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Hazardous Waste Training at Midnight

Monti Staton Georgia Tech Research Institute Monti@gatech.edu 404-407-8645. Hazardous Waste Training at Midnight . What I do………. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) GECAP Program Manager since 1999 Provides free environmental compliance technical assistance to GA industries

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Hazardous Waste Training at Midnight

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  1. Monti Staton Georgia Tech Research Institute Monti@gatech.edu 404-407-8645 Hazardous Waste Training at Midnight

  2. What I do……….. • Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) • GECAP Program Manager since 1999 • Provides free environmental compliance technical assistance to GA industries • Funded by economic grant from state of GA • Primarily light industry/manufacturing

  3. GECAP Services • Telephone & Email Assistance • On-Site Inspections with Summary Reports • Website with resources: www.GECAP.org • Tech Guides (Regulation Fact Sheets) • Forms • Technical Assistance Publications from outside resources

  4. Core Compliance Topics • Hazardous Waste • Universal Waste • Biomedical Waste • Storm Water • Industrial Waste Water • Air Permitting • EPCRA (Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act) • Oil Storage/Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) • Solid Waste Management • Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

  5. Purpose • GTRI is a Non-regulatory agency with Strong Working Relationship with State and Regional EPA Environmental Regulators • EPD + GECAP facility audits indicated need for basic Hazardous Waste Awareness Training for many manufacturing industry employees

  6. Purpose • Who is our primary intended audience? Facility Workers • Tool designed to assist EHS management with employee training • Inhibitors to training employees include: • Frequent employee turnover • Multiple shifts working throughout the day and night • Cost of off-site training/lost labor

  7. Fundamentals of Hazardous Waste Awareness

  8. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • Interactive web-based program located at www.gecap.org • “Cont. Ed.” Link • Available for review 24/7 • FREE - Registration required

  9. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • Course designed based on Georgia’s (EPD) hazardous waste regulations • However, Georgia follows EPA hazardous waste regulations • 40 CFR 260-265

  10. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • 5 lessons - each ends with a multiple choice quiz • Incorrect quiz responses are directed to the portion of the training that provides the correct answers to the question

  11. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training Confused? Have a Question?? • Email link to GECAP program available on every page for technical questions • Email subject line will indicate what page of the lesson the person was on when sending a question

  12. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • Lessons: • Identification of HW • What is/isn’t • How to identify • How to measure HW • Requirements of each category of HW Generators – LQG, SQG, CESQG

  13. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • Lessons: • Managing Wastes On-Site • Obtaining EPA ID # • Storage requirements • Prepare for/prevent accidents – Emergency planning • Shipping HW Off-Site • Waste preparation • Choosing a hauler • Hazardous Waste manifest form

  14. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • Lessons: • Maintaining a Safe Environment • Good housekeeping practices • Reducing HW • Working with inspectors • How to self-audit

  15. Hazardous Waste Awareness Training • All lessons do not have to be completed • Nor must they be completed sequentially. • Ex. EHS manager can determine employee needs only lessons 1 and 4, etc.

  16. Coming Soon! • EPCRA Awareness Training On-Line Will include: • voice-overs • animation

  17. Monti Staton Georgia Tech Research Institute Monti@gatech.edu 404-407-8645 www.GECAP.org Thank you

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