EOH assignment 3 - NO PLAGIARISM

1. Assume you have recently been hired to manage the City of Los Angeles’s Solid Waste Program and the Mayor has instructed you to decrease the amount of solid waste getting deposited in local landfills. Describe what specific programs you would institute to achieve the Mayor’s directive and how exactly would you decrease the amount of solid waste going to landfills. Note: Your answer should be less than a page and summarize what actions/program/etc. you would implement. Please cite any and all sources you use that are not from this course (no need to cite any sources presented in class). (25 points) 2. Week 9 we discussed 3 main sources of imported water that Los Angeles relies on to serve its residents. Please choose one of these and discuss the following: A. During what years was the facility constructed? B. What are some issues that this source of water created….any positive/negative outcomes from constructing the facility? Anything that reduces the amount of water than can be delivered? C. If you were put in charge of your chosen facility, what would you do to secure future water deliveries from this source of water? In other words, what would you do to help ensure that future deliveries would not be threatened by droughts or any other possible events? D. Choose one thing you would do as Mayor of Los Angeles to reduce the amount of water Angelinos use at home – your one thing should be what you think would make the biggest impact in terms of reducing the amount of water the City has to deliver to single family homes (do not worry about apartments/condos/townhomes). Note: Your answer should be less than page and cite any and all sources that you use that are not from this course. (25 points) 3. Please list 4 negative health effects caused by noise exposure. Assume you were elected President of the United States of America and you directed the EPA to update and enforce the 1972 Noise Control Act. Please list what specific ideas/programs you would like to see the EPA institute to control Americans’ exposure to noise in their communities (do not discuss workplace noise controls). Note: Your answer should be less than a page and cite any and all sources that you use that are not from this course. (25 points) 4. The Clean Air Act focuses on six criteria pollutants. Please select one of the six pollutants to discuss and answer the following for your chosen pollutant: A). State the pollutant B). What are the major sources of this pollutant? For example, what are the most common ways this pollutant is generated? Are there any industries that commonly produce this pollutant? C). What are the health effects (in humans) caused by breathing this pollutant? D). If you were put in charge of lowering the concentrations of this pollutant in the ambient air (and thus decreasing the health effects in the general population), discuss what steps you would take to ensure this pollutant’s effect on humans was minimized. E). What, if any, non-health effects does this pollutant cause (i.e., property damage)? Note: Your answer should be less than a page and cite any and all sources that you use that are not from this course. (25 points) Overall note: Your grade will be based on the quality of your responses not necessarily the length of your responses. Of course grammar, spelling, etc. will also affect your grade but the amount of points deducted will be directly related to how much the errors affect my ability to understand your response. I only list the 1-page length as a guideline because students always ask me what is the limit on how long their responses should be – I have seen perfect scores on questions that were concise and well organized (much less than a page) and very low scores on lengthy responses that rambled on and did not include any SPECIFICS. Also, I expect the majority of your content to come from the information presented in this class. The whole point of the assignments is for you to prove to me you that you have been reading all the weekly material. Please do not do Web Searches to answer your questions – it will be quite obvious to me that you have not paid attention all semester long and are just trying to wing it. The only reason I even allow you to include SOME outside information is for you to SUPPLEMENT your answers if you feel the need. Please stick to the information presented in class (e.g., lectures, book, articles, videos) and only sway outside of class material to enhance your response (that is based on course material) if you absolutely feel the need. Finally, feel free to contact me if you have any questions and the most important thing of all is have fun doing this assignment. I purposely am asking you broad-based questions to make this a bit more interesting and for you to share some of my enthusiasm about these topics!