Download or read book Hazardous Waste Handling Pocket Guide written by Christine Gorman and published by . This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal written by Harry Freeman and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes chapters on storage and transportation of hazardous wastes, hazardous waste spills and spill clean-ups, and low level red waste management. Industry experts discuss innovative waste treatment technologies and land disposal
Download or read book A Basic Guide to RCRA written by Salvatore Caccavale and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emergency Response Guidebook written by U.S. Department of Transportation and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
Download or read book Hazardous Waste Handbook for Health and Safety written by William F. Martin and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazardous Waste Handbook for Health and Safety provides instructions and guidelines to supervisors responsible for occupational safety and health programs at hazardous waste sites. The manual presents the health and safety risks of hazardous waste sites; ways to implement and carry out hazardous waste site clean-up; preliminary basis for developing a specific health and safety program; and planning for and responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials. The book will be very useful to supervisors and safety engineers of hazardous waste sites.
Download or read book How to Recognize a Hazardous Waste Even If Its Wearing Dark Glasses written by Gary Crouth and published by . This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated and expanded, this resource distills RCRA 's myriad of hazardous waste identification rules, policies, and guidelines to their essence, presenting them in a straightforward manner using illustrations, diagrams, and simple, clear language.
Download or read book Guide to Hazardous Materials and Waste Management written by Jon W. Kindschy and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for students and professionals in the field, offering information on chemical properties of hazardous materials and wastes; legal requirements for handling, storage, transportation, and disposal; and essentials of managing hazardous materials and wastes for protection of employees, facilities, and communities. Includes bandw photos and diagrams, real-life examples of policies and legal instruments, checklists, and tables. Suggested readership includes environmental health specialists, corporate employees, attorneys, engineers, students, and laypeople. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Niosh Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards written by Niosh and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards presents information taken from the NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards, from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) criteria documents and Current Intelligence Bulletins, and from recognized references in the fields of industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, toxicology, and analytical chemistry. The information is presented in tabular form to provide a quick, convenient source of information on general industrial hygiene practices. The information in the Pocket Guide includes chemical structures or formulas, identification codes, synonyms, exposure limits, chemical and physical properties, incompatibilities and reactivities, measurement methods, respirator selections, signs and symptoms of exposure, and procedures for emergency treatment.
Download or read book A Practical Guide for Hazardous Waste Management Administration and Compliance written by James L. Lieberman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1994-09-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Guide for Hazardous Waste Management, Administration, and Compliance delivers in a concise fashion the information needed to establish, expand, administer, and audit a hazardous waste program. The presentation follows the logical steps necessary to establish a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Waste Management Program. The book focuses primarily on large and medium quantity generators. No other book or manual addresses the corporate hazardous waste manager's responsibilities as clearly, providing chapter-by-chapter guidance for the execution of his or her responsibilities. The Guide includes chapters on subjects rarely discussed in other publications, such as waste profiling, facility permitting, preparation of a waste analysis plan, recordkeeping, and training programs. The book is clearly written with step-by-step instructions, including citations and forms. This excellent manual/textbook is indexed for easy reference and provides listings of additional subject area information sources.
Download or read book Handbook on Household Hazardous Waste written by Amy D. Cabaniss and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although interest in managing old and unwanted consumer products with characteristics of hazardous waste--household cleaners, pesticides, paint products, and automotive products--emerged in the late 1970s, the management of such materials has been a bouncing ball of responsibility for more than two decades. Written by the forefathers and practitioners of household hazardous waste management (HHW), this book provides solid waste management professionals, municipal officials, and environmental students with a comprehensive look at the state of HHW management.
Download or read book NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This pocket guide was developed to present technical information and data taken partly from the NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards in ready reference tables for workers, employers and occupational health professionals. Chemical names and synonyms, exposure limits, chemical and physical properties, recommended protective clothing and respirators, exposure routes, signs and symptoms, target organs, and first aid procedures are supplied for 397 federally regulated chemicals or types of chemicals ound in work environments.
Download or read book Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste Management written by Gayle Woodside and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-03-25 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eine komplett überarbeitete Zusammenfassung gesetzlicher Vorschriften zur Definition, Verwendung, Handhabung, Lagerung und Entsorgung von Gefahrstoffen. Unentbehrlich für Umweltingenieure, -techniker und -manager! Fast 40 Prozent des Materials wurde neu aufgenommen oder aktualisiert; so werden jetzt auch die Bodenbehandlung, die Vermeidung von Umweltverschmutzungen sowie das Prozeßsicherheitsmanagement besprochen. (10/99)
Download or read book NFPA Pocket Guide to Hazardous Materials written by Amy Beasley Spencer and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of vital haz-mat data consolidated in a compact field guide. When you work with hazardous materials, comprehensive reliable information is critical to your success and safety. The new NFPA Pocket Guide to Hazardous Materials pulls together the essential requirements, tables, charts, lists, formulas, illustrations, and calculations you need into one handy volume. Complete facts and figures from leading sources bring you the full safety picture. It's an essential resource for fire service, EMS and law enforcement personnel, inspectors from the public and private sectors, industry emergency response teams, and personnel from related agencies such as EPA, DOT, FEMA, and the FBI. This powerful on-the-job tool presents the most crucial data from NFPA codes and standards, plus information from OSHA, the Department of Transportation, National Paint and Coatings Association, and more. Topics covered include: bull; bull; Chemical classification schemes--NFPA, OSHA, DOT placards bull; Health hazards--threshold limit values, permissible exposure limits, conversion factors, atmospheric monitoring bull; Storage quantity requirements--flammable/combustible liquids, oxidizers, organic peroxides bull; Container recognition--labeling systems, how to interpret label information bull; Personal protective equipment-- how to select appropriate PPE, organization by type of material bull; Fire and spill control--which foams to use with which chemicals, dilution rates bull; Emergency response--when to respond and when to evacuate, how to bring dangerous levels back to safe levels Take this convenient and portable reference with you on every job, and give yourself ready access to specialized facts. If your job involves HazMat incident response, prevention, or inspection, this book could save your life, and many others, too.
Download or read book Handbook of Hazardous Waste Management for Small Quantity Generators written by Russell W. Phifer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special features of this book include: practical "how to" instructions, state/federal regulations-plus overview, lab waste management, interpretations of regulations, enforcement, generator checklist, and complete coverage. This handbook is an excellent resource for hazardous waste managers, safety managers, lab managers, occupational health/safety workers, hazardous waste brokers, and small business managers. Disposal facilities, trade associations, consultants, administrators, attorneys, unions, and industrial hygienists will find this practical guide useful as well.
Download or read book The Hazardous Waste Q A written by Travis P. Wagner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1992-11-11 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hazardous Waste Q & A An In-depth Guide to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Revised Edition Travis P. Wagner The "Answer Book" for all your compliance questions. How much of your company's waste is considered "hazardous" under current federal regulations? If the carrier you hire to remove waste is cited for a violation, can you also be held liable? Does your company's disposal program meet new EPA and DOT requirements? Now you can find the authoritative answers to these and hundreds of other critical waste management problems--in minutes--with the revised edition of this practical, quick-reference guide to RCRA and HMTA compliance. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act have spawned an enormous and complex body of regulations and requirements--among the most complicated laws in the land. Unfortunately, while ensuring compliance with these regulations is a top priority for both the EPA and DOT. helping businesses understand and comply with the regulations is not. Written by a former technical compliance specialist for EPA. The Hazardous Waste Q&A helps you make sure your waste management practices fully meet these tough regulations--and will help you reduce your liability, too. The Hazardous Waste Q&A simplifies hazardous waste management under RCRA and HMTA by presenting these highly technical and often difficult to interpret regulations in an easy-to-understand, easy-to-use question-and-answer format. This approach lets you go straight to the help you need without digging through pages and pages of dense, technical detail. You'll find EPA-approved procedures and solutions for virtually every practical aspect of hazardous waste management: * Identification and Classification Guidelines * Requirements for Medium-and Large-Quantity Generators * Transportation under RCRA and HMTA * Recycling, Storage, Treatment, and Disposal * Ground Water Monitoring * Closure and Post-Closure * Financial Requirements * Operating and Post-Closure Permits * Corrective Action * State Regulations and Enforcement Questions were developed from thousands of actual inquiries received at EPA and from the author's experience consulting on hazardous wastes for private industry. In preparing the answers and guidelines, Mr. Wagner went beyond the regulations themselves to gather additional facts and insights from source documents not readily available to the layman, including OSWER Directives, Regulatory Interpretation Letters, Program Implementation Guidance, EPA policy memos and guidance manuals, DOT guidance manuals, Federal Register preambles, and RCRA/Superfund Hotline Monthly Reports. Thus, users will find Q&A not just convenient but authoritative and in depth## For everyone concerned with hazardous## managers, health and safety managers, attor## Q&A is an unrivalled productivity resource. I## and classroom training that is required by law##
Download or read book Resources and References written by Donna S. Kocurek and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide book provides references and resources for the complex field of hazardous waste and hazardous materials management. The book is divided into general topics such as air quality, industrial wastewater, pollution prevention, and risk assessment under hazardous waste management and chemical hazards, emergency planning, and hazard communication under hazardous materials management. Each individual section includes a list of annotated bibliographies of the most recent books by major publishers as well as established, standard references. Following the annotated titles, are additional references of books and documents by publishers, technical associations, and governmental agencies (primarily the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). In general, only references from 1986 onward are included since the technology and regulations affecting hazardous waste and materials are constantly evolving. Additional resources included in the book are video tapes for training and instruction, information services and databases, libraries, agency contacts, technical journals, and a list of publishers and ordering information. This book will be a useful reference to professionals in the environmental field who need an extensive, but concise source of technical information and contacts. The book will be a valuable addition to individual libraries and will fill a current reference void in university libraries, and technical libraries in industry and government. At present there are very few technical bibliographies in the field, and none has covered topics related to hazardous materials and hazardous waste as extensively as this book.
Download or read book Hazardous Chemicals Handbook written by P A CARSON and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes core information for quick reference in the workplace, using tables and checklists wherever possible. Essential reading for safety officers, company managers, engineers, transport personnel, waste disposal personnel, environmental health officers, trainees on industrial training courses and engineering students. This book provides concise and clear explanation and look-up data on properties, exposure limits, flashpoints, monitoring techniques, personal protection and a host of other parameters and requirements relating to compliance with designated safe practice, control of hazards to people's health and limitation of impact on the environment. The book caters for the multitude of companies, officials and public and private employees who must comply with the regulations governing the use, storage, handling, transport and disposal of hazardous substances. Reference is made throughout to source documents and standards, and a Bibliography provides guidance to sources of wider ranging and more specialized information. Dr Phillip Carson is Safety Liaison and QA Manager at the Unilever Research Laboratory at Port Sunlight. He is a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, of the Institution of Chemical Engineers' Loss Prevention Panel and of the Chemical Industries Association's `Exposure Limits Task Force' and `Health Advisory Group'. Dr Clive Mumford is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aston and a consultant. He lectures on several courses of the Certificate and Diploma of the National Examining Board in Occupational Safety and Health. [Given 5 star rating] - Occupational Safety & Health, July 1994 - Loss Prevention Bulletin, April 1994 - Journal of Hazardous Materials, November 1994 - Process Safety & Environmental Prot., November 1994
