The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), founded in 1963, is the largest association dedicated to supporting the Professional Geologist in the U.S.
AIPG presently has approximately 8,000 members in the U.S. and abroad, organized into 36 regional Sections, and many more thousands of Alumni. The Institute adheres to the principles of professional responsibility and public service and is the only international organization that certifies the competence and ethical conduct of geological scientists in all branches of geoscience with members employed in industry, government, and academia. AIPG emphasizes competence, integrity and ethics. AIPG is an advocate for the profession and communicates regularly to federal and state legislators and agencies on matters pertaining to the geosciences. The Texas Section of the AIPG represents some 500 geoscientists, who hold the C.P.G. designation, are implicitly charged with the professional responsibility to protect human health and environment as an integral part of their professional activities.
Abundant natural resources (i.e., oil and gas, sulfur, uranium, coal, lignite, groundwater, and other resources) have allowed Texas to develop a diversified range of technology-driven petrochemical, heavy industry, mining, and associated industries, as well as a sound agricultural base, all with environmental awareness and effective regulations.
This is Texas…
Texas is geologically and structurally complex (1, 2) in places. The physiography is also quite variable, with rainfall of 56 inches per yr. in the easternmost Texas near sea level to less than 8 inches per yr. on the High Plains of westernmost Texas, over a distance of more than 800 road miles (see map).
OUR NOVEMBER SPEAKER: Dr. James Conca is a Trustee of the Herbert M. Parker Foundation at WSU in the Tri-Cities. He has worked on nuclear and energy issues for 40 years at NASA, Washington State University, New Mexico State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Conca has been […]
The Wise Report (UPDATE) Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. December 14, 2024 The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) guidance document titled Determining Which Releases are Subject to TRRP has been revised. The revision: Adds a new option to calculate site-specific soil-to-groundwater ingestion PCLs for certain metals using site-specific soil pH. Eliminates the need for reporting when […]
The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G. October 19, 2024 The Ecological Screening Benchmark Tables have been updated and posted to the TCEQ’s Ecological Risk Assessments webpage. The Ecological Screening Benchmarks are numeric values for surface water, sediment, and soil that can be used to screen non-bioaccumulative chemicals of concern from further evaluation under Tier […]
Dr. Roger Lee, P.G., and Bruce Handley, P.G. manned a table again at the recent Texas Hydro-Geo Workshop held near Boerne, Texas. They spoke to many students and young professionals about joining the AIPG and about the AIPG-TX Scholarship and Awards program, and especially about the the approaching AIPG-TX GeoDayz training program in the spring […]
