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HAZWOPERCAMEO Chemicals - correct answer ✔✔http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/browse
Which laws and regulations should First Responders become familiar with then questions arise? - correct
answer ✔✔RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, HAZCOM, OPA 90 and HAZWOPER contain in the field standards used by First Responders when working in hazardous sites.
What is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)? - correct answer ✔✔Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin cradle-to-grave tracking or hazardous waste and required the establishment of standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
What is the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA)? - correct answer ✔✔The Superfund law provides funds to the Coast Guard (through EPA) for emergency response
containment and cleanup of abandoned hazardous material releases.
What are the tasks that emergency responders are trained to perform? - correct answer ✔✔Awarness Level
Operations Level Technician
Specialist
Incident Commander
Items that are documented in a Contingency Plan that directs First responders on what to do? - correct answer ✔✔Emergency Notifications
Emergency Response Procedures Command Structure
Identification of Resources
Scenerios What is the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)? - correct answer ✔✔An extension and expansion of CERCLA required the EPA to issue regulations mandating compliance with the OSHA HAZWOPER regulation in all area no under OSHA juridicion. SARA specifically required the EPA to revise how it determines the risk posed to the public and evironment by uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. It also included a provision referred to as Community Right to Know which requires all businessess to provide the government with detailed information about the hazardous materials they work ith and have
on site.
What is the Hazard Communication Right to Know (HAZCOM)? - correct answer ✔✔HAZCOM serves as the foundation for unit's Hazard Communication Program. HAZCOM specifically requires employers to inform their employees about any hazardous materials they might encounter on the job and to provide them with the resouces needed to handle them appropriately.
What is the OPA 90? - correct answer ✔✔Specifies the following: -The federal government will direct responses to spills
-Area committees (including the Coast Guard) must develop Area Contingency Plans for spills
-Owner/operators of facilities and vessels must prepare their own Response Plans. The plans developed by each of these entities are valuable resources that will help you determine what to do if you encounter an oil spill or hazardous materials release.
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)? - correct answer ✔✔The primary focus is safeguarding you, your shipmates, and the public from the dangers of oil spills and hazardous material releases while responding to incidents outside of your unit (29 CFR 1910.120)
Following is a list of authorities who should always be notified of a hazardous meterial release - correct answer ✔✔Sector Command Center
National Response Center (NRC)
District Response Advisory Team (DRAT)
Safety & Environment Health Officer
Nation Strike Force (NSF)
Chain of Command Basic emergency response traning includes? - correct answer ✔✔Evacuation plans and reporting procedures
The evacuation and refuge procedures that are found in site safety plans? - correct answer ✔✔Evacuation, Utilization of Safe Refuge Area and Accounting of Personnel
Types of information commonly provided when reporting a hazardous materials release? - correct answer ✔✔Location of the incident and Size of the release
Basic training required for an Emergency Response Team members are defined by _________ . - correct answer ✔✔OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 (q)
Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation and Control (AREC) is ___________ ? - correct answer ✔✔the process considered the foundation of hazard risk management. The pre planning and preparation needed to properly respond to potential hazardous materials releases is built in to AREC.
An _________________ is a document that is prepared jointly by local, state, and federal agencies along with major stakeholders to prevent, mitigate, and prepare for an oil spill or chemical release. - correct answer ✔✔Area Contigency Plan (ACP)
The Nationational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pocket Guide is Chemical Hazards
is a Center for Disease Control and Prevention publication that ___________. - correct answer ✔✔contains key information and data in abbreviated tabular form for 677 chemicals or substance groupings commonly found in the work in environment.
A _______________ is a document produced by the manufacturer of a hazardous material that contains information including, but not limited to, first aid, fire - fighting and accidental release measures. - correct answer ✔✔Material Safetly Data Sheet (MSDS)
The _______________ lists specific chemical, physical, and biological data. - correct answer ✔✔Chemical
Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS) Manual
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