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Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

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1. To qualify a UST as a 'confined space' it must be established that it has...

2. Sound parameter
Sound is characterized by pressure - power - and intensity
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
as needed - but at least every 3 yrs
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)

3. HAP
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
Hazardous Air Pollutant
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
The removal of electrons from an electrically neutral atom

4. Regulations
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
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
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)
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)

5. Rulemaking process
Used to dispose of oil and gas production wastes (SWDA)
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
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act
corrosive/highly toxic - flammable - non-flammable

6. 29CFR1910
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
Atomic Energy Act
OSHA General Industry Standard
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.

7. What conditions prompt a compliance audit under the PSM standard?
Three year have elapsed since the last audit
Chemical of Interest (CFATS)
Lethal dose 50%
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

8. Pesticides
Best Available Control Technology
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
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)
Herbicides - Insecticides - Biocides

9. Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest
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
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
When the release results in exposure to persons solely within the boundaries of the facility
An absolute value which cannot be exceeded (no TWA)

10. Vulnerability Information

11. Homogeneous
HI = dose / RfD
Minimum Technology Requirements (RCRA) - including liner requirements - leak detection and collection requirements - groundwater monitoring
Uniform mixture
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air

12. NFPA Class II combustible liquid
Full body encapsulating suit - SCBA - Dermal protection
Uniform mixture
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
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

13. LEPC
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Confined space - HAZWOPER - respirator training

14. Used Oil
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Pollution Prevention - the highest priority is source reduction - the most effective P2 activity is product modification to avoid solvent use

15. Under the Uniform Fire Code (UFC) - what are the general requirements for hazardous material storage?
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
Three. 100 (one) 50 (two) 25 (three) 12.5
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
National Ambient Air Quality Standards

16. Group H UBC classification
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
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.
Hazardous occupancy
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

17. CERCLA Section 107

18. HSWA
70 years
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (expanded RCRA)
Work breakdown structure (PM)
Chronic Daily Intake

19. CERCLA
Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study
Particulates - Sulfur Dioxide - Nitrogen Dioxide - Carbon Monoxide - Ozone - Lead
Total Maximum Daily Load - CWA Section 303
Comprehensive Environmental Response - Compensation and Liability Act

20. What are the categories of particulate matter (PM)?
Atomic Energy Act
Secure site assets - Deter - Detect - Delay - Screen and control access.
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 top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.

21. Nine penalty mitigation conditions
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
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.
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
losing electrons

22. The majority of the gas generated within a landfill is methane and ____?
A material used in PPE - very effective against hydrocarbons but dissolves in water
Interim Measures
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
Carbon dioxide

23. Fresh water

24. MACT
Ignitability - corrosivity - toxicity - reactivity
Slowest - largest radioactive particle. Most destructive if inhaled or ingested. Can be stopped by paper/tyvek. Made up of a proton and neutron.
Atomic Energy Act
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

25. Asbestos
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
Estimates hydraulic conductivity
Has thermal resistance - chemical resistance - high tensile strength - not electrically conductive
Temporary Unit (RCRA)

26. OHSA inspections
gaining electrons
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
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act (requires EIS)
The top priority for OSHA inspections are imminent danger situations.

27. NESHAP
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
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
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters

28. Four characteristics of a corporation
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste
manufacturers and importers
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)
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA

29. LAER
Limit of Detection - Should be at least 25% of the TLV for a air monitoring device to be acceptable for use
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
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
Prevention of Serious Deterioration

30. TU
Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid - Short chain hydrocarbons including gasoline. NAPLs adhere to soil particles
Temporary Unit (RCRA)
I(2) = I(1) (r(1)/r(2))^2 I= intensity r= distance from the source
OSHA Construction Standard

31. NFPA Diamond
Concentrations >= 50 and >500 ppm PCB
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
Corrective Measures Study (RCRA)
Red=Flammability - Yellow=Reactivity - Blue=Health - White=Special Precautions - 1 is lowest hazard - 4 is extremely hazardous

32. The respiratory protection equipment required for initial entry to remove sludge that is contaminated with an unknown hydrocarbon is?
Have the full effect of the law and can be enforced civilly and criminally
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
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode
1) Screening 2) Scoping 3) EIS Preparation 4) Review

33. What is the generally accepted method for measuring attainment with NAAQS for nitrogen dioxide?
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
chemiluminescence
Atomic Energy Act

34. Class IV UIC
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mineral Resources
Used to dispose of hazardous wastes (SWDA)
Does NOT require an employer to pay for non-specialty safety toe footwear
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires

35. Interim Status
19.5% (O2/vol) or less
In RCRA - a facility that predates RCRA but is pursuing a RCRA permit
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
Allows private carriers to transport hazardous materials if individual packages do not exceed 8 gallons or 66 pounds

36. RCRA
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
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - covers generation of haz waste - transportation of haz waste - USTs - and non-haz solid waste
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
Composite noise level - a noise rating associated with airports

37. Reduction
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
gaining electrons
Arsenic (5 ppm max) - Cadmium (2 ppm max) - Chromium (10ppm max) - Lead (100 ppm max) - Total Halogens (4000 ppm max) - Flash point (100oF minimum)

38. CDI averaging time
Reactive - Corrosive - Ignitable - Toxic
FIFRA definition for pesticide residue on food
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
70 years

39. What defines general use pesticides?
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.
Lowest Achievable Emission Rate
Can be stopped by plastic/aluminum foil. Can travel up to four feet from source. Made up of an electron.
Requires 40-hours off-site safety training - 3 days of supervised field experience. Supervisors require 8 hours of additional training.

40. COC
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
Chain of Custody - provides written documentation of the history of the sample
Normally stable
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

41. AEA
Normally stable
PPA - RCRA - CWA - CAA
chemiluminescence
Atomic Energy Act

42. MACT
Three year have elapsed since the last audit
Coast Guard - Navigation and Navigable Waters
flash point >= 100oF but less than 140oF
Maximum Achievable Control Technology

43. Foam agents
Suitable for NFPA Class A and Class B fires
CDI = (Concentration)(daily intake)(exposure frequency)(exposure duration - typ 70 years)/(body weight - typ 70 kg)(average exposure time (day)
mass per unit volume of a given vapor/gas relative to that of air
Apply to discharges from MS4s serving fewer than 10 -000 people

44. Mixture
Part A- Who and what Part B- Where and how much
Prevention of Serious Deterioration
Time - Distance - Shielding (ways to reduce exposure to radiation)
Material that can be separated by a physical process (evaporation) - density differences - or simple solubility difference.

45. AAI
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
Has one or more states of matter in the mixture
Initiation - Document review - prepare for on-site audit - perform on-site audit - prepare the audit report - complete the audit - conduct the audit follow-up
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

46. New major air emissions in an attainment area
Requires New Source Performance Standards - BACT - Title V Operating Permit
CAA - Clean Air Act
30% of Earth's fresh water supply
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (RCRA) included hazardous waste used as fuel - financial responsibility - Minimum Technology Requirements (MTRs) - and air emissions from TSDFs

47. NFPA Class B fire
Local Emergency Planning Committee
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act (1986)
Oil - gasoline - paint
No observable adverse effect level

48. What is the description of a Class I unstable - non-water reactive material?
compatibility among stored chemicals - spill control and containment - storage cabinet construction
Solid Waste Management Unit (RCRA)
Normally stable
Safe Drinking Water Act (est MCLs)

49. A generator is considering less expensive options to incineration for management of chlorobenzene - options available under the RCRA generator standards are?
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Permits Dredge and Fill Permits administered by the Army Corp of Engineers
Recycling the solution directly into the process from which it was generated. Disposal in a landfill and volatilization are not acceptable under RCRA
SCBA operated in pressure demand mode

50. NOAEL
Chronic Daily Intake
No observable adverse effect level
Established water quality criteria - requires assessment of watersheds - established the NPDES program - requires point source compliance with treatment technologies
Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats (business)