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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. HSWA
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
EPA - Protection of the Environment
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous

2. What are the categories of particulate matter (PM)?
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
Oil and grease
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)

3. Vulnerability Information

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4. COI
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
Temporary Unit (RCRA)
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds

5. Audible range for humans
Chemical inventory forms including chemical names and CAS numbers
between 16 Hz and 20 -000 Hz frequencies
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce

6. ISO 14001
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
gaining electrons
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions
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

7. Level A PPE
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
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
the primary health effect from lead

8. BLEVE
1. Prevent or reduce 2. Recycle 3. Treat 4. Dispose or otherwise release
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)
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
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

9. MTRs
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
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 Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

10. NPDES
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - and Rodenticide Act
EPA - OSHA - DOT

11. RACT
Reasonable Achievable Control Technology
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
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity
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

12. PCB Annual Report
Carbon dioxide
19.5% (O2/vol) or less
Includes manifests - exception reports - applicable records for the previous year - and certificates of disposal or destruction
between 16 Hz and 20 -000 Hz frequencies

13. Risk calculation
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
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
risk = slope factor (SF) x CDI

14. 5 EMS components
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
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

15. Air monitoring for methane and hydrogen sulfide
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
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Oil - gasoline - paint

16. New major air emissions in an attainment area
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)
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.

17. Polyvinyl alcohol PVA
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act
A material used in PPE - very effective against hydrocarbons but dissolves in water
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
Record of Decision

18. AEA
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
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)
Accompanies the waste shipment to a TSDF and includes an analysis of the ability to meet treatment standards
Atomic Energy Act

19. The five assets of the SIGMA guidelines
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
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
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
A list of impaired waters

20. CNR
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
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
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

21. Homogeneous
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.
Uniform mixture
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
losing electrons

22. HVL Half Value (radiation)
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
A material used in PPE - very effective against hydrocarbons but dissolves in water
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
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act

23. NOAEL
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
OSHA Construction Standard
No observable adverse effect level
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure

24. Ionization
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
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
No observable adverse effect level
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

25. Tier II Report
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
will float
CDI = (Concentration)(daily intake)(exposure frequency)(exposure duration - typ 70 years)/(body weight - typ 70 kg)(average exposure time (day)
Required under EPCRA for a facility that has 10 -000 pounds of any hazardous chemical

26. Oxidation
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity
losing electrons
National Priorities List - Superfund
EPA - OSHA - DOT

27. Ingestion
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
In RCRA - a facility that predates RCRA but is pursuing a RCRA permit
the primary route of exposure to lead
Hazardous Air Pollutant

28. CERCLA Section 107

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29. PA/SI
Best Available Control Technology
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions

30. SWOT
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
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
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)
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

31. Life Safety Code hazards
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
Stormwater pollution prevention plans
low - ordinary - high

32. PSD
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
Department of Labor
RCRA Facility Investigation

33. FWPCA
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence - Strict Liability
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

34. ug/dl
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Not a toxin (for a particular target organ) that in combination with a toxin - enhances the toxins effect
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
units associated with medical monitoring for lead

35. Sulfur coal plant emit?
Carbon dioxide
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)
Oil and grease
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303

36. CERCLA

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37. Vapor Density
Hazardous Air Pollutant
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use
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
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air

38. Metals most likely encountered by CHMM
No observable adverse effect level
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)

39. Reduction
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
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
gaining electrons
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron

40. The respiratory protection equipment required for initial entry to remove sludge that is contaminated with an unknown hydrocarbon is?
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)]
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)

41. Federal regulation amendments
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
Clean Water Act
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Can be found in the Federal Register but are easiest to find on the Agencies website or from a regulation tracking service

42. NFPA Class II combustible liquid
Department of Labor
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review
As Low As Reasonably Achievable (AEA)
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF

43. TSCA
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
Toxic Substances Control Act (requires toxicity testing of new compounds)
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
5 ft (UFC)

44. CERCLA Section 102

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45. Who is responsible for evaluating chemicals to determine if they are hazardous?
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
chemiluminescence
1. Prevent or reduce 2. Recycle 3. Treat 4. Dispose or otherwise release
manufacturers and importers

46. What training is required for a permit required confined space entry?
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0
Confined space - HAZWOPER - respirator training
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)
Soil vapor extraction wells

47. NEF
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
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
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.
Toxic Substances Control Act (requires toxicity testing of new compounds)

48. EPCRA
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
Confined space - HAZWOPER - respirator training
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

49. A generator is considering less expensive options to incineration for management of chlorobenzene - options available under the RCRA generator standards are?
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
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
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA

50. Neurological
the primary health effect from lead
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act