Course Description. This course includes a study of: the US Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials transportation, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication (HazCom), Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III Community Right-To-Know, Underground Storage Tanks (UST), Asbestos, Proposition 65 (Prop 65), Air Toxics, and Medical and Infectious Waste regulations and requirements. The laboratory consists of supplemental lectures, audio-visual materials, field trips, and the applications of the regulations. Formerly called Hazardous Materials Management Applications.
Course Outline
- OSHA Hazard communication standard
- Library research and research paper writing techniques
- Proposition 65
- Underground storage tanks
- Transportation
- Community Right-to-Know
- Asbestos
- Air Toxics
- Medical & infectious wastes
- Student oral presentations
Course Objectives. Upon successful completion of the course, the student is able to:
- Properly ship hazardous materials
- Identify the major requirements of the OSHA Hazard Communication standard
- List the major requirements of the SARA Title III Community Right-to-Know standard
- Analyze a given underground storage tank or asbestos issues, identify the applicable regulations, and develop a cost effective plan for contamination remediation
- Identify the major requirements of the federal and State of California transportation regulations as applied to hazardous materials
- Recall and summarize federal and local asbestos and underground storage tank regulations and understand proper asbestos and underground storage tank management techniques
- Recapitulate the major differences between federal and California toxic air regulations
- Understand the Proposition 65 requirements, employee responsibilities, compliance strategies, and sources of information
- Identify proper management requirements for medical and infectious wastes
Text Books.
James T. Dufour, California Compliance Manual, California Chamber of Commerce.
Dufour, James T., Hazardous Waste Management Manual, California Chamber of Commerce.
W. Strunk, Jr., & E.B. White, The Elements of Style, McMillian.
