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FAQs: What is webinar training?
If the applicable regulations mandate you provide training for you and/or your personnel you may wish to consider a web-based training format (webinar training) to deliver that training. Below are some frequently asked questions about my webinar training. Is your…
Wisconsin DNR Extends Deadline for 2019 Annual Hazardous Waste Report
In response to COVID-19, the Wisconsin DNR is aware that facilities may need additional time to complete and submit their annual reports. The 2019 hazardous waste annual report was due March 1, 2020, per ss. NR 662.041(1) Wis. Adm. Code.…
Wisconsin DNR Offers Haz Waste Generators 30 Day Extension to On-Site Accumulation Time Limits due to COVID-19
In response to COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has developed an online method for requesting an extension to generator accumulation time limits. Wisconsin’s hazardous waste regulations allow both large quantity generators (LQG) and small quantity generators (SQG) to…
Stated Policy / Purpose of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – History
It’s changed over the years, but here is what I found from The United States Government Manual 1991/92: The purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency is to “protect and enhance our environment today and for future generations to the fullest…
Q&A: Why does my truck display placards for Division 2.2 Non-Flammable Gas and not Oxygen?
Question: Hello, I am employed with (working to become a contract driver soon) with a company that services nursing homes with oxygen cylinders. They provide various sizes of cylinders and also provide filling of liquid oxygen for reservoirs on-site. I…
Q&A: Are Forty 55-gallon drums on one truck considered to be bulk?
Just a quick question June 19, 2018: Is carrying 40 – 55 gallon drum of NaOH on a box trailer considered bulk? Sent from my iPhone My reply just an hour later: No it is not. Please see below for…
Q&A: Do I placard for a Class 3 Flammable in bulk packaging and 500 lbs of a Class 8 Corrosive in non-bulk?
A follow-up question from a occasional contact (06.13.18): Daniel, Hope all is doing well. I have another question that has been bothering me as well. Hoping you can share some guidance. Say I have a shipment of UN1993 BULK(ONE TOTE…
FAQ: What are the Table 1 and Table 2 placarding tables?
Found at 49 CFR 172.504(e) of the USDOT/PHMSA Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), the placarding tables (Table 1 and Table 2) identify a distinction made by USDOT/PHMSA between the “really nasty” hazardous materials of Table 1 and the “routine” HazMat of…
Q&A: Are my LEDs a universal waste?
A question from a frequent customer of mine (06.19.18): Hi Daniel. I have a question regarding Universal Waste Lamps that I’m wondering if you have an experience with, and that is light-emitting diodes or LED bulbs. From the reading I…