This document provides an overview of US regulations governing hazardous materials for emergency responders. It aims to help understand the purposes and requirements of regulations from the US DOT, OSHA, CPSC, and EPA. Key points covered include definitions of hazardous materials and employers, packaging and transport standards, hazard identification requirements, and acts like CERCLA governing cleanup of contaminated sites. The full document contains additional details on these topics to help emergency responders understand and comply with relevant US regulations.

1. PREVIEW OF
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
TECHNICIAN
US REGULATIONS
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2. GOALS
To understand the federal regulations governing
hazardous materials for emergency responders
in the United States

3. OBJECTIVES
To know the purposes of regulations
Define Hazardous Materials
Understand regulations under US DOT, OSHA,
CPSC & EPA requirements

4. Sets standards for security at facilities which may
use or store high volumes of potential WMD’s or
its components
The US Coast Guard operates the National
Response Center
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DEFINITION
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL EMPLOYER
“a person who uses one or more of its employees
in connection with: transporting hazardous
materials in commerce; causing hazardous
materials to be transported or shipped in
commerce; or representing, marking, certifying,
selling, offering, reconditioning, testing, repairing,
or modifying containers, drums, or packagings
as qualified to use in the transportation of
hazardous materials”

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HM-181 PERFORMANCE-
ORIENTED PACKAGING
STANDARDS (POPS)
Brought the US inline with UN guidelines for
packaging which requires all shipments to be
packaged in UN specified containers
Classified, named, marked, placarded, & labeled
in accordance with Hazmat Table in 49 CFR
172.101

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IDENTIFYING HAZARDS
Labels
Markings
Placards
Shipping Papers

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PLACARDS
Required on most transport vehicles & bulk
containers

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PACKAGING GROUP
Determines
Type of packaging
Markings
Quantity restrictions
Mode of transportation

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DEFINITION
Toxic Waste (D004-D043)
Evaluated by Toxicity Characteristic Leaching
Procedure (TCLP)
D004-D011 Heavy Metals
D012-D017 Pesticides
D018-D043 Organics
Ref 40 CFR 261.24
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COMPREHENSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
COMPENSATION & LIABILITY ACT
(CERCLA)
Provides federal authority to respond to
abandoned sites & resources to clean them up
Establishes requirements for reporting of spills &
taxes taxes for site clean up
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