Chapter 29 Hazmat Regulations, Standards, and Laws Flashcards
An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.
Authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)
Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties, could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and who are expected to recognize the presence of the hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained personnel, and secure the scene.
Awareness level personnel
A collection of permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. federal government. Its 50 titles represent broad areas of interest that are governed by federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated annually and listed on a quarterly basis.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
The U.S. government agency that publicizes and enforces rules and regulations that relate to the transportation of many hazardous materials.
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Legislation that requires a business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals’ type, quantity, and storage method to the fire department and the local emergency planning committee.
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
Established in 1970, the U.S. federal agency that ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous substances.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Matter (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy that when released is capable of creating harm to people, the environment, and property, including weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as defined in 18 U.S. Code, Section 2332a, as well as any other criminal use of hazardous materials, such as illicit labs, environmental crimes, or industrial sabotage.
Hazardous material
The federal OSHA regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response training. Specifics to emergency response can be found in 29 CFR 1910.120(q).
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response)
The individual responsible for all incident activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources.
Incident commander (IC)
A committee comprising members of industry, transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police agencies that gathers and disseminates information on hazardous materials stored in the community and ensures that there are adequate local resources to respond to respond to a chemical event in the community.
Local emergency planning committee (LEPC)
The association that develops and maintains nationally recognized minimum consensus standards on many areas of fire safety and specific standards on hazardous materials.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
The U.S. federal agency that regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety. OSHA is a part of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Persons who respond to hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects of the release.
Operations level responders
Mandates issued and enforced by governmental bodies such as the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Regulations
(OSHA/HAZWOPER only) A hazardous materials specialist who responds with, and provides support to, hazardous materials technicians. This individual’s duties parallel those of the hazardous materials technicians. This individual’s duties parallel those of the hazardous materials technician; however, the technician’s duties require a more directed or specific knowledge of the various substances he or she may be called upon to contain. The hazardous materials __________ also act as the incident-site liaison with federal, state, local, and other government authorities regarding site activities.
Specialist level
Documents, the main text of which contain only requirements and which are in a form generally suitable for mandatory reference by another standard or code or for adoption into law. Nonmandatory provisions shall be located in an appendix or annex, footnote, or fine-print note and are to be considered a part of the requirements of a standard.
Standards
The liaison between local and state levels that collects and disseminates information relating to hazardous materials emergencies. ____ includes representatives from agencies such as the fire service, police services, and elected officials.
State Emergency Response Commission (SERC)
One of the first U.S. laws to affect how fire departments respond in a hazardous materials emergency.
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorized Act of 1986 (SARA)
Any occupancy types or facilities that present a high potential for loss of life or serious impact to the community resulting from fire, explosion, or chemical release.
Target hazards
A person who responds to hazardous materials/WMD incidents using a risk-based response process by which he or she analyzes a problem involving hazardous materials/WMD, selects applicable decontamination procedures, and controls a release using specialized protective clothing and control equipment.
Technician level
