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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. HI
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
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)
limited access and/or toxic atmospheres the potential for an IDLH atmosphere makes it a 'permit required confined space'

2. SWMU
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection

3. Class I UBC classification
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
Material that can be separated by a physical process (evaporation) - density differences - or simple solubility difference.
Interior finishes with a flame spread index of less than 25
chemiluminescence

4. 29 CFR 1910.120
Oil - gasoline - paint
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs
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
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)

5. The majority of the gas generated within a landfill is methane and ____?
will sink in water
Carbon dioxide
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs

6. 29CFR1926
OSHA Construction Standard
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
19.5% (O2/vol) or less
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use

7. LDRs
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
will float

8. 30 CFR = ?
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
Non-attainment
Department of Labor

9. 29 CFR = ?
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds
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
Department of Labor

10. Vapor Density > 1
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0

11. NAAQS
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
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
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)

12. TMDL
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste
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
Interim Measures

13. RI
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act
Interior finishes with a flame spread index of less than 25
Oil and grease
Remedial Investigation

14. FIFRA registration
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
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
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce

15. NFPA Diamond
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions

16. Pumping/slug testing
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)]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
Uniform mixture
Estimates hydraulic conductivity

17. Phase II ESA
Threshold Limit Value
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
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)]
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs

18. 33 CFR = ?
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
will sink in water
losing electrons
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters

19. New major air emissions in an attainment area
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)

20. CAMU
Best Available Control Technology
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
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

21. SPCC
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
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)
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

22. Receiving water quality criteria
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
units associated with medical monitoring for lead
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay

23. EPCRA hazard categories
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
risk = slope factor (SF) x CDI
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)

24. NIOSH
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
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
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food

25. Nine penalty mitigation conditions
Immediate (acute) health hazards - delayed (chronic) health hazards - and sudden releases of pressure
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
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
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

26. 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
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs

27. Heterogeneous
between 16 Hz and 20 -000 Hz frequencies
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
will sink in water
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture

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29. Fresh water

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30. PDCA
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Plan - Do - Check - Act (P2)
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit

31. Grab samples for wastewater 24-hour composite sampling event
Oil and grease
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
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
will float

32. Under the Uniform Fire Code (UFC) - what are the general requirements for hazardous material storage?
Stormwater pollution prevention plans
Includes grab sampling - pH and temp of the sample - rainfall measurements - record of the date and duration of the sampling
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
National Ambient Air Quality Standards

33. CWA Title III
Clean Water Act
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
Uniform mixture
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies

34. CA
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
units associated with medical monitoring for lead
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
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

35. What is the generally accepted method for measuring attainment with NAAQS for nitrogen dioxide?
Can be found in the Federal Register but are easiest to find on the Agencies website or from a regulation tracking service
chemiluminescence
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up

36. Respirator Fit Factors
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Material that can be separated by a physical process (evaporation) - density differences - or simple solubility difference.
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000

37. A generator is considering less expensive options to incineration for management of chlorobenzene - options available under the RCRA generator standards are?
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs
Hazardous occupancy
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions

38. Define strict liability
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
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

39. Regulations
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
Required under EPCRA for a facility that has 10 -000 pounds of any hazardous chemical
The dose expected to cause the death of 50% of an exposed population within 30 minutes

40. A mixture of a hazardous waste (non-listed) and a solid (non-hazardous) waste is?
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Atomic Energy Act
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)

41. FRP Facility response plan
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
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
70 years

42. SPL
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
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
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)]
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

43. CWA 303d
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review
A list of impaired waters
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)

44. Class IV UIC
will sink in water
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)
Not a toxin (for a particular target organ) that in combination with a toxin - enhances the toxins effect
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)

45. 29CFR1910
Land Disposal Restriction (RCRA) - meant to minimize post-closure escape of waste - reduces the volume of haz waste disposal - encourages recycling
OSHA General Industry Standard
Preliminary Assessment/ Site Inspection
Part A- Who and what Part B- Where and how much

46. Stormwater discharge application
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
Part A- Who and what Part B- Where and how much
Used to determine contamination that is introduced in the field or en route to the laboratory

47. BACT
An absolute value which cannot be exceeded (no TWA)
Non-attainment
Best Available Control Technology
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs

48. ALARA
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
As Low As Reasonably Achievable (AEA)
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce

49. NOAEL
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
No observable adverse effect level
Threshold Limit Value

50. NPDES
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable
19.5% (O2/vol) or less
Includes grab sampling - pH and temp of the sample - rainfall measurements - record of the date and duration of the sampling
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System