EPA Compliance Guide for Hazardous Waste

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Our EPA Guide explains the basic links between employee safety regulations and hazardous waste. it provides a straightforward roadmap for small businesses on how to minimize and manage hazardous waste. The Guide instructs employers on how to Understand The most important hazardous waste regulations that affect their business and minimize the generation of hazardous waste and their resulting regulatory burden. The Hazardous Waste Guide helps make your job easier: it asks and answers fundamental questions regarding the handling and reduction of waste by providing: clear and simple explanations of what qualifies as hazardous waste complete instructions for determining your waste generator status easy-to-use directions for storing, shipping, and disposing of waste basics on reporting and responding to a chemical release strategies on minimizing your production of hazardous waste Besides discussing relevant EPA regulations, The Guide addresses the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (Employee-Right-to-Know), which is the most commonly cited OSHA standard, And The standard for which employers pay the most in annual fines and penalties. Our Guide also examines OSHA HAZWOPER and Emergency Action Plan Standards, explaining their relationship To The management of hazardous waste. The EPA Compliance Guide for Hazardous Waste is written by H. Ray Kirk, Ph.D., who has conducted over 950 seminars on OSHA and hazardous waste laws. Mr. Kirk holds several certifications, including Certified Environmental Specialist (CES) by the Environmental Assessment Associates, Certified Trainer (CT) by the National Environmental Training Association, and Certified Environmental Compliance Officer (CECO) by the U.S. Army.