Louisiana Contractor's: Board
Hazardous Materials Exam Questions
with Elaborated Answers 2025/2026
Update.
90 days - Answer Hazardous Waste Activity Form HW-1 must be updated/notified within
_________.
Category I Wastes - Answer Those known chemicals and process streams whose hazardous
nature has been prescribed by prior determination and which are presented in LAC.
Category II Wastes - Answer Hazard classes of concern for these wastes are ignitability,
corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity.
LAC 33:V.Chapter 49 - Answer Where are the waste classifications presented?
Judicial Review - Answer Any person has the right to file a lawsuit to reverse any act or
failure to act by the administrative authority pursuant to these regulations.
Non-Emergency Conditions - Answer Discharger shall notify SPOC within 24 hours of learning
of the discharge and in accordance with other provisions of LAC.
generator; factual basis; LAC 33:V; 10; 11; 30 days; public hearing; 30 days; decision; any person;
participated - Answer Procedures for Case-by-Case Regulation of Hazardous Waste Recycling
Activities:
(a) If a ____________ is accumulating the waste, the administrative authority will issue a notice
setting forth the ___________ __________ for the decision and stating that the person must
comply with the applicable requirements of ____________.Chapters __ and __. The notice will
become final within _________, unless the person served requests a _______ _______ to
challenge the decision... ... The order becomes effective ________ after service of the
___________ unless the administrative authority specifies a later date or unless review by the
administrative authority is requested. The order may be appealed by ____ _______ who
_________ in the public hearing.
storage facility; permit; owner; operator; permit; 60 days; 180 days - Answer If the person is
accumulating the recyclable material as a _______ ________, the notice will state that the
person must obtain a __________ in accordance with all applicable provisions of these
regulations. The________ or _________ of the facility must apply for a _______ within no less
than _________ and no more than ________ of notice, as specified in the notice.
, Aquifer - Answer A geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable
of yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs
EPA Identification Number - Answer The number assigned by EPA to each generator,
transporter, and treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
Freeboard - Answer The vertical distance between the top of a tank or surface impoundment
dike, and the surface of the waste contained therein.
Incompatible Waste - Answer A waste unsuitable for comingling with another waste or
material
Infectious Waste - Answer A waste which has the potential to endanger humans or other
living organisms by the communication of diseases caused by microorganisms and/or viruses.
Lab Pack - Answer An overpacked container (such as a drum) containing small, tightly sealed
containers of hazardous waste with an absorbent material filling the voids in the outer container
(drum)
Landfarm - Answer A facility for the application of waste onto land and/or incorporation into
the surface soil for the purpose of biological reduction and soil attenuation, inducing the use of
such waste as a fertilizer or soil conditioner.
Landfill Cell - Answer A discrete volume of a hazardous waste landfill which uses a liner to
provide isolation of wastes from adjacent cells or wastes. Examples of these are trenches and
pits.
Leachate - Answer Any liquid, including any suspended components in the liquid, that has
percolated through, or drained from hazardous waste
Monitoring - Answer Inspection and collection of data following a predesigned schedule and
system on operational parameters of the facility or on the quality of the environment including
the air, groundwater, surface water, or soils.
Toxic Waste - Answer A waste subject to these regulations pursuant to provisions of LAC
33:V.4903.E which, by its chemical properties, has the potential to endanger human health or
other living organisms by means of acute or chronic adverse effects, including poisoning,
mutagenic, teratogenic, or carcinogenic effects.
TSD; permit application; 30 days; permitting standards - Answer Owners and operators of
existing _____ facilities must submit Part 1 of their ________ ___________ requirements listed
Hazardous Materials Exam Questions
with Elaborated Answers 2025/2026
Update.
90 days - Answer Hazardous Waste Activity Form HW-1 must be updated/notified within
_________.
Category I Wastes - Answer Those known chemicals and process streams whose hazardous
nature has been prescribed by prior determination and which are presented in LAC.
Category II Wastes - Answer Hazard classes of concern for these wastes are ignitability,
corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity.
LAC 33:V.Chapter 49 - Answer Where are the waste classifications presented?
Judicial Review - Answer Any person has the right to file a lawsuit to reverse any act or
failure to act by the administrative authority pursuant to these regulations.
Non-Emergency Conditions - Answer Discharger shall notify SPOC within 24 hours of learning
of the discharge and in accordance with other provisions of LAC.
generator; factual basis; LAC 33:V; 10; 11; 30 days; public hearing; 30 days; decision; any person;
participated - Answer Procedures for Case-by-Case Regulation of Hazardous Waste Recycling
Activities:
(a) If a ____________ is accumulating the waste, the administrative authority will issue a notice
setting forth the ___________ __________ for the decision and stating that the person must
comply with the applicable requirements of ____________.Chapters __ and __. The notice will
become final within _________, unless the person served requests a _______ _______ to
challenge the decision... ... The order becomes effective ________ after service of the
___________ unless the administrative authority specifies a later date or unless review by the
administrative authority is requested. The order may be appealed by ____ _______ who
_________ in the public hearing.
storage facility; permit; owner; operator; permit; 60 days; 180 days - Answer If the person is
accumulating the recyclable material as a _______ ________, the notice will state that the
person must obtain a __________ in accordance with all applicable provisions of these
regulations. The________ or _________ of the facility must apply for a _______ within no less
than _________ and no more than ________ of notice, as specified in the notice.
, Aquifer - Answer A geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable
of yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs
EPA Identification Number - Answer The number assigned by EPA to each generator,
transporter, and treatment, storage, or disposal facility.
Freeboard - Answer The vertical distance between the top of a tank or surface impoundment
dike, and the surface of the waste contained therein.
Incompatible Waste - Answer A waste unsuitable for comingling with another waste or
material
Infectious Waste - Answer A waste which has the potential to endanger humans or other
living organisms by the communication of diseases caused by microorganisms and/or viruses.
Lab Pack - Answer An overpacked container (such as a drum) containing small, tightly sealed
containers of hazardous waste with an absorbent material filling the voids in the outer container
(drum)
Landfarm - Answer A facility for the application of waste onto land and/or incorporation into
the surface soil for the purpose of biological reduction and soil attenuation, inducing the use of
such waste as a fertilizer or soil conditioner.
Landfill Cell - Answer A discrete volume of a hazardous waste landfill which uses a liner to
provide isolation of wastes from adjacent cells or wastes. Examples of these are trenches and
pits.
Leachate - Answer Any liquid, including any suspended components in the liquid, that has
percolated through, or drained from hazardous waste
Monitoring - Answer Inspection and collection of data following a predesigned schedule and
system on operational parameters of the facility or on the quality of the environment including
the air, groundwater, surface water, or soils.
Toxic Waste - Answer A waste subject to these regulations pursuant to provisions of LAC
33:V.4903.E which, by its chemical properties, has the potential to endanger human health or
other living organisms by means of acute or chronic adverse effects, including poisoning,
mutagenic, teratogenic, or carcinogenic effects.
TSD; permit application; 30 days; permitting standards - Answer Owners and operators of
existing _____ facilities must submit Part 1 of their ________ ___________ requirements listed
