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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. Pesticides
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
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
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron

2. Egress
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
70 years
Staircase dimensional criteria for egress are covered under the Life Safety Code and UBC
Local Emergency Planning Committee

3. P2
1. Prevent or reduce 2. Recycle 3. Treat 4. Dispose or otherwise release
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
between 16 Hz and 20 -000 Hz frequencies
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000

4. Grab samples for wastewater 24-hour composite sampling event
HI = dose / RfD
Oil and grease
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)
Federal Facilities Compliance Act (1992) - provided a statutory basis for pursuing monetary penalties against Federal Facilities

5. 29CFR1926
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
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.
OSHA Construction Standard
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit

6. LD50
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence
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
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF

7. FRP Facility response plan
EPA - Protection of the Environment
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
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
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

8. Audible range for humans
CAA - Clean Air Act
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
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
between 16 Hz and 20 -000 Hz frequencies

9. 40 CFR = ?
EPA - Protection of the Environment
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
Department of Labor
Hazardous Air Pollutant

10. What conditions prompt a compliance audit under the PSM standard?
Department of Transportation
Temporary Unit (RCRA)
EPA - Protection of the Environment
Three year have elapsed since the last audit

11. NPL
EPA - OSHA - DOT
National Priorities List - Superfund
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.

12. For a 12 -000 gallon AST storing a Class IIIB combustible liquid - what is the minimum set back from the property line?
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
5 ft (UFC)
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.

13. HSWA
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
Clean Water Act
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.

14. PCB storage
manufacturers and importers
will sink in water
In RCRA - a facility that predates RCRA but is pursuing a RCRA permit
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

15. PNL
Burns as ordinarily combustible and presents a minimum reactivity hazard
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
5 ft (UFC)
Perceived noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

16. Sound parameter
chemiluminescence
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity

17. CDI
Apply to discharges from MS4s serving fewer than 10 -000 people
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
Chronic Daily Intake
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)

18. NFPA Class II combustible liquid
Chronic Daily Intake
OSHA General Industry Standard
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)

19. Class IV UIC
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)
Estimates hydraulic conductivity

20. What are the four steps in preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS)?
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
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
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

21. PA/SI
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
Required under EPCRA for a facility that has 10 -000 pounds of any hazardous chemical
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes

22. Stormwater permit holder
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
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)
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB

23. Laws with P2 components
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA

24. Characteristic Waste
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection
OSHA General Industry Standard
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic

25. Nucleus
Chronic Daily Intake
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)

26. What is the description of a Class IV organic peroxide?
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
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
Burns as ordinarily combustible and presents a minimum reactivity hazard

27. CERCLA

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28. 8 types of records to review in an audit
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
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
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Best Available Control Technology

29. TRI Toxic Chemical Release Inventory

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30. Fresh water

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31. The respiratory protection equipment required for initial entry to remove sludge that is contaminated with an unknown hydrocarbon is?
low - ordinary - high
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
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
Lists 'Hazardous Substances'

32. NAAQS contaminants
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
Accompanies the waste shipment to a TSDF and includes an analysis of the ability to meet treatment standards

33. COC
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Confined space - HAZWOPER - respirator training
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample

34. Group H UBC classification
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling
EPA - Protection of the Environment
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS
Hazardous occupancy

35. Homogeneous
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
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
Uniform mixture
Oil and grease - BOD - COD - and TSS

36. MCL
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
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)

37. New major air emissions in an attainment area
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act

38. Rulemaking process
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
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
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
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

39. FIFRA
Lists 'Hazardous Substances'
Department of Transportation
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - and Rodenticide Act
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)

40. Specification packaging
A list of impaired waters
between 16 Hz and 20 -000 Hz frequencies
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction

41. CWA
Clean Water Act
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

42. Vapor Density
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
Interim Measures
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)

43. DNAPL
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (requires EIS)
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.
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. What is the generally accepted method for measuring attainment with NAAQS for nitrogen dioxide?
19.5% (O2/vol) or less
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (requires EIS)
chemiluminescence
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

45. IM
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
Hazardous Air Pollutant
Interim Measures
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

46. Air monitoring for methane and hydrogen sulfide
Interim Measures
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
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
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence - Strict Liability

47. What remediation technology is effective for removing high concentrations of low-solubility petroleum compounds from contaminated soil?
Soil vapor extraction wells
Required for a new facility or a modified existing facility (>10%)
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
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

48. Ways to reference a law
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
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
CAA - Clean Air Act

49. Land Disposal Notification
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
Accompanies the waste shipment to a TSDF and includes an analysis of the ability to meet treatment standards
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food

50. NFPA Diamond
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
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
70 years
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies