A question from a past Onsite Training customer (4.20.15): Daniel, I have a question. We need to ship out a sample approximately a quart of transformer oil which contains 550 ppm PCBs. If the material is below the RQ value (see

In a Final Rule published January 13, 2015 in the Federal Register, USEPA amended the definition of solid waste it had enacted in 2008 (2008 DSW).  The Federal regulations of the 2015 DSW become effective July 13, 2015.  States with an

If you travel by air as much as I do (that's what Onsite Training requires), you've seen the signs forbidding the transportation of hazardous materials aboard passenger aircraft, either in checked baggage or carry-on.  The purpose of this article is to

Not every question I receive comes from an industrial facility embedded on the outskirts of some major city or from a busy transportation hub in the nation's heartland.  Some, like this one on March 14th, 2015, come from exotic locations

Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), USEPA will allow a state to operate its own hazardous waste program as long as it is at least as stringent and as broad as the Federal regulations.  A state with a

In response to recent accidents involving crude oil shipments by rail in the U.S. and Canada, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has issued a "Call to Action," calling on rail company executives, associations, shippers, and others to discuss how stakeholders

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

If you've ever considered registering for one of my HazMat Employee Training Webinars but decided against it because of past poor experiences, I encourage you to take just 3.5 minutes to view this short video clip I recorded from a

FEBRUARY 26, 2015:  A QUESTION FROM A PREVIOUS ATTENDEE OF ONE OF MY TRAINING SEMINARS: I had a question come up about transporting batteries to a recycle vendor. A 2000 lb lead acid battery that is on one of my

The Nevada Department of Environmental Regulation (NDEEP) adopted new regulations on October 24, 2014, revising its hazardous waste fees and authorizing new solid waste fees. Below are links to summary sheets outlining the revised and new fee structures each containing