{"id":936,"date":"2014-03-07T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T15:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2014-03-13T17:37:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T17:37:32","slug":"hazwoper-standard-hazwoper-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/osha\/hazwoper-standard-hazwoper-training\/","title":{"rendered":"HAZWOPER Standard and Required HAZWOPER Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HAZWOPER Standard and Required HAZWOPER Training<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

If you are asking yourself, “Am I required to train my employees under the HAZWOPER Standard?” this article can help you answer that question.<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER) applies to five distinct groups of employers and their employees. This includes any employees who are exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous substances — including hazardous waste — and who are engaged in one of the following operations as specified by 1910.120(a)(1)(i-v)<\/a> and 1926.65(a)(1)(i-v)<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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    Clean-up Operations<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    required by a governmental body, whether Federal, state, local or other involving hazardous substances that are conducted at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites (including, but not limited to, the EPA’s National Priority Site List (NPL), state priority site lists, sites recommended for the EPA NPL, and initial investigations of government identified sites which are conducted before the presence or absence of hazardous substances has been ascertained)<\/p>\n

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      Corrective Actions involving Clean-up Operations<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      sites covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976<\/a> (RCRA)<\/b> as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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        Voluntary Clean-up Operations<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        sites recognized by federal, state, local, or other governmental body as uncontrolled hazardous waste sites<\/p>\n

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          Operations involving Hazardous Wastes<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Operations conducted at treatment, storage, and disposal facilities regulated by Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations<\/b><\/a> Parts 264 and 265 pursuant to RCRA, or by agencies under agreement with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement RCRA regulations<\/p>\n

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            Emergency Response Operations<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            releases of, or substantial threats of releases of, hazardous substances regardless of the location of the hazard<\/p>\n

            The first 4 of these 5 groups are specifically “hazardous waste sites”. \u00a0The 5th group, “Emergency Response Operations” may be difficult to recognize because it applies to any area (factory, construction site, etc.) that uses or produces hazardous material for production or to perform their duties. \u00a0Employees who are exposed or potentially exposed to hazardous substances — including hazardous waste — and who are engaged in emergency response operations for releases of, or substantial threats of releases of hazardous substances regardless of the location of the hazard are included in emergency response operations.<\/p>\n

            How is \u201cemergency response\u201d defined?\u00a0 OSHA discusses this very topic in a Compliance Directive CPL 02-02-059<\/a>, Appendix E.<\/p>\n

            An understanding of the distinction between an incidental release of a hazardous substance and a release that requires an emergency response is fundamental to proper compliance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.120(q)<\/a>. This part of the standard was written to cover a wide array of facilities and situations: “Emergency response operations for releases of, or substantial threats of releases of, hazardous substances without regard to the location of the hazard.” (29 CFR 1910.120(a)(1)(v)<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n

            Potential releases of hazardous substances in the workplace can be categorized into three distinct groups in terms of the planning provisions of 29 CFR 1910.120(q). These groups are:<\/p>\n

            1.\u00a0 Releases that are clearly incidental regardless of the circumstances<\/i><\/p>\n

            2.\u00a0 Releases that may be incidental or may require an emergency response depending on the circumstances<\/i><\/p>\n

            <\/i>3.\u00a0 Releases that clearly require an emergency response regardless of the circumstances<\/i><\/p>\n

            This directive basically breaks down a spill response into \u201cincidental\u201d and \u201cemergency response\u201d.\u00a0 These two terms are defined in 29 CFR 1910.120(a)(3)<\/a><\/p>\n

            Emergency response<\/b><\/em> or responding to emergencies<\/em><\/b> means a response effort by employees from outside the immediate release area or by other designated responders (i.e., mutual aid groups, local fire departments, etc.) to an occurrence which results, or is likely to result, in an uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance. <\/i><\/p>\n

            Responses to incidental releases<\/b> of hazardous substances where the substance can be absorbed, neutralized, or otherwise controlled at the time of release by employees in the immediate release area, or by maintenance personnel are not considered to be emergency responses within the scope of this standard. Responses to releases of hazardous substances where there is no potential safety or health hazard (i.e., fire, explosion, or chemical exposure) are not considered to be emergency responses.<\/i><\/p>\n

            If you are not sure which situation applies to you, give us a call 773 313 3012.\u00a0 We can walk you through the Risk Assessment process to determine if you need to train your employees to the requirements of the HAZWOPER standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            HAZWOPER Standard and Required HAZWOPER Training If you are asking yourself, “Am I required to train my employees under the HAZWOPER Standard?” this article can help you answer that question. The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER) applies to five distinct groups of employers and their employees. This includes any employees who are exposed or potentially exposed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24,25,23],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osha","tag-hazwoper-standard","tag-hazwoper-standard-required-training","tag-hazwoper-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allrisktraining.com\/allrisktraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}