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Regulatory Overview

Regulatory Overview. The overall objective for this module is that participants will recognize key environmental rules and regulations, worker responsibilities, and related requirements important to HHW/CESQG fixed collection facility operations. Expectations.

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Regulatory Overview

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  1. Regulatory Overview The overall objective for this module is that participants will recognize key environmental rules and regulations, worker responsibilities, and related requirements important to HHW/CESQG fixed collection facility operations

  2. Expectations • List the primary three classes of regulatory agencies • List the four types of regulations • List two rights you have as an employee • List two responsibilities you have as an employee • Explain the Universal Waste Rule and its applicability

  3. Regulatory Agencies • Regulatory Intents • Uniform Fire Code • Protects occupants, fire fighters, and property • OSHA • Safeguards the workplace and protects employees from hazards • State/US EPA • Protects human health and the environment

  4. Regulatory Agencies • Federal • EPA, DOT and OSHA • State • Environmental • Industrial Safety • Local • Health District • Fire Code

  5. Regulatory Agencies • Environmental Protection • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Protection of the environment (40 CFR) • Established to create and assure compliance with federal environmental laws

  6. Regulatory Agencies • Environmental Protection • Department of Transportation (DOT) • Protection during transportation of hazardous materials (49 CFR) • Establishes and enforces regulations to ensure safe transport of hazardous materials and hazardous waste

  7. Regulatory Agencies • DOT Requirements • Hazard classification • Proper shipping names • Shipping papers/manifests • Markings • Labels • Placards • Emergency response information • Training • Packaging requirements • Loading, moving, and unloading of containers

  8. Regulatory Agencies • Worker Protection • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) • First uniform federal safety and health regulation • Purpose is to enforce the worker protection standards outlined in 29 CFR for industry, construction, agriculture and shipyards • Established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

  9. Federal and State Environmental Laws and Regulations

  10. Resource Conservation Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) • “Cradle-to-grave” management of hazardous wastes • Covers hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) sites • Permits • TSD facilities - Subtitle C • Solid wastes - Subtitle D

  11. Hazardous Waste What is Hazardous Waste?

  12. What is a Hazardous Waste? • Listed • Characteristic • Radioactive • Mixed • Nonregulated • Unknown

  13. Listed Waste • Generic sources • Discarded chemical products • Waste from specific or nonspecific sources • F- List: non-specific source • K- List: specific source

  14. Characteristic Waste • Ignitability • Corrosivity • Reactivity • Toxicity

  15. Ignitability • Liquid with a flashpoint greater than 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) Compressed ignitable gas • Oxidizer • Spontaneous combustion

  16. Corrosivity • Liquid with a pH less than 2 or more than 12.5 • Corrodes a steel plate at a rate of a 1/4” per year at 150 degrees Fahrenheit

  17. Reactivity • Unstable and readily undergoes violent change • Reacts violently with water • Contains cyanide or sulfide and generates toxic gas • Capable of detonation

  18. Toxicity • Fails the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) • Termed hazardous if sample or leachate contains a regulated level of any chemical

  19. Other Waste Types • Radioactive • Mixed • Nonregulated • Unknown

  20. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment of 1984 (HSWA) • Added waste minimization requirements and two other major subtitles of RCRA to govern: • Solid waste disposal • Underground storage tanks

  21. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) • “Superfund” • Established the National Contingency Plan and the National Priorities List • Established reportable quantities (RQs)

  22. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) • Regulates and enforces the clean-up of abandoned and hazardous waste sites • Report of chemical spills to National Response Center

  23. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) • Extended and amended CERCLA • Lists “Extremely Hazardous” chemicals that must be reported to authorities when spilled or released

  24. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) • Requires planning for emergencies on site (Tier 1, 2) • Addresses need to protect employees from hazardous waste • Title I-V

  25. Other Environmental Laws • Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) • Regulates the manufacture, use and disposal of polychlorinated biphenyl’s (PCBs) • Establishes requirements for the manufacturing of new chemicals • Removal and disposal of asbestos

  26. Other Environmental Laws • Clean Air Act of 1970, 1977, 1990 (CAA) • Regulates atmospheric pollutants and governs discharges • Clean Water Act of 1972, 1977 (CWA) • Covers surface water pollutants and governs discharges

  27. Other Environmental Laws • Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (SDWA) • Regulates drinking water systems • Establishes maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) • Regulates underground injection wells

  28. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) • Concerns: • Pesticide manufacture requirements • Pesticide labeling requirements • Pesticide use requirements

  29. Worker Protection Standards (PL 91-596) • “General Duty Clause” • Prescribes minimum requirements for the prevention and control of conditions hazardous to workers’ health • It includes work environments where chemical or other hazards exist and mandates that:

  30. Worker Protection Standards(PL 91-596) (Cont’d) • “Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death and serious physical harm to his employees; shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this act.” • “Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules regulations and orders issued pursuant to this act which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.”

  31. Standards • Hazard Communication Standard • Hazardous Waste Operations Standard

  32. Hazard Communication The Hazard Communication Standard , 29 CFR 1910.1200, was established by OSHA to protect you and your co-worker from the chemical hazards that may be encountered in the workplace

  33. Hazard Communication in the Work Place • Written hazard communication program • Hazard evaluation • Training for workers so they are informed of hazards and how to protect themselves against them • Product labels include a hazard warning, product name, manufactures and address • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are required from all manufacturers and importers

  34. Hazardous Waste Site Operations • Assure that companies doing hazardous waste work have provisions in place to identify, evaluate and control the related hazards • Intent is to ensure worker protection during these operations • Covers cleanup, hazardous waste, emergency response operations and TSDF operations

  35. Worker Rights and Responsibilities • Complying with established standards, procedures, and practices • His or her own safety and the safety of assigned company equipment • Promptly reporting unsafe conditions, practices, work-related accidents, and injuries to the supervisor • Protecting employer and self from civil and criminal liability under environmental law; this can be done by creating an atmosphere of compliance

  36. Worker Rights and Responsibilities • Follow the rules, regulations, and employer’s program • Attend training • Do things right the first time • Speak up if something is not being done right • Ask questions whenever in doubt or unsure about a situation in the workplace

  37. Uniform Codes • Uniform Building Codes (UBC) • Uniform Fire Code (UFC) • Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC) • National Electric Code (NEC)

  38. Universal Waste • Managed under the US EPA’s Universal Waste Rule (UWR) found in 40 CFR 273 adopted in May 1995 • Generated by household or commercial generators • Examples • batteries • mercury-containing thermostats • pesticides

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