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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. Fresh water

2. PNL
Perceived noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
When the release results in exposure to persons solely within the boundaries of the facility

3. Specification packaging
Required under EPCRA for a facility that has 10 -000 pounds of any hazardous chemical
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (requires EIS)
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials

4. 29 CFR 1910.120
CDI = (Concentration)(daily intake)(exposure frequency)(exposure duration - typ 70 years)/(body weight - typ 70 kg)(average exposure time (day)
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs

5. SWPPPs
Stormwater pollution prevention plans
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

6. CNR
EPA - Protection of the Environment
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

7. CA
Corrective Action (HSWA) - requires identification of all SWMUs on a site before issuance of a Part B permit - a comprehensive groundwater monitoring program - can require clean-ups outside a facilities boundary - provide for temporary treatment unit
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal

8. RCRA
Spill Prevention - Control - and Countermeasure Plans - required for facilities with more than 1320 gallons of above ground oil storage or 40 -000 gallons of below ground storage - must be reviewed every five years - must be sealed by a PE unless it
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste
Corrective Action Management Unit (RCRA) - needs to assess environmental and health risks - if it will enhance the timeliness of remediation - will minimize the land utilized for final disposal - will provide expeditious implementation of site remedi

9. What conditions prompt a compliance audit under the PSM standard?
Material that can be separated by a physical process (evaporation) - density differences - or simple solubility difference.
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator - <100 kg per month or <1kg of acute waste per month AND accumulates <1000 kg or <1 kg acute or <100kg cleanup from an acute spill
Three year have elapsed since the last audit
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)

10. Receiving water quality criteria
OSHA Construction Standard
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
Interim Measures

11. TLV
Remedial Investigation
Strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities may cause a defendant to be liable for harm to a person - land or personal property of another resulting from that activity - although the defendant has exercised the utmost care to prevent the har
In RCRA - a facility that predates RCRA but is pursuing a RCRA permit
Threshold Limit Value

12. LNAPL
environmental permits - environmental logs and inspections - correspondence to/from regulatory agencies - regulatory report filings - facility material balance - emission inventories - MSDSs - Hazardous waste manifests/shipping papers
Federal Facilities Compliance Act (1992) - provided a statutory basis for pursuing monetary penalties against Federal Facilities
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
Should be performed at the bottom and top of a space because methane is lighter than air and hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air - Required controls for a major facility modification BACT- in attainment areas LAER- in non-attainment areas MACT - f

13. BACT
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
Best Available Control Technology

14. COC
Represents only 3% of Earth's water -~70% or Earth's fresh water is tied up in glacial ice and the other 30% is in groundwater with very little surface water
Interior finishes with a flame spread index of less than 25
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence

15. Asbestos
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)
Required for facilities manufacturing - mining - and utilities that manufacture or process over 25 -000 pounds or 'otherwise use' over the threshold planning quantity of extremely hazardous substances
As Low As Reasonably Achievable (AEA)
Has thermal resistance - chemical resistance - high tensile strength - not electrically conductive

16. EPCRA hazard categories
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports

17. ISO 14001
All chemical manufactured for sale LQG Large Quantity Generator - >1000 kg per month or > 1 kg of acutely hazardous waste per month SQG Small Quantity Generator - 100 kg < x < 1000 kg per month - AND accumulates <6000 kg at any time
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions
1. Prevent or reduce 2. Recycle 3. Treat 4. Dispose or otherwise release

18. Mixture
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
Material that can be separated by a physical process (evaporation) - density differences - or simple solubility difference.
Corrective Action Management Unit (RCRA) - needs to assess environmental and health risks - if it will enhance the timeliness of remediation - will minimize the land utilized for final disposal - will provide expeditious implementation of site remedi

19. 10 CFR =?
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
Remedial Investigation
CDI = (Concentration)(daily intake)(exposure frequency)(exposure duration - typ 70 years)/(body weight - typ 70 kg)(average exposure time (day)

20. IM
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Interim Measures
No observable adverse effect level
the primary health effect from lead

21. Oxidation
Approval - Conditional Approval - Disapproval
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion. A rapid pressure increase in a confined vessel that results in a sudden release of pressure as the vessel ruptures
losing electrons
Required under EPCRA for a facility that has 10 -000 pounds of any hazardous chemical

22. Stormwater permit holder
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
will float in water
Required to prepare and implement a stormwater pollution prevention plan - form a pollution prevention team - create pollution prevention measures - and use Best Management Practices (BMPs)
risk = slope factor (SF) x CDI

23. SWMU
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous

24. SARA
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes
CAA - Clean Air Act

25. 29CFR1910.132(h)(2)
risk = slope factor (SF) x CDI
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
Threshold Planning Quantity - two values are listed - the first applies to materials with higher hazard properties and the second applies to lower hazard properties (40CFR355.30) - the TPQ when equaled or exceeded subjects the facility to regulation

26. BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion. A rapid pressure increase in a confined vessel that results in a sudden release of pressure as the vessel ruptures
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
Comprehensive Environmental Restoration Compensation and Liability Act. Established 'Hazardous Substances' and covers sites not covered by existing laws - except facilities and vessels - does not apply to active sites - requires that actions meet sta
Safe Water Drinking Act (1980) - established public notifications for violations - increased civil penalties - recalled all water coolers with lead lined tanks and banned lead containing pipes

27. Vulnerability Information

28. What classifications are used for cryogenic fluids?
Work breakdown structure (PM)
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act

29. 8 types of records to review in an audit
environmental permits - environmental logs and inspections - correspondence to/from regulatory agencies - regulatory report filings - facility material balance - emission inventories - MSDSs - Hazardous waste manifests/shipping papers
Non-attainment
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)
1. Congress enacts a law 2. Agency establishes a rulemaking schedule 3. Agency establishes a docket 4. Develop a concept for regulation 5. Publish proposed regulation in Fed Reg 6. Public hearing 7. Withdraw - make minor revisions or publish final re

30. Groundwater

31. How frequently should employee refresher training be provided under the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard?
30% of Earth's fresh water supply
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
National Priorities List - Superfund

32. What is the description of a Class I unstable - non-water reactive material?
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
Normally stable
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)

33. HSWA
Reasonable Achievable Control Technology
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs

34. NEF
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)

35. NPDES
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

36. For a 12 -000 gallon AST storing a Class IIIB combustible liquid - what is the minimum set back from the property line?
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS
Safe Water Drinking Act (1980) - established public notifications for violations - increased civil penalties - recalled all water coolers with lead lined tanks and banned lead containing pipes
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce
5 ft (UFC)

37. What is the generally accepted method for measuring attainment with NAAQS for nitrogen dioxide?
All Appropriate Inquiries - must update government records or visual inspections after 180 days - requires that the environmental professional sign the report - provide an opinion regarding site conditions - review historical records - and provide pr
if the HVL of lead is 0.33 cm and you double the thickness you reduce the exposure to 1/4 of the original exposure
chemiluminescence
Estimates hydraulic conductivity

38. P2
Best Available Control Technology
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally

39. DNAPL
National Priorities List - Superfund
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity

40. ISO 14000 parts
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (requires EIS)
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

41. EPCRA Tier II reporting
Chemical inventory forms including chemical names and CAS numbers
Three year have elapsed since the last audit
Strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities may cause a defendant to be liable for harm to a person - land or personal property of another resulting from that activity - although the defendant has exercised the utmost care to prevent the har
1) Duty of the defendant to the plaintiff 2) Breach of that duty 3) Damage to the plaintiff 4) Breach was the proximate cause of the damage

42. EPCRA
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
Work breakdown structure (PM)

43. LD(50/30) refers to?
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
OSHA General Industry Standard
Chronic Daily Intake
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes

44. SWDA
fume - solid - 0.03um - 0.3um smoke - solid - 0.05 um - 1um mist - liquid - 0.5um - 3um dust - solid - 1um - 10mm spray - liquid - 10um- 10mm
30% of Earth's fresh water supply
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
Safe Water Drinking Act (1980) - established public notifications for violations - increased civil penalties - recalled all water coolers with lead lined tanks and banned lead containing pipes

45. OHSA inspections
Approval - Conditional Approval - Disapproval
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA

46. CWA Title III
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
low - ordinary - high
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF

47. PSD
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
No observable adverse effect level
HI = dose / RfD

48. 49 CFR = ?
Department of Transportation
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act
Atomic Energy Act
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal

49. What remediation technology is effective for removing high concentrations of low-solubility petroleum compounds from contaminated soil?
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Soil vapor extraction wells
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)

50. CMS
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Interim Measures