Drive our nation’s highways and you’ll see hazardous materials in transportation. Drive on some of the main transportation corridors – like Interstate 80 (I-80) – and you’ll see some very interesting HazMat transported in commerce. And if you’re like me,…
Gross Weight v. Net Explosive Weight When Transporting Explosives
In this business you just never know from what industry within the regulated community you might receive a question. Like this one from a person with whom I’d had no prior business; he contacted me through MY WEBSITE with a…
Q&A: Displaying the DANGEROUS Placard on a Motor Vehicle
Question from previously unknown contact on April 2, 2015 through the Contact Me page of my website: Good morning, to my understanding I’ve known that we need placards on flammable over 1000 lb. But when we have 324lb. of 4.1…
Determining a Class 8 Corrosive Material and a D002 Corrosive Hazardous Waste From the SDS
Question to me (3.19.15) from a customer who had recently attended one of my TRAINING SEMINARS: Dan, I have a waste that is liquid but has no pH because it is not water-based. The SDS says it is DOT Class…
Contact Information – Emergency and Otherwise for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Got a spill or other emergency? Have a question about your air permit? Wastewater discharge permit? Management of hazardous waste? Well, if you do business in Delaware, you’re in luck. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)…
Hazardous Waste Training Classes by the Oregon DEQ
Below is the notice I received from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on May 18th: This notice serves as a reminder that the Hazardous Waste Training Classes offered by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality are free of charge…
April 2015 – Rules & Regulations, Proposed Rules, and Notices Regarding the Management of Hazardous Waste and the Transportation of Hazardous Materials
On its website the US Government Printing Office makes a wealth of Federal publications available for review and download; one of these is the Federal Register. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the…
The RCRA Recordkeeping Requirements in New York
A question from a past attendee of one of my RCRA TRAINING WEBINARS: Hello Daniel, I reviewed the material from our training and see that recordkeeping for Haz Waste is to maintain record for 3 years from last effective date.…
Q&A: Must I use the USDOT Division 6.2 Label or the OSHA BioHazard Mark on my Infectious Substance?
A question directed to me from the CONTACT ME page of my website on January 21, 2015: I was reading your article on infectious labeling and marking. Under marking it states that a “bulk” is (a) less than 1000 gallons…