news | AIPG-TX - Part 21

30 Nov, 2016

AIPG California Section Offers Free Conference Call about Successful Interviewing and Resume Preparation

When? Friday, December 2, 2016, Noon – 1 pm (PST)
Free Conference Call Announcement Call In Number: 712-432-0390; Pass: 950275

Topic: Interviews and Resumes – Secrets from the Pros!

The AIPG California Section invites all AIPG members nation-wide, including students to participate with us on a first-ever free conference call event to answer the difficult questions about successful interviewing and resume preparation.

We have assembled two seasoned pros, Steven Baker and Rob Campbell, both AIPG California Section Mentors, who will moderate the event. Please send your interview and resume questions or comments by email to: Steve Baker (stevebaker@operationunite.com) or Rob Campbell (rcampbell@geosolve-inc.com). For announcement (here).

23 Nov, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §§851.29, 851.31, and 851.32, and adopts new rules §§851.35, 851.113, 851.203 and 851.204, concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists. The new rules and amendments in 22 TAC §§851.29, 851.31, 851.32, 851.35, 851.203 and 851.204 are adopted without changes from the proposed text as published in the September 16, 2016, issue of the Texas Register (41 TexReg 7246). New rule 22 TAC §851.113 is adopted with changes. For more information go to: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/November182016/a

04 Nov, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The Texas Mining and Reclamation Association (TMRA-UC) has petitioned the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a revision of administrative rules regarding monitoring and sampling requirements for uranium mining operations, the definition of excursions, restoration sampling, restoration table amendments, fees, and radiation safety officer requirements. For more information go to: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/legal/rules/rule_lib/petitions/17005PET_petition.pdf

Henry M. Wise, P.G.

01 Oct, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

Post-AIPG Texas Section Field Trip Guidebook Now Available and the EMD Uranium Committee Has Released it’s Uranium FAQ

Henry M. Wise, P.G., CPG, President, Texas Section of the AIPG, announced today that the Guidebook accompanying the 2016 Field Trip to Central Texas has been revised to include field-trip photos and expanded coverage of topics. It is available in PDF.

A future field trip by bus is being planned for Spring, 2017 to visit uranium mines in South Texas. More information when available.

Also just released, Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG, Vice President – Eastern Texas, announced that the Uranium FAQ was produced by the Committee of Uranium, Thorium, and Rare-Earths, Energy Minerals Division (AAPG). Mr. Campbell has been the Chair of that Committee since 2004. A series of committee reports to the EMD on uranium, thorium, and rare earths are also available (more).

19 Sep, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) proposes amendments to 22 TAC §§851.29, 851.31, and 851.32, and proposes new rules §§851.35, 851.113, 851.203 and 851.204, concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists. These amendments clarify the requirements regarding Endorsement and Reciprocal Licensure. Proposed amendments amend language to show that a licensing qualification can be endorsed by another licensing board for an applicant for P.G. licensure who is currently or has been licensed in the last ten years to practice a discipline of geoscience in Texas or another U.S. jurisdiction. Proposed amendments also clarify under “Licensure by similar examination” that an individual who has applied for licensure as a Professional Geoscientist in Texas may meet the licensing examination requirement by submitting proof of passage of examinations that are substantially similar to the applicable examination(s) as specified in §851.21.

11 Sep, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

The Everything Guide to Millennials

The Everything Guide to Millennials is an authoritative assessment of a generation that’s changing the world. Known as Generation Y, the Net Generation and the Me Generation, Millennials have been the subject of intense scrutiny from the moment they arrived on the scene. The increasingly influential offspring of the Baby Boomers were born between the years 1980 to 1995, which means that, today, they fit near-perfectly into the demographic most coveted by marketers: 18 to 35 years old.

22 Aug, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

2016 Darcy Lecture: “Rethinking the Relationship Between Data, Models, and Decision-Making” to be Presented in Houston and Austin in September

The Groundwater Division of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is pleased to sponsor the 2016 Darcy Lecture, “Rethinking the Relationship Between Data, Models, and Decision-making,” presented by Ty Ferré, Ph.D. of the University of Arizona.

The lecture will be held on Tuesday evening, September 13, 2016 in Houston and then again on Friday, September 16, 2016, in Austin at the Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Room 170, at 10:00 a.m.

15 Aug, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

National AIPG Conference in Santa Fe, NM in Early September

This year the 53rd meeting of the American Institute of Professional Geologists National Conference is being held in the beautiful and historic city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Set aside September 10th to the 13th to attend this years’ conference, “New Mexico: Land of Geologic Confluences and Cultural Crossroads”.

07 Aug, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

On November 21, 2014 the Governor of New York signed Chapter 475 of the Laws of 2014 which provides for the licensure of professional geologists under Title VIII of the Education Law. The Law does not take effect until November 21, 2016. Under the provisions of the new law, Geology has been added to the current State Board for Engineering and Land Surveying (State Board). As of November 21, 2016, the State Board will be known as the State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology. To assist the Board of Regents and the Department in implementing geology licensing provisions, the Board of Regents appointed qualified geologists to the State Board. The State Board has assisted the Board of Regents and the Department in developing the regulations that establish the education, experience, examination, age, moral character and fee requirements for applicants seeking licensure as a professional geologist. These regulations were adopted at the July 2016 Regents meeting and will become effective November 21, 2016 and can be found on our web site (http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/geo/geolaw.htm).

24 Jul, 2016

By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

On July 6, 2016, TCEQ commissioners approved publication of a proposed rule on the use of graywater. The proposed rule implements House Bill 1902, 84th Texas Legislature, which requires the TCEQ to:

Develop standards to allow the reuse of graywater for toilet and urinal flushing;
Create a new regulatory classification for “alternative onsite water” which the bill defines as “rainwater, air conditioning condensate, foundation drain water, storm water, cooling tower blowdown, swimming pool backwash and drain water, reverse osmosis reject water, or any other source of water considered appropriate by the commission” and develop standards for the reuse of alternative onsite water similar to the standards for graywater;
Allow an adjustment in the drainfield size of an on-site sewage facility (OSSF) if used in conjunction with a graywater reuse system; and
Develop a regulatory guidance manual to explain the graywater and alternative onsite water regulations.