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WHAT IS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL? - ✔✔Any substance that jumps
out of its container when
something goes wrong and
hurts or harms the things it
touches
Hazmat operations involving the manufacture, transport, use, and incident response are affected by? -
✔✔• Laws (state/federal)
• Regulations
• Consensus standards
What does the resource conservation And recovery act (RCRA) do? - ✔✔establishes framework for
proper management and disposal of waste.
what is the comprehensive environmental response, compensation act of 1980? - ✔✔(AKASuperfund)
law that addresses substances thats released into the environment
define superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1980 (SARA) - ✔✔greatest effect on hazmat
emergency planning
what is covered under HAZWOPER
(29 CFR 1910.120) - ✔✔hazmat emergency response plan
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, emergency response procedures.
specific training reqs
medical surveillance programs
post emergency termination procedures
whats looked for when talking measuring toxicity? - ✔✔lethal dose
lethal concentration
Threshold Limit Value (TLV) - ✔✔the concentration of a given toxic material that generally may be
tolerated without ill effects
Define non-ionizing radiation - ✔✔low energy EM that does not produce ions
ionizing radiation - ✔✔radiation w/enough energy to free electrons from atoms forming ions, may cause
cancer (ex. gamma, X-rays, UV).
site management major tasks - ✔✔assuming command
ensuing safe approach
establish staging
establishing perimeter
establish control zones
implementing ppas
hazardous control zones should be based on - ✔✔flammability
oxygen
toxicity
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