CHMM Exam - Shipping and Transporting Materials with Hazards

What is the Shipper vs the Carrier or Transporter under the Hazardous Materials Transportation ACt?

The Shipper: entity who presents a material for shipping - can be the manufacturer or waste generator. The carrier or transporter literally uses planes trains or automobiles to move the materials; it may also be within the company that is the shipper or outside contractor.

Markings for shipping a hazardous material must include what?

Proper Shipping Name; the UN ID number; handling instructions; cautions, the weight, and special requirements (temp control)

What are the DOT Hazard Classes?

Class 1 - Explosives

Class 2 - Gases

Class 3 - Flam liquids

Class 4 - Flam solids (red and white stripes); 4.2 Spontaneously combust (red/white); 4.3 Dangerous when Wet (blue)

Class 5 - oxidizers and organic peroxide

Class 6 - Poison

Class 7 - Radioactive

Class 8 - Corrosive

Class 9 - Misc

There is a specific order for presenting information on shipping papers. T or F?

T: UN Number assigned to that material; The proper shipping name; hazard class or division number; packing group

UN1789, hydrochloric acid, 8, PGII

What are the six classes that must be placarded at any quantity is shipped?

Class 1 Explosives

poison gases

water-reactive chemicals

organic peroxides

inhalation poisons

radioactive materials

Once a TSDF accepts the waste what does the facility enter next to each container from the manifest?

Management method code from the manifest will be entered next to each container.

According to OSHA, the preferred material for AST with flammable liquids is:

Steel.

How far apart must ASTs be spaced?

Three feet.

How far must an UST be installed from a structure or property line?

1 foot from any structure and 3 feet from the property line.

Under NFPA 704 - id four locations labels should be posted?

Stationary AST; stationary above ground containers; entrances or locations where haz materials is stored, dispensed, used or handled in quantities that require a permit; any location where a local authority has determined a label is necessary

A waste profile should include the following:

The common name of the waste material

A description of the process that generated the waste

Source and form codes provided by the EPA

Whether the waste is a material that is regulated by the DOT

A physical description of the waste material

Physical properties including odor, physical state, number of liquid phases, pH, flash point

RCRA waste codes

State Waste codes, if required by the state agency

A percentage breakdown of the chemical composition of the material

Any other categories that would include waste, such as explosives, shock-sensitive, pyrophoric, compressed gas, heavy metals, asbestos, medical waste, and ammonia

A Waste Analysis Plan (WAP) must include:

What parameters (characteristics of physical properties) of the waste will be analyzed

The testing and analytical methods that will be used to collect data

How a representative sample will be determined and collected, including how many are required.

How often the waste must be re-evaluated during its management

Whether waste analyses from the generator will be accepted, what analyses will be accepted, and how these analysis will be evaluated

How the TSDF will verify that the waste received matches the waste shipped as stated on the manifest.

What is LDR Program?

Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) requires that all solid hazardous waste be treated before it is disposed of in a permitted landfill. The goal of this restriction is to prevent or reduce the amount of contaminants that leach into groundwater.

Who is responsible for determining is the solid waste is part of the LDR program?

The generator must determine whether the waste is listed in the treatment standards table found in 40 CFR 268.40. The generator must ensure that the waste meets the criteria listed on the table before presenting the waste for shipment to a land disposal facility.

How would you determine how to treat solid waste subject to the LDR program?

First characterize the waste; then apply EPA codes; then reference the LDR treatment tables using the waste codes.