TCEcontamination in 1945

•Soil contamination from 1980 –all carcinogens –wants toredevelop the site for new use

•Solid waste from the buildings, machine shop, and motorpool

•Hazardous waste (generated daily) from three ethylenecrackers

•Low level hazardous waste from two ammonia productionfacilities

•Final research and development of a novel agriculturalpesticide that willlikely hit the market next year•Production of anew food additive/preservative

•Production of a new cosmeticoThe company also wants to knowunder what act they can be fined if their production disposalpractices and storage practices are not appropriate