Hazardous Materials- 86 questions- with complete solutions

Hazardous material correct answer: any materials that can cause injury or death to a living organism as well as damage the surrounding environment hazardous waste correct answer: a material or process that can cause harm to living or environment. Hazardous waste is encompassed by Hazardous material but not all HazMat is considered HazWaste TRIC correct answer: Toxicity, Reactivity, Ignitability, Corrosivity. All HazMat or HazWaste have one or more of the these characteristics Resource Conservation and Recovery Act correct answer: Federal guideline to classify hazardous waste Most hazardous waste are RCRA waste because of ? correct answer: 1) listed in appendix of RCRA guidelines 2) exhibit characteristics specified in guidelines 3) combination of solid and hazardous waste 4) cannot be excluded from RCRA category Acutely hazardous waste correct answer: Determined by EPA to have acutely toxic and reactive properties. RCRA list these wastes as "P wastes" Extremely hazardous waste correct answer: Can result in disabling injury or serious illness or death if exposed Special hazardous waste correct answer: non-RCRA HazWaste that contains a persistent or bioaccumulative substance MSDS correct answer: A widely used abbreviation for Material Safety Data Sheet. A MSDS contains details of the hazards associated with a chemical, and gives information on its safe use. Required by law that each company obtain this information from manufacturers EPA number correct answer: Number HazWaste generator must have to operate and handle hazardous materials in their business. Pesticides are exempt because they are required to have the information on their labels