U.S. EPA offers new material
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, whose materials have been adapted for use in just about every CEE country, will issue a new catalogue of training courses and manuals. Here is a list of the modules that will be available and of the titles that are currently under development:
New Modules
- Chemical Safety Audit
- Pesticides Disposal in Developing Countries
- Ecological Risk Assessment
Existing Modules
- Principles of Environmental Policy
- Communications: Public Outreach
- Risk Assessment
- Managing in an Environmental Organization
- Principles of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
- Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment
- Principles of Pollution Prevention
- Economics of Environmental Decisionmaking
- Evaluation of Revenue Raising Mechanisms to Fund Environmental Investments
- Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
- Hazardous Materials Emergency Response
- Principles of Solid Waste Management Planning
- Principles of Hazardous Waste Site Ranking
Modules to be developed soon
- Environmental Audit (workshop)
- Drinking Water
- Environmental Impact Assessment for Reviewers
- Medical Waste Management
- Economic Instruments
- Risk Management/Risk Communication
For more information and updated changes, contact the U.S. EPA office at International Activities, (2620R), Washington, D.C. 20460 U.S.A.; Fax: (202) 565-2411.
REC * EMTC * PUBLICATIONS * INSIGHT * AUTUMN 1997
