Registered Environmental Manager Exam Study Guide
The registered environmental manager examination is created and administered by the National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) since 1987. The exam is designed to meet the highest international standard set for certification examinations.
Format Of The Registered Environmental Manager (REM) Examination:
The REM exam is conducted in both paper-pencil and computer-based format. It consists of 150 multiple-choice questions which the candidate is supposed to complete in 2 hours and 45 minutes. The questions are administered from the following content areas:
1. Knowledge of Regulatory Compliance as related to:
A. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
B. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) 1986
C. Clean Air Act (CAA)- 40 CFR
D. Clean Water Act (CWA)
E. Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
F. Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)
G. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 1976
H. Solid Waste Disposal Act
J. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
K. Endangered Species Act (ESA) 1973
L. Department of Transportation (DOT)/Hazardous Material Transportation Act
M. OSHA -OSH Act of 1970
N. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1969
O. National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) 1966
P. Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 - US Code Title 42 Chapter 133
Q. International Protocols
2. Knowledge of Program/Project Management as related to:
A. Environmental Management Systems/ISO 14001
B. Health and Safety
C. Training Requirements
D. Documentation/Reports
E. Risk Management
F. Cost and Schedule
G. Regulatory Liaison
3. Knowledge of Science as related to:
A. Chemistry
B. Biology/Ecology Terminology
C. Toxicology Terminology
D. Geology/Hydrology Terminology
E. Mathematics
4. Knowledge of Audits, Assessments, and Evaluations as related to:
A. Environmental Site Assessment (ESA)
B. Environmental Audits
5. Knowledge of Technology as related to:
A. Monitoring
B. Treatment and Control Technologies
C. Indoor Air Quality (IQA)
D. Information Technology
6. Knowledge of Professional Practices as related to:
A. Ethics
B. Legal Obligations
C. Personal Liability
D. Corporate Liability
E. Emergency Communications
F. Insurance
G. Infrastructure Preparedness/National Incident Management Systems
Topics included in the REM Study Guide
- Primary Sources of Air Pollution
- Clean Air Act
- Criteria Air Pollutants
- OSHA
- Clean Water Act
- Protecting Wetlands
- Underground Injection Wells
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Transporting Hazardous Waste
- Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites
- Comprehensive Environmental Response
- Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
- Endangered Species Act
- Pollution Prevention Act
- Skills of an Environmental Manager
- Life-Cycle Assessment
- Environmental Management System
- DOT Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
- Health and Safety Plans
- Best Management Practices
- Critical Path Method
- Chromatography
- Specific Gravity
- Determining Relative Humidity
- Flammable and Combustible Materials
- Hydrocarbons and the Environment
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- Metals and the Environment
- Bioaccumulation
- Flow Nets and Groundwater Modeling
- Importance of Biodiversity
- Levels of Diversity
- Principle of Competitive Exclusion
- Threshold Limit Values
- Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment
- Mutagens and Teratogens
- Four Major Types of Ionizing Radiation
- Hazardous Substances
- Darcy's Law
- Groundwater Flow Equation
- Mechanisms of Groundwater Contamination
- Environmental Site Assessments
- Sampling and Analysis Plan
- Components of an Expedited Site Characterization
- Conformance-Based and Performance-Based Audits
- EPA Compliance Monitoring
- Events Triggering an Environmental Audit
- Effective Sampling Plans
- Operating a Gas Chromatograph
- Photoionization Detectors
- Abatement Systems
- Information Management Systems
- Redemption Methods
- Immunoassay Techniques
- Dual Phase Extraction
- Effective Methods of Free Product Recovery
- Controlling Fugitive Emissions at Refineries
- Managing Wastewater
- Nine Factors of Success in Engineering
- The Enlibra Doctrine for Environmental Management
- Creating a Code of Ethics
- Retroactive Liability
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