In the front office, break room, shop floor, and the back of the glove compartment in your car, you’re sure to find those neat individual packets of alcohol wipes. Small towelettes soaked in alcohol – usually isopropanol or ethanol –…
The Regulations of the e-Manifest System
The e-Manifest System is designed and almost entirely – not quite, still waiting on another piece of legislation and regulation that will determine how to pay for it – created by EPA to replace the current paper-b0und system. It’s run…
Q&A: Hazardous Waste Determination for Lab Waste
A question from a former customer of mine on June 14, 2016: Hello again Dan, I’m sorry to bother you with another question but I’m having trouble deciphering this information. I’m looking to do some lab tests. I was first…
Q&A: How do I Determine If I Have a Class 8 Corrosive per USDOT/PHMSA Regulations?
This conversation started with a phone call in late May 2016: In sum, a business was trying to determine the information necessary in order to classify a substance as a Class 8 Corrosive for transportation in commerce. He had been…
Q&A: Who is Required to Sign the Shipping Paper for a Hazardous Material?
A question from a regular inquisitor regarding the Hazardous Material Regulations (5.17.16): Good morning. Question- We generate our own manifest or shipping papers for both hazardous and non hazardous loads. We produce our own chemicals and ship/carry them to job…
Q&A: Display of Identification Number on Bulk Packagings in Transportation
Daniels Training Services 815.821.1550 Info@DanielsTraining.com https://www.danielstraining.com/ Here is a type of question I receive frequently (5.11.16): Good Morning. I’m pulling a gooseneck trailer which is carrying two one- way totes of 1760 (corrosive solution) and 1 tote of 1824 (50%…
History of the e-Manifest System
In a separate article I document the requirements of the e-Manifest System for a hazardous waste generator. Here I simply wanted to create a timeline for the important dates in the history of the e-Manifests implementation. Contact me with any…
Responsibility of Hazardous Waste Transporters to Respond to Hazardous Waste Discharges
A transporter of hazardous waste is a person that moves hazardous waste between sites by highway, rail, water or air. Typically a hazardous waste transporter is the link between the generator of a hazardous waste and the site where it…
Q&A: Hazardous Waste Determination for Sodium Arsenite
May 6, 2016, a question from a past attendee of one of my Training Seminars (unfortunately, I don’t provide Training Seminars anymore. Check out my website for other training options: Onsite Training or Webinar Training). Hi Dan I took a…
Five RCRA Hazardous Waste Violations You’re Probably Making Right Now — and can fix today!
I don’t mean to scare you, but this is important and I had to get your attention with the title. I’ve provided training and seen businesses all over this country in the past few years and I’ve observed these same…