Engineering Geology Certification Exam Links

CA Board - Exam Blueprint -

Engineering Geology Exam Blueprint

Guidelines for Reports -

Geologic Guidelines For Earthquake and/or Fault Hazard Reports Guidelines For Engineering Geologic Reports Guidelines For Groundwater Investigation Reports Guidelines For Geophysical Reports for Environmental & Engineering Geology Guidelines For Preparing Geologic Reports For Regional-Scale Environmental & Resource Management Planning Guidelines For Engineering Geologic Reports For Timber Harvest Plans Suggestions to Authors of Reports of the U.S. Geological Survey

Engineering Geology Geology Links -

Grouting and Cement Aggregate Portland Cement - Concrete Pavement Grouting Methods The Landslides Handbook - Circular 1325 Engineering Geology Field Manual, 2001

Seismic Hazards Links -

USGS Earthquake Magnitude Policy California's Hospital Seismic Safety Law Focal Mechanisms (Beachball Theory) Notable California Earthquakes

Seismic Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -

Special Publication 42 - Fault Rupture Hazard Zones in California Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Evaluating and Mitigating Seismic Hazards in California Special Publication 118: Recomended Criteria for Delineating Seismic Hazard Zones in California Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Liquefaction Hazards in California Recommended Procedures for Implementation of DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California Seismic Hazards Zonation Program Seismic Hazards Mapping Act Guidelines for Evaluating the Hazard of Surface Fault Rupture

Hydrogeology Links -

Heath - Basic Ground-Water Hydrology: Water Supply Paper 2220 Hem - Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Characteristics of Natural Water: Water Supply Paper 2254 Fetter's website for the Applied Hydrogeology text Keys - Borehole Geophysics Applied to Ground-Water Investigations: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 2, Chapter E-2

California Hydrogeology Links -

CA DWR Bulletin 118 - California’s Groundwater California Water Plan Update (2005)

Hydrogeology Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -

California Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -

CCR Title 27 - California Code of Regulations - Solid Waste CCR Title 23 - Division 3 - Chapter 15 - California Code of Regulations - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land CCR Title 23 - Division 3 - Chapter 16 - California Code of Regulations -Underground Tank Regulations California Water Code Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act 1998 (changes as of 2008) Well Construction and Destruction Standards California Well Standards

U.S. Regulations, Standards and Guidelines -

EPA - Environmental Laws U.S. Drinking Water Standards Well-Head Protection: A Guide for Small Communities (a pdf file) EPA Septic Systems - Guidance, Manuals and Policies Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual (a pdf file) Design Manual: Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems (a pdf file) Abandoned Mine Site Characterization and Cleanup Handbook (a pdf file) Plugging and Abandoning Injection Wells LNAPL Info DNAPL Info TEGD Guidelines (a rather large pdf file) Brownfields Info

General Geology Links -

Topographic Map Symbols Map Scales Geological Society of America Time Scale Remote Sensing Aerial Photographs and Satelite Images

Professional Practice and Ethics Guidelines -

AEG Professional Practice Handbook AGI Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct California's Code of Professional Standards AIPG Code of Ethics