ITEP - Waste Management - Hazardous Substances - Emergency Planning, Management, and Response

HAZWOPER


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Phone: (928) 523-0526
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Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response Training Requirements



Resources:

This 7-page document describes potential areas of overlap between RCRA and Occupational Safety and Health Administration personnel training requirements:
RCRA/OSHA Training Requirements [pdf]

FEMA Hazardous Materials Tabletop Exercises Manual [pdf]

Websites:

OSHA Comprehensive Guide to Information Regarding Hazardous Waste Operations:
www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardouswaste/index.html

OSHA Emergency Response Training Requirements are updated and detailed in 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3) Procedures for handling emergency response:
www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9765

NIEHS Safety and Training of Oil Spill Response Workers provides training tools, courses, presentations, and resources:
http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/index.cfm?id=2495

NIOSH Respirator Trusted-Source Information Page:
www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/RespSource.html

NIOSH Workplace Safety & Health Topics:
www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/

Oil Spill Prevention and Preparedness Regulations (EPA):
www.epa.gov/oilspill/index.htm

Training Marine Oil Spill Response Workers under OSHA's HAZWOPER Standard:
This informational online booklet is intended to provide a generic, non-exhaustive overview of a particular standards-related topic. This publication does not itself alter or determine compliance responsibilities, which are set forth in OSHA standards themselves and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Moreover, because interpretations and enforcement policy may change over time, for additional guidance on OSHA compliance requirements, the reader should consult current and administrative interpretations and decisions by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and the Courts:
www.osha.gov/Publications/3172/3172.html

State Occupational Safety and Health Plans:
www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/index.html

EPA Environmental Response Team:
www.ert.org/

How to use the Emergency Response Guide Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCpr4Xmhrss

NIOSH Publications Order Forms:
www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/

NIOSH Data and Statistics Gateway:
www.cdc.gov/niosh/data/

Related Pages:

Brownfields

Contaminated Sites

Federal Facilities

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Superfund CERCLA

Underground Storage Tanks

Hazardous Materials Transport