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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. NPL
National Priorities List - Superfund
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity

2. CDI
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes
Chronic Daily Intake
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic

3. Specification packaging
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

4. NPDES
Uniform mixture
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
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

5. The majority of the gas generated within a landfill is methane and ____?
Includes grab sampling - pH and temp of the sample - rainfall measurements - record of the date and duration of the sampling
Three year have elapsed since the last audit
Carbon dioxide
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source

6. HAZWOPER Training
Chronic Daily Intake
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)
low - ordinary - high
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.

7. CNR
Chronic Daily Intake
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters
manufacturers and importers

8. FIFRA registration
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce
Has thermal resistance - chemical resistance - high tensile strength - not electrically conductive
the primary route of exposure to lead
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air

9. 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)
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)
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
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet

10. Trade exemption
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
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
Chemical Security Assessment Tool - which assesses security risks
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5

11. TSDF
Staircase dimensional criteria for egress are covered under the Life Safety Code and UBC
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
Best Available Control Technology
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable

12. 33 CFR = ?
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Two general categories: Organizational evaluation standards and Product and Process evaluation standards
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters

13. COC
RCRA Facility Investigation
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
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
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample

14. ISO 14000 standards
Two general categories: Organizational evaluation standards and Product and Process evaluation standards
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
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
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions

15. Half-lives to get to 12.5% of original radionuclide
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
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
National Priorities List - Superfund

16. Agencies that regulate asbestos
EPA - OSHA - DOT
EPA - Protection of the Environment
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
National Ambient Air Quality Standards

17. CERCLA Section 107

18. Pesticides
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)

19. SPCC
State Emergency Response Commission
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
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
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)

20. Beta particle
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Chronic Daily Intake

21. Group H UBC classification
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
State Emergency Response Commission
Hazardous occupancy
Work breakdown structure (PM)

22. What is the description of a Class I unstable - non-water reactive material?
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
Normally stable
Oil and grease

23. Vapor Density
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
A list of impaired waters
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence - Strict Liability
Uniform mixture

24. PCB storage
Material that can be separated by a physical process (evaporation) - density differences - or simple solubility difference.
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act
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
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

25. NA
HI = dose / RfD
Work breakdown structure (PM)
Non-attainment
units associated with medical monitoring for lead

26. The five assets of the SIGMA guidelines
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
chemiluminescence

27. P2
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
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
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
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling

28. RCRA
Clean Water Act
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use

29. ISO 14001
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
Remedial Design/ Remedial Action
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions
Used to determine contamination that is introduced in the field or en route to the laboratory

30. New major air emissions in an attainment area
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit

31. Specific Gravity > 1
1. Prevent or reduce 2. Recycle 3. Treat 4. Dispose or otherwise release
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
OSHA Construction Standard
will sink in water

32. What are the four steps in preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS)?
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review
Carbon dioxide
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay

33. TSCA inventory list requirements
low - ordinary - high
Two general categories: Organizational evaluation standards and Product and Process evaluation standards
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use
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

34. Vapor Density < 1
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study
will float
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic

35. NAAQS
Interior finishes with a flame spread index of less than 25
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)

36. CERCLA
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)

37. Hazardous waste characteristics
Atomic Energy Act
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
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
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity

38. Periodic group
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
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
On the periodic table - a set of elements that act the same chemically. Eg. Noble Gases - Halide series

39. Potentiation
Atomic Energy Act
Not a toxin (for a particular target organ) that in combination with a toxin - enhances the toxins effect
Chronic Daily Intake
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)]

40. NAAQS contaminants
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
OSHA Construction Standard

41. ISO 14000 parts
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
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
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection

42. Class III UIC
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
Used to determine contamination that is introduced in the field or en route to the laboratory
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports

43. TPQ
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
Non-attainment
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
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)

44. MCL
Interim Measures
EPA - OSHA - DOT
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal

45. Characteristic Waste
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports
Chemical Security Assessment Tool - which assesses security risks

46. NIOSH
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample
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)
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
19.5% (O2/vol) or less

47. What are the four types of torts?
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence - Strict Liability
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal

48. Stormwater discharge application
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
EPA - OSHA - DOT
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Part A- Who and what Part B- Where and how much

49. RFI
Record of Decision
RCRA Facility Investigation
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
70 years

50. Specific Gravity < 1
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
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)]
Staircase dimensional criteria for egress are covered under the Life Safety Code and UBC
will float in water