Which laws and RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, HAZCOM, OPA 90 and
regulations should First HAZWOPER contain in the field standards used by
Responders become First Responders when working in hazardous sites.
familar with then
questions arise?
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is the Resource
to begin cradle-to-grave tracking or hazardous
Conservation and
waste and required the establishment of standards
Recovery Act (RCRA)?
for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities.
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What is the The Superfund law provides funds to the Coast
Comprehensive Guard (through EPA) for emergency response
Environmental Response containment and cleanup of abandoned hazardous
Compensation Liability material releases.
Act (CERCLA)?
Awarness Level
What are the tasks that Operations Level
emergency responders Technician
are trained to perform? Specialist
Incident Commander
Items that are Emergency Notifications
documented in a Emergency Response Procedures
Contingency Plan that Command Structure
directs First responders Identification of Resources
on what to do? Scenerios
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
What is the Superfund
the EPA to revise how it determines the risk posed
Amendments and
to the public and evironment by uncontrolled
Reauthorization Act
hazardous waste sites. It also included a provision
(SARA)?
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.
HAZCOM serves as the foundation for unit's Hazard
Communication Program. HAZCOM specifically
What is the Hazard requires employers to inform their employees about
Communication Right to any hazardous materials they might encounter on
Know (HAZCOM)? the job and to provide them with the resouces
needed to handle
them appropriately.
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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
What is the OPA 90?
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.
The primary focus is safeguarding you, your
Hazardous Waste
shipmates, and the public from the dangers of oil
Operations and
spills and hazardous material releases while
Emergency Response
responding to incidents outside of your unit (29 CFR
(HAZWOPER)?
1910.120)
Sector Command Center
Following is a list of
National Response Center (NRC)
authorities who should
District Response Advisory Team (DRAT)
always be notified of a
Safety & Environment Health Officer
hazardous meterial
Nation Strike Force (NSF)
release
Chain of Command
Basic emergency Evacuation plans and reporting procedures
response traning
includes?
The evacuation and Evacuation, Utilization of Safe Refuge Area and
refuge procedures that Accounting of Personnel
are found in site safety
plans?
Types of information Location of the incident and Size of the release
commonly provided
when reporting a
hazardous materials
release?
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