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Which laws and RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, HAZCOM, OPA 90 and
regulations should First HAZWOPER contain in the field standards used by
Responders become First Responders when working in hazardous sites.
familar with then questions
arise?
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the Resource
to begin cradle-to-grave tracking or hazardous waste
Conservation and
and required the establishment of standards for
Recovery Act (RCRA)?
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities.
What is the The Superfund law provides funds to the Coast Guard
Comprehensive (through EPA) for emergency response containment
Environmental Response and cleanup of abandoned hazardous material
Compensation Liability Act releases.
(CERCLA)?
Awarness Level
What are the tasks that Operations Level
emergency responders Technician
are trained to perform? Specialist
Incident Commander
,Items that are Emergency Notifications
documented in a Emergency Response Procedures
Contingency Plan that Command Structure
directs First responders on Identification of Resources
what to do? Scenerios
An extension and expansion of CERCLA required the
EPA to issue regulations mandating compliance with
the OSHA HAZWOPER regulation in all area no under
OSHA juridicion. SARA specifically required the EPA
What is the Superfund
to revise how it determines the risk posed to the
Amendments and
public and evironment by uncontrolled hazardous
Reauthorization Act
waste sites. It also included a provision referred to as
(SARA)?
Community Right to Know which requires all
businessess to provide the government with detailed
information about the hazardous materials they work
ith and have on site.
HAZCOM serves as the foundation for unit's Hazard
Communication Program. HAZCOM specifically
What is the Hazard requires employers to inform their employees about
Communication Right to any hazardous materials they might encounter on the
Know (HAZCOM)? job and to provide them with the resouces needed to
handle
them appropriately.
Specifies the following:
-The federal government will direct responses to spills
-Area committees (including the Coast Guard) must
develop Area Contingency Plans for spills
-Owner/operators of facilities and vessels must
What is the OPA 90? prepare their own Response Plans.
The plans developed by each of these entities are
valuable resources that will help you determine what
to do if you encounter an oil spill or hazardous
materials release.
, The primary focus is safeguarding you, your
Hazardous Waste
shipmates, and the public from the dangers of oil
Operations and
spills and hazardous material releases while
Emergency Response
responding to incidents outside of your unit (29 CFR
(HAZWOPER)?
1910.120)
Sector Command Center
Following is a list of
National Response Center (NRC)
authorities who should
District Response Advisory Team (DRAT)
always be notified of a
Safety & Environment Health Officer
hazardous meterial
Nation Strike Force (NSF)
release
Chain of Command
Basic emergency Evacuation plans and reporting procedures
response traning
includes?
The evacuation and refuge Evacuation, Utilization of Safe Refuge Area and
procedures that are found Accounting of Personnel
in site safety plans?
Types of information Location of the incident and Size of the release
commonly provided when
reporting a hazardous
materials release?
Basic training required for OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 (q)
an Emergency Response
Team members are
defined by _________ .
the process considered the foundation of hazard risk
Anticipation, Recognition,
management. The pre planning and preparation
Evaluation and Control
needed to properly respond to potential hazardous
(AREC) is ___________ ?
materials releases is built in to AREC.