Environmental and health & safety management: a guide to compliance

Environmental and Health and Safety Management......Page 1
ISBN  0-8155-1390-9......Page 2
Notice......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Closure......Page 0
Introduction......Page 14
Managing Federal Regulations and Toxic Substances......Page 16
Occupational Safety Issues......Page 17
Environmental Protection Issues......Page 20
Regulations Affecting Chemical Manufacturing and Use......Page 23
Transportation of Hazardous Materials......Page 26
Cleanup of Hazardous Wastes......Page 27
The Need for Compliance......Page 28
Principle Federal Regulations......Page 44
Objectives of Property Transaction - Environmental Site Assessments......Page 46
Laws Directly Affecting Property Transfers......Page 47
Overview......Page 48
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act......Page 49
What Happens if There is a Release?......Page 51
What About Cleanup?......Page 52
What is Remedial Action?......Page 53
What Do Site Evaluation, Remedial Action Selection, and Cleanup Standards Mean?......Page 54
Where Does the Term \"Superfund\" Come From?......Page 56
Who Are Responsible Parties and What Are Their Liabilities?......Page 57
What Are the Liabilities......Page 58
Lender Liability and the Security Interest Exemption......Page 59
The Lender Liability Rule......Page 60
What Are Defenses Against Liabilities?......Page 63
Chemical Properties and Characteristics......Page 160
Corrosive Chemicals......Page 167
Properties of Organic Chemicals......Page 171
Flammables and the Chemistry of Fires......Page 177
Water Reactive Chemicals......Page 184
Substances That Produce Acidic Aqueous Solutions......Page 186
Oxidation/Reduction Reactions......Page 187
Poisons......Page 188
Chemical Compatibility......Page 190
Closure......Page 192
Introduction......Page 197
Review of Hazardous Materials Properties......Page 198
Flammability......Page 203
Flammable Solvents......Page 205
Purchasing and Receiving Chemicals......Page 206
Inventory and Control......Page 210
Container Requirements......Page 214
Safe Storage Methods......Page 218
Housekeeping and Hazard Control......Page 221
Hazard Warning Labels......Page 222
General Safety Precautions......Page 223
Responding to Spills......Page 224
Contingency Plans......Page 226
Personal Protection Equipment......Page 228
Handling Wastes......Page 230
Introduction......Page 233
Hazardous Waste Classification......Page 234
Corrosivity - EPA Hazardous Waste Number D002......Page 235
EP Toxicity - EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers D004-D017......Page 236
Hazardous Waste Generators......Page 239
Waste Accumulation......Page 241
RCRA Regulations Pertaining to Laboratories......Page 243
Waste Determinations......Page 245
The Waste Analysis Plan......Page 249
Introduction......Page 253
Summary of the Right-to-Know Law......Page 254
Listing of Hazardous Chemicals......Page 255
Training Workers......Page 256
Elements of Right-to-Know Training......Page 257
Labels and Labeling......Page 259
Trade Secrets and Labels......Page 260
Special Circumstances......Page 261
Containers That Do Not Need to be Labeled......Page 262
Products and Substances That Do Not Require Additional Labeling......Page 263
Understanding Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets......Page 265
Forms of the Chemical......Page 267
Signs and Symptoms of Occupational Hazards......Page 268
Common Methods Used to Recognize, Measure, Evaluate, and Control Employee Exposure to Hazardous Substances......Page 270
Evaluation of Hazard Seriousness......Page 271
Dose-Response Relationships......Page 272
Chemical Safety for General Service Workers......Page 274
Air Samples......Page 280
Sampling Devices......Page 281
Laboratories and Analytical Methods......Page 282
Interpretation of Industrial Hygiene Monitoring......Page 283
What is Substitution?......Page 287
Ventilation......Page 288
Job Rotation vs. Frequent Breaks......Page 292
Radiation Hazards......Page 293
Process Safety Information......Page 297
Hazards of Chemicals......Page 298
Process Technology......Page 303
Process Equipment......Page 306
Recordkeeping......Page 311
Process Hazard Analysis......Page 312
Types of Analyses......Page 313
Analysis Teams......Page 316
Conducting a Process Hazard Analysis......Page 317
Analysis Findings......Page 318
Training......Page 320
Pre-Startup Safety Reviews......Page 321
The Regulations......Page 352
Transporter Requirements......Page 355
Hazardous Waste Regulations......Page 360
TSD Requirements......Page 364
Transportation of Hazardous Waste Samples......Page 365
Summary......Page 366
Regulatory Framework......Page 367
Waste Minimization and Onsite Treatment......Page 369
Commercial Facilities......Page 371
Waste Minimization Practices......Page 374
Waste Storage Practices......Page 381
Introduction......Page 383
Measure to Prevent/Detect Releases......Page 385
General Operating Requirements......Page 386
Closure and Postclosure Requirements......Page 387
Introduction......Page 401
Pesticide Registration......Page 402
Administrative Review; Suspension......Page 403
Recordkeeping and Inspections......Page 404
Other Major Issues of FIFRA......Page 405
Disposal, Storage, and Transportation......Page 407
Introduction......Page 411
Developing a PPE Program......Page 412
Program Review and Evaluation......Page 413
Selection of Respiratory Equipment......Page 414
Protection Factor......Page 419
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)......Page 420
Supplied-Air Respirators (SARs)......Page 423
Air-Purifying Respirators......Page 425
Selection of Chemical-Protective Clothing (CPC)......Page 428
Permeation and Degradation......Page 429
Other Considerations......Page 439
Level of Protection......Page 440
Glossary of EH&S Terms......Page 470
Abbreviations Commonly Used by EH&S Managers......Page 504
Index......Page 510
TrUe LiAr......Page 517