In this 74th episode, I discuss What Is Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response AKA "HAZWOPER?"

HAZWOPER stands for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aka "OSHA," oversees this regulation requirement for dealing with Hazardous Waste. The regulation requirement is for formal and certified training of individuals who deal with the management of Hazardous Materials; storage, moving or cleaning up spilled hazardous substances.

The primary training is a 40 Hour training that also includes a minimum of 3 days of supervised field trainings. There is a lower level training of 24 Hours with 1 day of supervised field training, but this is meant for a support staff assisting a 40 Hour certified Individual or Team.

Once the 40 Hour certification has been obtained, an annual 8 Hour Refresher training is required in order to keep the 40 Hour certification current and active. This provides the means for ongoing training to keep up with the changing regulations and technologies relating to the proper handling of hazardous waste.

The overarching purpose for requiring HAZWOPER training, is to have Individuals handling hazardous waste to do so safely, to protect themselves, others and our environment.

It is highly recommended that for anyone dealing with hazardous materials and needing HAZWOPER training, that they look into getting trained under HazMat Responder Network. Whether you are already 40 Hour certified or not, I'd highly recommend retaking the 40 Hour under HazMat Responder Network, in order to sponge knowledge from The Expert Instructor Perry C. Beaty, who has seen it all and been there and done that. HazMat Responder Network also provides the required annual 8 Hour Refresher courses in order to keep the 40 Hour current.

Our Ongoing Sponsor Hanby Environmental produces Field Test Kits that can be used in the act of Environmental Remediation to monitor the process of remediating many Hazardous Materials.

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In this 73rd episode, I discuss "What Is Hazardous Material AKA "HazMat?"

Hazardous Material also known as "HazMat" is defined as any biological, chemical, radiological, or physical substances that pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety, property, or the environment. Hazardous Materials are of particular concern during storage, handling and/or transport.

For fast identification of Hazardous Materials, special labels are required that quickly and easily give an indication of what type of Hazardous Material is being dealt with and the typical dangerous associated with it. These label "classify" the Hazardous Material into Nine Hazard Classes (1-9). Additionally, Hazardous Materials should also be accompanied by "SDS;" (Safety Data Sheets). The "SDS" precisely identifies the Hazardous Material and provides a lot more details on the hazards associated with the it and the additional safety precautions that should be taken when dealing with the particular Hazardous Material.

Our Ongoing Sponsor Hanby Environmental produces Field Test Kits that can be used in the act of Environmental Remediation to monitor the process of remediating many Hazardous Materials.

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In this 72nd episode, I discuss "What Is Environmental Remediation and What's It's Purpose?"

As I say in every episode, "The Purpose of This Podcast, Is To Have A Positive Impact On The Environmental Remediation Industry." "But what is it and what does that mean?"

Environmental remediation is the process of removing, treating, or containing pollution and hazardous contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, and surface water to protect human health and restore ecosystems.

The main purpose of environmental remediation is to remove or reduce pollutants and hazardous contaminants from soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediment to protect human health and restore damaged ecosystems.

By performing the act of Environmental Remediation, we restore the environmental damage we have caused to the environment in which we live in back to the way it was, clean and healthy and doing so, protects human health from the toxic contaminates and hazardous wastes that we create.

They go hand in hand, if Our Environment in which we live is healthy, then Living Things are also healthy and flourish!

Our Ongoing Sponsor Hanby Environmental produces Field Test Kits that can be used in the act of Environmental Remediation to monitor the process.

As always, if you have a topic you would like us to discuss in a future podcast or a specific question you'd like us to address, please let us know by sending it into, CFator@LetsTalkRemediation.com.

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