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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. Toxin
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
Chronic Daily Intake
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
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

2. ISO 14000 standards
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
the primary route of exposure to lead
Two general categories: Organizational evaluation standards and Product and Process evaluation standards
Clean Water Act

3. CAMU
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
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
Chemical inventory forms including chemical names and CAS numbers
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

4. Nucleus
The center of an atom made up of a proton and a neutron
Normally stable
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source
EPA - OSHA - DOT

5. HVL Half Value (radiation)
Trespass - Nuisance - Negligence
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
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
Stormwater pollution prevention plans

6. Groundwater

7. TLV
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Invasive evaluation of potential RECs
Threshold Limit Value

8. CDI
The employer must provide training - require the employee to demonstrate proficiency - retrain employees who lose proficiency - and provide written certification.
Chronic Daily Intake
Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid. Includes chlorinated solvents and long-chain hydrocarbons (heavy oils/asphalts) - DNAPLs do not adhere to soil particles
Requires core elements such as a management review - policy - checking - and corrective actions

9. What is the generally accepted method for measuring attainment with NAAQS for nitrogen dioxide?
chemiluminescence
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use
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
As Low As Reasonably Achievable (AEA)

10. 29CFR1926
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
Temporary Unit (RCRA)
will sink in water
OSHA Construction Standard

11. Asbestos
Has thermal resistance - chemical resistance - high tensile strength - not electrically conductive
units associated with medical monitoring for lead
Three year have elapsed since the last audit
No observable adverse effect level

12. NA
Non-attainment
70 years
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use

13. What remediation technology is effective for removing high concentrations of low-solubility petroleum compounds from contaminated soil?
Soil vapor extraction wells
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
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)

14. Half-lives to get to 12.5% of original radionuclide
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
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

15. What conditions prompt a compliance audit under the PSM standard?
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
RCRA Facility Investigation
TMDLs - Turbidity - pH - Bioassay
Three year have elapsed since the last audit

16. Site Security Plan
When the release results in exposure to persons solely within the boundaries of the facility
EPA - OSHA - DOT
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)
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.

17. Tolerances
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
30% of Earth's fresh water supply
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food

18. Specific Gravity > 1
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
Interim Measures
will sink in water
Non-attainment

19. RFI
Hazardous occupancy
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
RCRA Facility Investigation
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters

20. SARA
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - and Rodenticide Act
CAA - Clean Air Act
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Remedial Design/ Remedial Action

21. 49 CFR = ?
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Department of Transportation

22. SWPPPs
Stormwater pollution prevention plans
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
On the periodic table - a set of elements that act the same chemically. Eg. Noble Gases - Halide series
Lethal dose 50%

23. ROD
Atomic Energy Act
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0
Record of Decision
Temporary Unit (RCRA)

24. TU
Temporary Unit (RCRA)
Maximum Achievable Control Technology
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
Noise exposure forecast - a noise rating associated with airports

25. CWA
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
Environmental policy - planning - Implementation and operation - Checking and Corrective Action - Management Review
Clean Water Act

26. FIFRA
Covers Haz Waste Operations - Cleanup - and ERs
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - Rodenticide Act
Burns as ordinarily combustible and presents a minimum reactivity hazard

27. PCB Annual Report
State Emergency Response Commission
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
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
Includes manifests - exception reports - applicable records for the previous year - and certificates of disposal or destruction

28. A generator is considering less expensive options to incineration for management of chlorobenzene - options available under the RCRA generator standards are?
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) - Dept of Energy
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
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
Atomic Energy Act

29. 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
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste

30. 30 CFR = ?
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)

31. NFPA Class II combustible liquid
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
units associated with medical monitoring for lead
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF

32. What is the description of a Class IV organic peroxide?
Burns as ordinarily combustible and presents a minimum reactivity hazard
Represents only 3% of Earth's water -~70% or Earth's fresh water is tied up in glacial ice and the other 30% is in groundwater with very little surface water
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

33. PNL
Perceived noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
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
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
Should only be available to those who 'need to know' (CFATS)

34. CESQG
manufacturers and importers
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
Stormwater pollution prevention plans
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

35. Life Safety Code hazards
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters
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
low - ordinary - high
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.

36. NFPA Life Safety Code
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
Covers building services and fire protection equipment
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)

37. DHS
CAA - Clean Air Act
Atomic Energy Act
Department of Homeland Security (US Coast Guard - US Secret Service - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection

38. HSWA
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
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
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)

39. Define strict liability
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
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs
Oil and grease
Used to determine contamination that is introduced in the field or en route to the laboratory

40. SARA
SO2 - SO3 - and SO4(-2)
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides

41. Laws with P2 components
Apply to discharges from MS4s serving fewer than 10 -000 people
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Required under EPCRA for a facility that has 10 -000 pounds of any hazardous chemical
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA

42. Class I UBC classification
Interior finishes with a flame spread index of less than 25
Only pesticides registered with the USEPA can be distributed - sold or placed into commerce
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source
Approval - Conditional Approval - Disapproval

43. Federal regulation amendments
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
lithium (Li) - sodium (Na) - and potassium (K) Dangerous when wet
Can be found in the Federal Register but are easiest to find on the Agencies website or from a regulation tracking service

44. PCB contaminated
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports
Non-attainment
Confined space - HAZWOPER - respirator training

45. High molecular weight and strongly hydrophobic organic compounds are common soil contaminates due to crude oil spills - these compounds are most often partitioned to soils containing?
Humic (the process is called on sorption and is based on relative affinity)
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
Required for the transportation of hazardous materials
Natural capital (environment) - human capital (people) - social capital (relationships/structures) - manufactured capital (fixed assets) - financial capital (profit - sales - shares - cash)

46. SWDA
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act
An absolute value which cannot be exceeded (no TWA)
Threshold Limit Value
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

47. AAI
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
Half-mask 10 - Full Face 50 - Supplied Air (w/o egress bottle) 1000 - SCBA 10000
Carbon dioxide
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

48. Vapor Density > 1
Not considered a hazardous waste if the mixture no longer retains the characteristic that made it hazardous (i.e. ignitability)
will sink. All flammable liquids and most gases have a vapor density greater than 1.0
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample

49. Polyvinyl alcohol PVA
Maximum Contaminate Level - legally enforceable public health goal
A material used in PPE - very effective against hydrocarbons but dissolves in water
Federal Insecticide - Fungicide - and Rodenticide Act
Toxic Substances Control Act (requires toxicity testing of new compounds)

50. TMDL
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous
Accompanies the waste shipment to a TSDF and includes an analysis of the ability to meet treatment standards
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode