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California Specific Exam Links -- (Current as of 08/09/2022)
All references noted with an * are Board Specified References
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Professional Practice - Laws and Regulations
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California Professional Standards and Code of Professional Conduct -
16CCR, Section 3065 (pdf)
Geologist and Geophysicist Act (2019) (pdf)
Water Well Drilling
Contractor: Business and Professions Code, Sections 7008 and 7059 - CCR Title 16, Div 8, Article 3
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California Geology -
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California Specific Examination (CSE) for Professional Geologist
Test Plan, Effective January 2020 (pdf)
Simplified California Specific
Examination (CSE) Blueprint (pdf)
Simplified
Geologic Map of California California Geological Survey, Map Sheet 57 (2018) (pdf)
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Engineering Geology
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California Engineering Geology References -
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ASTM D2487 Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering
Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)
ASTM D6913 Standard Test Methods for Particle-Size Distribution
(Gradation) of Soils Using Sieve Analysis
ASTM D7928 Standard Test Method for Particle-Size Distribution (Gradation) of
Fine-Grained Soils Using the Sedimentation (Hydrometer) Analysis
California Building Code, 2013, CCR Title 24, Part 2, Chapter 16,
16A, 18, 18A, 33 and Appendix J
California Health and Safety Code, 2014, Division 20 Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions
Cal/OSHA, 2008, Excavations CCR Title 8 Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 4,
Construction Safety Orders
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Seismic References -
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2010 Fault Activity Map of California (Interactive)
* Special Publication 42 - Fault Rupture Hazard Zones in
California Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act (2018) (pdf)
* Special Publication 117A - Guidelines for
Evaluating and Mitigating Seismic Hazards (2008) (pdf)
Recommended Procedures for Implementation of
DMG Special Publication 117 - Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Liquefaction in California (pdf)
Recommended Procedures for Implementation of
DMG Special Publication 117 - Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California (pdf)
Special Publication 118 - Recommended
Criteria For Delineating Seismic Hazard Zones in California (2004) (pdf)
Seismic Hazards Mapping Act, Statutes - Public Resources Code, Division 2, Chapter 7.8, Sec. 2690
Seismic Hazards Mapping Act, Regulations -
Public Resources Code, Title 14, division 2, Chapter 8, Subchapter 1, Article 10, Sec. 3720
Significant California Earthquakes
Focal Mechanisms (Beachball Theory)
USGS Open-File Report 2013-1165 - Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast,
Version 3 (UCERF3)
The Tsunami Threat to California
(2005) (pdf)
Tsunami Runup Height in California - Appendix A
California Official Tsunami Inundation Maps Interactive
Quaternary Fold & Fault Database new version is coming
CGS Map Sheet 49 - Epicenters of and
Areas Damaged by M>5 California Earthquakes 1800-1999
CGS Note 55 - Tsunamis (pdf)
CGS Note 31 - Faults and
Earthquakes in California (pdf)
Estimated
Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States-2017 (pdf)
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Hydrogeology -
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California Hydrogeology Reference Links -
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CA DWR Bulletin 118 - California's Groundwater
(2003) (pdf)
* CA DWR Bulletin 118 - Interim Update 2016 (pdf)
* California Well Standards: California
Department of Water Resources, Bulletin 74-90 (Supplement to Bulletin 74-81), June 1991, being revised
* California Well Standards: California Department of Water
Resources, Bulletins 74-81, December 1981, being revised
* Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act 1998
(January, 2018) (pdf)
California Water Plan Update (2018)
Groundwater Availability of the Central Valley Aquifer USGS PP 1766
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California Cannabis Reference Links -
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GENERAL WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS AND WAIVER OF WASTE DISCHARGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGES
OF WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS CULTIVATION ACTIVITIES (pdf)
Cannabis Cultivation Policy (pdf)
What is a Cannabis Priority Watershed?
WATER BOARDS CANNABIS CULTIVATION PROGRAMS PORTAL
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California Environmental Reference Links -
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* Abandoned Mine Lands Preliminary Assessment
Handbook Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), February 1999
* Advisory Active Soil Gas
Investigations, Cal EPA, DTSC, LA Regional Water Quality Control Board, SF Regional Water Quality Board, July 2015
* Final Guidance for the Evaluation and
Mitigation of Subsurface Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air (Vapor Intrusion Guidance), DTSC, October 2011
* Preliminary Endangerment Assessment
Guidance Manual, EPA, DTSC, October 2015
* Leaking Underground Fuel Tank
(LUFT) Guidance Manual (2012) (pdf)
ASTM E1527-13 - Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 1
Env Site Assessment Process
ASTM E1903-19 - Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 2
Env Site Assessment Process
ASTM E2247-16 - Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 1
Env Site Assessment Process for Forestland or Rural Property
ASTM E2600-15 - Standard Guide for Vapor Encroachment Screening on Property
Involved in Real Estate Transactions
CCR Title 27 Env Protection, Div 2, Solid Waste, Chapter 3 -
Criteria for all Waste Management Units, Facilities, and Disposal Sites
CCR Title 22, Div 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the
Management of Hazardous Waste
California Hazardous Waste and Hazardous
Substances Law Code Excerpts (2018) (pdf)
CCR Title 23 - Division 3 - Chapter
15 - California Code of Regulations - Discharges of Hazardous Waste to Land (pdf)
CCR Title 23 - Division 3 - Chapter 16 -
California Code of Regulations - Underground Tank Regulations (2011) (pdf)
California Water
Code
* California Well Standards
Health &
Safety Code - Division 20 Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions (hazardous waste statutes)
Titles 17
& 22, Chapter 15 California Drinking Water Standards, (2016) (pdf)
Water Rights
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (Superfund)
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) Statutes &
Regulations (pdf)
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Checklists & Guidelines -
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California Specific Examination (CSE) Reference List
CGS Notes
CGS Note 41 - Guidelines for Reviewing Geologic
Reports
* CGS Note 48 - Checklist for the
Review of Engineering Geology and Seismology Reports for California Public Schools, Hospitals, and Essential Buildings (pdf)
CGS Note 49 - Guidelines for
Evaluating the Hazard of Surface Fault Rupture (pdf)
CGS Note 52 - Guidelines for
Preparing Geologic Reports for Regional-Scale Environmental and Resource Management Planning (pdf)
* CGS Special Publication 124
- Guidelines for Geologic Investigations of Naturally Occurring Asbestos (pdf)
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Professional Practice and Ethics Guidelines -
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AEG Professional Practice Handbook (pdf)
AGI Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct
AIPG Code of Ethics
California Professional Standards and Code of Professional Conduct - 16CCR, Section 3065 (pdf)
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