Trident University Impact Evaluation and Community Right To Know Discussions

Discussion: Community Right-To-KnowYour comments will be graded on how well they meet the Discussion
Requirements posted under “Before You Begin.”
Consult U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2019) Toxic release
inventory (TRI) program: Learn about TRI in your
community at https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-
program to find out what toxic chemicals were released in your locality
in the past year. How could you or others in your community benefit
from having access to this information? Explain the rationale of your
answers and support them with readings and examples taken from the
literature.
Resources:
Required Reading
Carruth, R. S., & Goldstein, B. D. (2014). Chapter 6:
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA or “Superfund Act”).
In Environmental health law: An introduction (pp. 131–156).
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Wiley.
Beames, A., Broekx, S., Heijungs, R., Lookman, R., Boonen,
K., Van Geert, Y., . . . Seuntjens, P. (2015). Accounting for
land-use efficiency and temporal variations between
brownfield remediation alternatives in life-cycle
assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 101 77(6), 109117.
Gardner, R. W., & Pusha, R., III. (2014). The West Virginia
chemical spill and environmental liabilities in a post-apex
world. American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 33(4), 38–83.
Rasher, B. (2015). Commentary: Report card on the marketbased approach to Brownfield redevelopment. Public
Administration Review, 75(2), 262-263.
doi:10.1111/puar.12345
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2018). Superfund:
National priorities list (NPL). Accessed
from https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-national-prioritieslist-npl
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2019). Toxics
release inventory (TRI) program: Learn about TRI in your
community. Accessed from https://www.epa.gov/toxics-releaseinventory-tri-program
Washington, tribes urge 9th circuit to uphold CERCLA air
emissions ruling. (2015). Inside EPA’s Clean Air Report,
26(22).
Yohannan, S. (2016). Judges press governments on
CERCLA air emissions ‘disposal’ claim. Inside EPA Weekly
Report, 37(15).
Discussion: Impact Evaluation
Impact evaluation is the most important type of evaluation. Do you
agree or disagree with this statement? Please explain your response.
Resources:
Required Reading
Peersman, G. (2015) Impact evaluation. BetterEvaluation.
Retrieved
from http://www.betterevaluation.org/themes/impact_evaluation
Rogers, P., Hawkins. A., MacDonald, B., Macfarlan, A.,
Milne, C. (2015). Choosing Appropriate Designs and
Methods for Impact Evaluation. Retrieved
from https://www.industry.gov.au/sites/g/files/net3906/f/May%2020
18/document/pdf/choosing_appropriate_designs_and_methods_for_
impact_evaluation_2015.pdf
UCLA Centre for Mental Health in Schools (2015).
Evaluation and Accountability: Getting Credit for All You DO.
Retrieved
from http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/evaluation/evaluation.pdf
First Nation Development Institute (n.d). Successful
Evaluation: Creating SMART Goals and Objectives.
Retrieved
from https://firstnations.org/sites/default/files/GrantseekerResource
s/EvaluationTips_SMARTGoalsObjectives.pdf