An Introduction to Hazardous Materials Flashcards
What was the purpose of the Superfund Amendments of Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)?
To fund cleanups and emergency response actions for some of the worst inactive or abandoned hazardous waste sites scattered across the country.
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act was added to SARA in 1988. What is the purpose of this act?
Makes more than 300 “extremely hazardous substances” subject to routine and detailed reporting to designated local, State, and Federal government agencies
What are the purposes of the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (NPC)?
- minimize pollution damage from discharges of oil or hazardous substances.
- To identify and investigate hazardous waste sites that could potentially pose such a serious threat to public health.
- To analyze costs and evaluate the best cleanup options, and details roles and responsibilities for Federal, State, and local governments
What is the purpose of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)?
Provide for and maintain a hazardous waste management system that covers the generation, transportation, use, and disposal of such waste (sometimes summarized as the regulation from “cradle to grave management of hazardous waste”).
What are the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA)?
regulate the handling and interstate transportation of hazardous materials.
What is the main purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women.
What is the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)?
The first comprehensive approach to protecting public and private sector employees involved in the dangers of working on hazardous waste sites.
What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) used for?
To reduce the threat from new chemicals that “present or will present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.”
What are chemical producers required to do under the TSCA?
To research the effects of new chemicals and notify EPA before they are manufactured.
What acts regulate pesticides?
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
What is the Clean Air Act (CAA)?
The basic Federal law for controlling toxic air pollution.
It requires EPA to keep an up-to-date list of industrial pollutants.
What are the purposes of the Clean Water Act (CWA)?
To support the construction of sewage treatment facilities.
To support the preparation of water quality plans encompassing the entire Nation.
To set up a permit system restricting the amount and type of pollutants that can be discharged into the Nation’s waterways.
What is the Safe Drinking Water Act used for?
To protect the public water supplies from contamination by mandating water testing, denying Federal funds to projects that threaten critical water supplies, and requiring States to submit plans to protect public wells from contamination.
What is FEMA responsible for?
Planning and giving related training for hazardous materials emergency management.
What is the priority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
To protect and enhance our environment.
This is the lead agency responsible for carrying out Title III reporting requirements.
