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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. What classifications are used for cryogenic fluids?
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
chemiluminescence
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable

2. SERC
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
State Emergency Response Commission
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS

3. FIFRA registration
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
will sink in water
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce

4. What defines general use pesticides?
Pesticides that can be used by untrained persons according to label instructions without creating unreasonable adverse effects to the person applying the pesticides or to the environment.
Remedial Investigation
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)

5. 33 CFR = ?
OSHA General Industry Standard
OSHA Construction Standard
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters

6. ROD
On the periodic table - a set of elements that act the same chemically. Eg. Noble Gases - Halide series
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Record of Decision

7. 8 types of records to review in an audit
State Emergency Response Commission
Imposes 'strict' and 'joint and several' liability to all generators - transporters and facility owners. Does not require showing of fault or negligence where damages have occurred. Full damages may be recovered from one - some or all potentially lia
Transport - Storage - Disposal Facility - is required to have a waste tracking program - a training plan - arrangements with emergency responders - an employee onsite at all times
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

8. 404
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence - Strict Liability

9. Grab samples for wastewater 24-hour composite sampling event
Oil and grease
Hazardous occupancy
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)
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

10. DNAPL
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
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead

11. Sulfur coal plant emit?
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)
State Emergency Response Commission
the primary health effect from lead

12. Egress
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)
Staircase dimensional criteria for egress are covered under the Life Safety Code and UBC
CAA - Clean Air Act
Approval - Conditional Approval - Disapproval

13. TSCA inventory list requirements
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.
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

14. SARA
Local Emergency Planning Committee
CAA - Clean Air Act
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
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

15. Receiving water quality criteria
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Normally stable

16. Ways to reference a law
1. Short title (eg TSCA) 2. Public law citation (eg. PL 101-459 = 549th law of the 101 Congress) 3. United State Code (USC) (eg. 42USC
Atomic Energy Act
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review

17. Fresh water

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18. What is the description of a Class IV organic peroxide?
Burns as ordinarily combustible and presents a minimum reactivity hazard
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling
Transport - Storage - Disposal Facility - is required to have a waste tracking program - a training plan - arrangements with emergency responders - an employee onsite at all times
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)

19. 10 CFR =?
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)
Department of Labor
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
Record of Decision

20. NOAEL
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Accompanies the waste shipment to a TSDF and includes an analysis of the ability to meet treatment standards
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
No observable adverse effect level

21. NFPA Diamond
gaining electrons
70 years
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous

22. Pesticides
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
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0

23. TMDL
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
Pesticides that can be used by untrained persons according to label instructions without creating unreasonable adverse effects to the person applying the pesticides or to the environment.
Includes manifests - exception reports - applicable records for the previous year - and certificates of disposal or destruction
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303

24. CAMU
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)
Approval - Conditional Approval - Disapproval
gaining electrons
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

25. Sound parameter
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
Perceived noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

26. How frequently should employee refresher training be provided under the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard?
limited liability to the extent of assets - continuity of life - centralization of management - free transferability of ownership interests (an LLC can only have two of these traits)
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
Temporary Unit (RCRA)
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

27. Polyvinyl alcohol PVA
HI = dose / RfD
A material used in PPE - very effective against hydrocarbons but dissolves in water
chemiluminescence
gaining electrons

28. HSWA
Toxic Substances Control Act (requires toxicity testing of new compounds)
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)

29. Class I UBC classification
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Interior finishes with a flame spread index of less than 25
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)

30. 29CFR1926
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act
OSHA Construction Standard
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture

31. PCB contaminated
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Soil vapor extraction wells
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
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

32. Site Security Plan
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Stormwater pollution prevention plans

33. Foam agents
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5

34. RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Chemical Security Assessment Tool - which assesses security risks
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use

35. 49 CFR = ?
Department of Transportation
the primary health effect from lead
Used to determine contamination that is introduced in the field or en route to the laboratory
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

36. SPCC
1. Short title (eg TSCA) 2. Public law citation (eg. PL 101-459 = 549th law of the 101 Congress) 3. United State Code (USC) (eg. 42USC
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
Hazardous Air Pollutant
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study

37. Periodic group
Used to determine contamination that is introduced in the field or en route to the laboratory
On the periodic table - a set of elements that act the same chemically. Eg. Noble Gases - Halide series
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
Temporary Unit (RCRA)

38. LD(50/30) refers to?
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes
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
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample

39. RI
Remedial Investigation
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
Chemical Security Assessment Tool - which assesses security risks
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.

40. Phase II ESA
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
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
As Low As Reasonably Achievable (AEA)

41. Reduction
1. Short title (eg TSCA) 2. Public law citation (eg. PL 101-459 = 549th law of the 101 Congress) 3. United State Code (USC) (eg. 42USC
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
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
gaining electrons

42. MACT
limited access and/or toxic atmospheres the potential for an IDLH atmosphere makes it a 'permit required confined space'
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Covers building services and fire protection equipment
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

43. CESQG
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
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
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

44. EPCRA
Apply to discharges from MS4s serving fewer than 10 -000 people
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (requires EIS)

45. CDI calculation
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
70 years
CDI = (Concentration)(daily intake)(exposure frequency)(exposure duration - typ 70 years)/(body weight - typ 70 kg)(average exposure time (day)
Chronic Daily Intake

46. FIFRA
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act
On the periodic table - a set of elements that act the same chemically. Eg. Noble Gases - Halide series
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Normally stable

47. AEA
Uniform mixture
Atomic Energy Act
Covers building services and fire protection equipment
losing electrons

48. CERCLA

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49. BLEVE
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity
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
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
RCRA Facility Investigation

50. Stormwater permit holder
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.
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
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)
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review