A question from a previous customer (I encourage my past customers to contact me anytime with questions that I gladly answer at no charge): Hi Dan, I hope all is well! I have a quick question regarding manifest line item…
Michigan DEQ Webinar: Reporting Requirements of Designated Facility for Liquid Industrial By-products
If your facility accepts liquid industrial by-products (formerly liquid industrial waste) from a waste generator in Michigan you must be aware of the new – as of March 2016 – requirement to report this activity to the Michigan Department of…
What’s in/on those trucks?
The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is all around us. Below are images taken during my travels when I’ve come across the transportation in commerce of a hazmat. In each situation I know little about the shipper or the carrier other…
What’s on/in those trucks?
The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) is all around us. Below are images taken during my travels when I’ve come across the transportation in commerce of a hazmat. In each situation I know little about the shipper or the carrier other…
FAQ: How is the driver supposed to sign the eManifest?
In case you didn’t know, USEPA has been striving for some years now to put in place an electronic system for the transportation in commerce of a hazardous waste. Currently, all regulated shipments of a hazardous waste must be documented…
FAQ: Which regulations of the Generator Improvements Rule are more strict than existing USEPA regulations?
The Generator Improvements Rule went into affect at the Federal level and in states lacking an authorized hazardous waste program on May 30, 2017. The new rule contained approximately 60 changes to existing RCRA regulations. Some of the changes were…
Everything About the Generator Improvements Rule
This site will serve as a single location for information related to the Generator Improvements Rule. Articles providing more information are available through the links below. Daniels Training Services, Inc. 815.821.1550 Info@DanielsTraining.com https://www.danielstraining.com/ General Information and Background: Summary of Proposed…
State-Mandated Annual Reporting of the Biennial Hazardous Waste Report
Federal regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) at 40 CFR 262.41 require a generator who is a large quantity generator (LQG) of hazardous waste for at least one month in an odd-numbered year to submit the Biennial Report (aka:…
Q&A: Is an emergency response phone number always required on a hazmat shipping paper?
Sent from an iPhone: All hazmat shipping papers will have a emergency number true or false? Me: Except for a very few specific exemptions, true. And just what are those exemptions? Neither the emergency response information per 49 CFR 172.602, nor the…
The IMDG Code Amendment Cycle – 2016 thru 2025
If you ship HazMat/Dangerous Goods by vessel in international waters, then you must comply with the regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code). But to comply you must make certain that…