Regulations
PPA stands for this.
What is the Pollution Prevention Act?
Pollution Prevention/Waste Minimization Regulatory Drivers
What are the RCRA, CWA and CAA?
Regulations that cover Asbestos, PCBs, and certain news and existing substances (dioxin)
What is TSCA?
The first step in the Superfund remedial process.
What is Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation (Site Assessment)?
The amount of time a Small Quantity Generator can store Hazardous Waste 'On Site'.
What is 180 Days?
The CERCLA section that details notification requrements.
What is CERCLA section 103?
This is the voluntary EPA pollution prevention program,
What is the the 33/50 program?
The number of days required to notify EPA before manufacturing or importing a new chemical.
What is 90 days?
PRP stand for this.
What is is Potentially Responsible Party?
One of two 'Hazardous Waste' sites which prompted the creation of CERCLA (Superfund) in the 1970's.
What is 'Love Canal' or 'Times Beach'
AHERA is a regulation for dealing with this substance.
What is Asbestos?
The reduction of generation of wastes or the elimination of waste before generation
What is source reduction?
The heart of the TSCA regulation
What is Pre-Manufacture Notification (PMN)?
CERCLA defines these as any building, structure, installation, equipment, landfill, aircraft, rolling stock, or pit.
What are facilities?
This standard covers any employee that is exposed to or could potentially be exposed to hazardous substances.
What is the HAZWOPER standard?
This Part of the US Code Of Federal Regulations (CFR) arranges mainly environmental regulations promulgated by the EPA.
What is Title 40?
P2 encompasses solid and hazardous waste generation, emissions, discharges.
This phrase pertains to wastes regulated under RCRA.
What is Waste Minimization?
The goal of TSCA is to uncover chemical hazards prior to this stage.
What is production?
Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
What are Brownfields?
Chemistry educator and one of the founders of the modern discipline of chemical health and safety, authoring and revising the original versions of several seminal lab safety publications.
Who is Jay Young?
This program uses the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
What is the Hazcom?
Hazard Communication
The hierarchy order of waste management options for PPA
What is Source Reduction; Recycling; Treatment; Disposal?
This must be removed prior to demolition (under 40 CFR 61 NESHAPS.)
What is Regulated Asbestos-Containing Material (RACM)?
This state has the largest number of sites on the National Priority List.
What is New Jersey?
This gel is used in first aid treatment for exposure to hydrofluoric acid.
What is Calcium Gluconate?