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 OSHA
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 State Local EPA, DOT and OSHA
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. Environmental Laws and
Federal and State
Environmental Laws and
Regulations

10. Resource Conservation Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)
Primary objective:
Protect human health and the environment
Conserve energy and natural
resources

11. 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

12. What is Hazardous Waste?

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

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

15. Characteristic Waste
Ignitability
Corrosivity
Reactivity
Toxicity

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

17. 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

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

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

20. Other Waste Types
Radioactive
Mixed
Nonregulated
Unknown

21. 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

22. 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)
Establishes RQs
Regulations reporting spills of hazradous chemicals to National Response Center
Detremines who pays for clean-up of hazardous waste sites

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

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

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

30. 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:

31. 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.”

32. Standards Hazard Communication Standard
Hazardous Waste Operations Standard

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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

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

39. 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