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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. NAAQS
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0

2. What classifications are used for cryogenic fluids?
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)
Atomic Energy Act
Normally stable
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable

3. Class III UIC
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste
Lists 'Hazardous Substances'
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

4. P2
Can be found in the Federal Register but are easiest to find on the Agencies website or from a regulation tracking service
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)

5. ISO 14000 parts
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
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Includes the EPA ID number - the name of the primary transporter - the names of backup transporters - an ER number that must be answered 24/7 - the name and address of the generator - the signature of the generator or an agent
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study

6. NOAEL
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
No observable adverse effect level
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
EPA - OSHA - DOT

7. NESHAP
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
Clean Water Act
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity

8. What defines general use pesticides?
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
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.
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act

9. Asbestos
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.
Has thermal resistance - chemical resistance - high tensile strength - not electrically conductive
Environmental Auditing (EA) - Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Toxic Substances Control Act (requires toxicity testing of new compounds)

10. CWA Title III
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
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
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)

11. FFCA
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Federal Facilities Compliance Act (1992) - provided a statutory basis for pursuing monetary penalties against Federal Facilities
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron

12. What is the description of a Class I unstable - non-water reactive material?
An absolute value which cannot be exceeded (no TWA)
Normally stable
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
Two general categories: Organizational evaluation standards and Product and Process evaluation standards

13. 404
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers

14. Stormwater pollutants
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
Oil - gasoline - paint
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides

15. SARA
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead
Hazardous Air Pollutant
Any substance that will produce a harmful effect when introduced to the body in sufficient concentrations - creates a toxic effect when a mechanism is available to allow a biochemical reaction at a receptor site in the target organ
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)

16. Neurological
the primary health effect from lead
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)
5 ft (UFC)
In RCRA - a facility that predates RCRA but is pursuing a RCRA permit

17. MCL
units associated with medical monitoring for lead
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)
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal

18. Level A PPE
the primary route of exposure to lead
Includes manifests - exception reports - applicable records for the previous year - and certificates of disposal or destruction
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs

19. Oxygen deficient atmosphere
19.5% (O2/vol) or less
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.
State Emergency Response Commission
Prevention of Serious Deterioration

20. HAP
Hazardous Air Pollutant
State Emergency Response Commission
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
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs

21. Polyvinyl alcohol PVA
Part A- Who and what Part B- Where and how much
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)
A material used in PPE - very effective against hydrocarbons but dissolves in water
Work breakdown structure (PM)

22. Nine penalty mitigation conditions
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
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
Reasonable Achievable Control Technology
Temporary Unit (RCRA)

23. SPCC
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
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
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal

24. Egress
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
Staircase dimensional criteria for egress are covered under the Life Safety Code and UBC
Clean Water Act

25. Four characteristics of a corporation
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
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)

26. Vulnerability Information

27. How frequently should employee refresher training be provided under the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard?
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions
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

28. Characteristic Waste
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
Accompanies the waste shipment to a TSDF and includes an analysis of the ability to meet treatment standards

29. EPCRA
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
Lists 'Hazardous Substances'
Chemical inventory forms including chemical names and CAS numbers
the primary health effect from lead

30. 29 CFR = ?
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
Department of Labor
An absolute value which cannot be exceeded (no TWA)

31. TRI Toxic Chemical Release Inventory

32. New Source Review
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
On the periodic table - a set of elements that act the same chemically. Eg. Noble Gases - Halide series
Chemical Security Assessment Tool - which assesses security risks
Any substance that will produce a harmful effect when introduced to the body in sufficient concentrations - creates a toxic effect when a mechanism is available to allow a biochemical reaction at a receptor site in the target organ

33. CMS
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
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
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
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

34. Toxin
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)
Part A- Who and what Part B- Where and how much
Any substance that will produce a harmful effect when introduced to the body in sufficient concentrations - creates a toxic effect when a mechanism is available to allow a biochemical reaction at a receptor site in the target organ
Threshold Limit Value

35. Groundwater

36. Sound parameter
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
the primary route of exposure to lead

37. SDWA
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
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

38. 29CFR1910
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
OSHA General Industry Standard
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles

39. RI
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.
Perceived noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
Remedial Investigation
losing electrons

40. COC
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample
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
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
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)

41. CERCLA Section 107

42. NFPA Class II combustible liquid
chemiluminescence
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
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead

43. Ways to reference a law
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)
Burns as ordinarily combustible and presents a minimum reactivity hazard
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
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

44. TDS
units associated with medical monitoring for lead
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)]
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)

45. CNR
Normally stable
OSHA Construction Standard
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

46. NPDES
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
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
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)

47. Vapor Density > 1
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0
limited access and/or toxic atmospheres the potential for an IDLH atmosphere makes it a 'permit required confined space'
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies

48. Phase II ESA
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act

49. SPL
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
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)]
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
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)

50. HVL Half Value (radiation)
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)
EPA - OSHA - DOT
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