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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. EPCRA hazard categories
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
Remedial Design/ Remedial Action
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

2. ISO 14000 standards
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
Two general categories: Organizational evaluation standards and Product and Process evaluation standards

3. IM
Interim Measures
Clean Water Act
Can be found in the Federal Register but are easiest to find on the Agencies website or from a regulation tracking service
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires

4. FIFRA
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
manufacturers and importers
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
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act

5. The majority of the gas generated within a landfill is methane and ____?
Carbon dioxide
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
Normally stable
A list of impaired waters

6. PDCA
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
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)

7. LNAPL
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
5 ft (UFC)
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet

8. MTRs
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
National Priorities List - Superfund
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
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring

9. NFPA Life Safety Code
Covers building services and fire protection equipment
70 years
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Hazard Index - HI= CDI/RfD HI<1 is acceptable RfD Reference Dose - RfD= NOAEL(or LOAEL)/(UF)(MF) NOAEL= No observable adverse effect level UF= Uncertainty Factor MF=(Modifying Factors)

10. SPCC
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
CAA - Clean Air Act
RCRA Facility Investigation
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

11. Legal concepts for pollution control
When the release results in exposure to persons solely within the boundaries of the facility
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence
Work breakdown structure (PM)
Sound Pressure Level - unweighted SPL(total) = 10 log [ sum 10 (SPL/10)] or weighted SPL (total) = 10 log [sum 10 (SPL/10) (t(partial)/t(total)]

12. RD/RA
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
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
Remedial Design/ Remedial Action
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)

13. NIOSH
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
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health - conducts research in occupational safety and health - develop criteria as a basis for new standards - provides education - manpower development and training on health and safety equipment - enfor
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

14. 404
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
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)
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)

15. Specific Gravity < 1
Hazardous occupancy
will float in water
State Emergency Response Commission
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)

16. Fresh water

17. What responsibility does the employer have for ensuring that employees are proficient in the use of PPE?
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.
Clean Water Act
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
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.

18. NAAQS
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
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Best Available Control Technology
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0

19. To qualify a UST as a 'confined space' it must be established that it has...

20. Class III UIC
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
In RCRA - a facility that predates RCRA but is pursuing a RCRA permit
Threshold Limit Value
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB

21. What are the categories of particulate matter (PM)?
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
losing electrons
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
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

22. CWA Title III
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies

23. Stormwater pollutants
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
Lethal dose 50%
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS

24. Under the Uniform Fire Code (UFC) - what are the general requirements for hazardous material storage?
When the release results in exposure to persons solely within the boundaries of the facility
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
Chemical inventory forms including chemical names and CAS numbers

25. Nucleus
Normally stable
Includes manifests - exception reports - applicable records for the previous year - and certificates of disposal or destruction
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron

26. NFPA Diamond
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
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

27. ISO 14001
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions

28. AEA
Atomic Energy Act
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
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
Clean Water Act

29. Waste Management Hierarchy
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
1. Prevent or reduce 2. Recycle 3. Treat 4. Dispose or otherwise release
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health - conducts research in occupational safety and health - develop criteria as a basis for new standards - provides education - manpower development and training on health and safety equipment - enfor

30. P2
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.
chemiluminescence
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds

31. 29 CFR 1910.120
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
Nitric oxide exists in equilibrium with nitrogen tetroxide in the ambient atmosphere - is colorless - is a dissociation product of nitrogen trioxide and is an irritant of the eyes and mucous membranes
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs

32. PCB storage
Temporary storage for less than 30 days - impervious flooring - PCB marked - must be disposed of within one year - PCB cleanup spills to grazing land or vegetable gardens are subject to standards at the discretion of the regional office - limited to
An absolute value which cannot be exceeded (no TWA)
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.

33. NPL
EPA - Protection of the Environment
National Priorities List - Superfund
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
Interim Measures

34. Life Safety Code hazards
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
low - ordinary - high
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)

35. ISO 14000 registration outcomes
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
Covers building services and fire protection equipment
Approval - Conditional Approval - Disapproval
risk = slope factor (SF) x CDI

36. Site Security Plan
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study
Carbon dioxide
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters

37. SWPPPs
Stormwater pollution prevention plans
5 ft (UFC)
Includes manifests - exception reports - applicable records for the previous year - and certificates of disposal or destruction
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)

38. Asbestos
Has thermal resistance - chemical resistance - high tensile strength - not electrically conductive
Record of Decision
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)
Necessary for facility with oil storage in excess of 1 -000 -000 gallons - requires drills and tabletop exercises - plans for Worst Case Discharges (WCDs) - and training for employees on the FRP

39. HI
Hazard Index - HI= CDI/RfD HI<1 is acceptable RfD Reference Dose - RfD= NOAEL(or LOAEL)/(UF)(MF) NOAEL= No observable adverse effect level UF= Uncertainty Factor MF=(Modifying Factors)
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB

40. Agencies that regulate asbestos
EPA - OSHA - DOT
Hazardous Air Pollutant
limited access and/or toxic atmospheres the potential for an IDLH atmosphere makes it a 'permit required confined space'
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

41. SARA
CAA - Clean Air Act
low - ordinary - high
30% of Earth's fresh water supply
OSHA General Industry Standard

42. NEF
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
Non-attainment
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)

43. Rulemaking process
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
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
Department of Transportation

44. Half-lives to get to 12.5% of original radionuclide
70 years
Lethal dose 50%
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5

45. Hazardous waste characteristics
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
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity
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

46. Metals most likely encountered by CHMM
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)
Best Available Control Technology
Systematic discovery - voluntary discovery (sampling/auditing) - prompt disclosure (within 21 days) - independent discovery and disclosure - correction and remediation within 60 days - prevent recurrence of the violation - repeat violations are ineli
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet

47. How frequently should employee refresher training be provided under the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard?
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs

48. Laws with P2 components
70 years
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
When the release results in exposure to persons solely within the boundaries of the facility

49. A mixture of a hazardous waste (non-listed) and a solid (non-hazardous) waste is?
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
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)

50. Neurological
will float in water
Threshold Limit Value
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)
the primary health effect from lead