REP case studies
REP · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Registered Environmental Professional (REP®) is one of the certifications administered by the National Registry of Environmental Professionals® (NREP®), a not-for-profit accrediting organization founded by Dr. Richard Young in 1987. NREP describes itself as the largest not-for-profit accrediting organization in its field, with a network of over 15,000 members worldwide, and states that it has been recognized by the United States Department of Energy and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The REP® is aimed at working environmental professionals who want a generalist credential rather than a narrow specialty one; NREP also offers specialist credentials and publishes comparison pages such as CEP® vs REP®, which is worth reading if you are deciding which fits your background. The REP case studies are 5 cases and about 4,303 words.
1Zinc Benchmark Exceedances, a Field Duplicate, and a 60-Day Notice
Ridgeline Fabrication runs a 110-employee sheet-metal shop (SIC 3441) covered by the industrial stormwater general permit. Its outfall discharges to a ditch that reaches Miller Creek.
850 words, about 4 min2TCE Vapor Intrusion at a Strip-Mall Daycare
A Phase II investigation is underway at a strip mall built in 1974 over the plume from a former dry cleaner. Groundwater contains TCE at 850 µg/L at 12 ft below grade; soil gas at 5 ft is 8,000 µg/m³.
841 words, about 4 min3Wet-Well Entry at a 1.2 MGD Activated Sludge Plant
Your firm is the contract operator of a 1.2 MGD activated sludge plant. The influent pump station wet well is 10 ft in diameter and 14 ft deep, and has rags wrapped around Pump 2.
901 words, about 5 min4The REC the Client Wants Deleted
You are the environmental professional of record on a Phase I ESA prepared under ASTM E1527-21 for a 4.2-acre site being refinanced. The draft identifies a recognized environmental condition: a 1978–1994 drum storage and parts-washing area at the northwest corner.
815 words, about 4 min5Used Oil at 1,400 ppm Halogens
Cross-Track Logistics runs 60 tractors from a 6-acre terminal. Maintenance drains crankcase oil into a 2,000-gallon aboveground used-oil tank with no secondary containment; the tank sits 40 ft from a storm drain that discharges to a ditch feeding a named creek.
896 words, about 4 min