December 11, 1987

Mr. Gregory D. Kugler
Environmental Scientist
Andrews Environmental Engineering Inc.
1320 South Fifth Street
Springfield, Illinois 62703

Dear Mr. Kugler:

This is in response to your inquiry of September 22, requesting whether the certification program you described is equivalent to the 40 hours of training required in paragraph (e)(2) of 29 CFR 1910.120 (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response). The requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(e) are somewhat job specific. That is , the employer will have to determine what training is necessary for his employees to knowledgeably and safely perform their job functions. Thus, it is not the intent of 29 CFR 1910.120 for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to approve or disapprove generic courses or certifications. If the certification program described in your letter is determined by an employer to meet the general training needs of any employees, those employees would also need site specific training on the items described in 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(1). This training could be done on the site. I hope this information is helpful.

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Sincerely,

Thomas J. Shepich, Director
Directorate of Compliance Programs

September 22,1987 Leo Carey Field Coordination Room N 3601 U.S. Department of Labor Washington, D.C. 20210 re: Sara Training Requirements Dear Mr. Carey: Prior to the passage of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, I was certified as a Hazardous Materials Manager by the Institute for Hazardous Materials Management. To obtain this certification I was required to pass a four hour examination. I would appreciate your reviewing the attached material and determine whether this certification is equivalent to the 40 hours of training now required by OSHA for people engaged in activities that might expose them the hazardous substances. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Very truly yours, Gregory D. Kugler, Environmental Scientist

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The Handbook features practical and comprehensive sources of information on all aspects of Safety and Health including environmental, product and occupational. It provides intelligence and knowledge for meeting the resource and information needs of consultants, industry government and academia on managerial, professional and technical developments in loss control and accident prevention.

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1. Packaging requirements for hazardous wastes are regulated by:

A. RCRA   B. TOSCA   C. DOT   D. FIFRA E. CERCLA

A. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
B. Safe Drinking Water Act.
C. Toxic Substances Control Act
D. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
E. Occupational Safety & Health Act.

A. Asbestos   B. Vinyl Chloride   C. Beryllium   D. Mercury   E. Benzene

SUGGESTED REFERENCES

A CHEMISTRY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, by Eugene Meyer, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1977. HAZARDOUS WASTE & MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, Bureau of Law & Business, 64 Wall St., Madison,CT., Tel. (800) 521-0136. GUIDE TO MANAGING INDUSTRIAL hazardous WASTE, by Gary F. Lindgren, CHMM. Butterworth Publishers, 10 Tower Office Park, Woburn, MA 01801, 1983. 287 pages. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS MANUAL, 3rd Ed., Government Institutes Inc., 966 Hungerford Drive, # 24, Rockville, MD 20850, 1984; Tel. (301) 251-9250. A step by step guide to conducting environmental audits. MANAGING hazardous SUBSTANCES ACCIDENTS, by Al J. Smith, Jr., McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY, 1981. 187 p. TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROLS PRIMER, Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1984; Tel. (1-800) 372-1033. CERTIFIED hazardous MATERIALS MANAGER/ENGINEER (CHMM)

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EXAMINATION TOPICS

1. Laws and Regulations

   Hazardous waste management (RCRA)	-40 CFR
   Hazardous materials transportation	-49 CFR
   Toxic substances control	-40 CFR
   Pesticides management (FIFRA)	-40 CFR
   Radioactive materials control
   -10 CFR
   Occupational Safety & Health	-29 CFR
   Clean Water Act	-40 CFR
   Air Pollution	-40 CFR
   Spills and disposal site cleanup (CERCLA)	-40 CFR
   Hazard Communication Standard	-29 CFR

2. Compliance standards, work practices and state of the art.
   • Packaging and transportation of hazardous materials
   • hazardous materials handling and storage
   • Hazards Assessment and Communication
   • Personal protection/Workplace safety and Health practices
   • Standards for radioactive materials
   • Standards applicable to hazardous waste generators transporters and TSD facilities
   • Standards applicable to hazardous substances spills
   • Standards applicable to the cleanup of hazardous waste disposal sites

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   • Basic management principles
   • Applied hazard control principles and concepts
   • Authority and responsibility
   • Policy and decision-making
   • Liability and risk management
   • Information gathering (i.e., resources and reference materials

4. Science and technology
   Chemistry and physics of hazardous materials (e.g., corrosivity, oxidation/reduction, polymerization, flammability and radioactivity.)

   Biological effects of hazardous materials

August 1987 Dear CHMM Diplomate: Attached is a copy of the CHMM program explanation and requirements for recertification. The first three-year reporting cycle will be for the period July 1986 through June 1989. Three Annual Certification Maintenance Points Reports for the years July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987, July 1, 1987 through June 30, 1988, and July 1, 1988 through June 30, 1989 will be due in July 1989 for those diplomates certified in July 1986 or earlier. Your official certification date is the one listed on your certificate. If you are certified on or before July 1st, your recertification will start in July of that year. For those diplomates who are certified after July 1st, the recertification year will start in July of next year. Certification maintenance reports will be mailed out annually with the certification maintenance data billing. It is strongly urged that you file your documentation and records per- training to recertification in a separate folder by year. Reports will be submitted to the Review Committee on a three-year cycle. Do not forward separate yearly reports. The first reports will be due on July 1, 1989. Sincerely, Harold M. Gordon Executive Director

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