Registered Environmental Protection Engineer study plan

Map the wastewater domain into unit-process groups (pretreatment, primary, biological, tertiary, disinfection, sludge) and assign each a study slot in your calendar

Compute design values for an activated sludge system: F/M ratio, solids retention time, hydraulic retention time, and recycle ratio, showing units at each step

Read the Clean Water Act framework and list which permit type (NPDES, pretreatment, stormwater) governs each of five discharge scenarios

Build a one-page formula sheet for flow conversion, loading (kg/d), and removal efficiency that you will reuse all eight weeks

Solve six numerical problems covering BOD/COD kinetics, nitrification-denitrification stoichiometry, and oxygen demand

Compare activated sludge, trickling filter, MBBR, and SBR configurations on footprint, loading tolerance, and operational complexity

Diagnose three classic failure modes (bulking, foaming, poor settling) and state the corrective operational action for each

Size a secondary clarifier using solids loading rate and hydraulic loading rate, and check surface overflow rate

Convert between ppm, mg/m3, and ug/m3 at reference conditions and correct volumetric flow to standard temperature and pressure

Apply Gaussian plume dispersion concepts qualitatively to explain how stack height, stability class, and terrain affect downwind concentration

Match criteria pollutants and their health effects to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards structure (primary, secondary, averaging times)

Trace how a Prevention of Significant Deterioration or nonattainment New Source Review applicability determination is triggered by a project change

Select and size control equipment for particulate matter (cyclone, baghouse, ESP, scrubber) and justify the choice for three given gas streams

Explain the chemistry and reagent handling for acid gas scrubbing and for NOx control via selective catalytic and non-catalytic reduction

Classify solid waste streams and identify which regulatory category (municipal, hazardous, universal, e-waste) applies to five examples

Apply the hazardous waste characteristics (ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, toxicity) and the generator-size categories to determine accumulation limits

Outline the required contents of an environmental impact statement and identify which statute drives each element

Distinguish categorical exclusion, environmental assessment, and full EIS pathways and state the decision criteria for each

Draft a public participation and scoping sequence with realistic timelines for a hypothetical project

Identify which federal permits (air, water, wetlands, endangered species) a described project would need and in what order they typically issue

Design a sampling plan for a wastewater and an ambient air monitoring objective, specifying sample count, container, preservation, and holding time

Calculate detection limits, precision, and bias from a small replicate and spike dataset

Explain chain-of-custody requirements and identify where a described field record would fail defensibility

Differentiate quality assurance from quality control and place each element in a data quality objective framework

Outline a site investigation sequence from records review through subsurface characterization and identify the data each phase produces

Compare pump-and-treat, soil vapor extraction, in-situ chemical oxidation, and monitored natural attenuation on applicability and timeframe

Apply the fundamentals of sound pressure level, A-weighting, and distance attenuation to compute a downwind level from a point source

Identify mitigation measures for construction and transportation noise and state which metric (Leq, Ldn) is typically used for each context

Take two full-length timed practice exams and record per-domain accuracy to identify remaining weak areas

Re-derive the ten formulas you most often missed and write a one-line trigger cue for each

Review every missed item and write the underlying rule, not just the corrected answer

Rehearse the exam-day time allocation per question and confirm your reference and calculator policy