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Port Authorities and Regulatory Framework
Published in Maria G. Burns, Port Management and Operations, 2018
The Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) relates to hazardous waste operations and emergency response performed in the United States under the OSHA. The OSHA standard 1910.120 of HAZWOPER stipulates the safety requirements to be fulfilled in the public and private sectors, as well as their subcontractors so as to carry out emergency response and clean-up operations. The HAZWOPER standard addresses five distinct aspects of operations, such as (a) clean-up operations mandatory by national, state, or local authorities pertaining to hazardous materials that are performed at uncontrolled waste sites; (b) corrective actions pertaining to clean-up operations at sites protected by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq); (c) emergency response procedures for emissions of, or considerable risks of HAZMAT emissions, regardless of the hazard’s area; (d) voluntary clean-up procedures at sites identified by national, state, or local authorities pertaining to hazardous materials that are performed at uncontrolled waste sites; and (e) operations concerning HAZMAT waste executed at storage area, processing, treatment, or disposal facilities as stipulated in 40 CFR Parts 264–265.
Site Investigations
Published in Benjamin Alter, Environmental Consulting Fundamentals, 2019
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates the protection of workers at hazardous waste sites under 29 CFR 1910.120. This section of the OSHA regulations is known as the Hazardous Waste Operations Emergency Response Standard, more commonly called by the acronym HAZWOPER (pronounced HAZ’-whopper.)
A template of information needs for decision-making about delaying remediation on contaminated lands to protect human health
Published in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 2020
Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld
One of the major issues for remediation at DOE, however, is worker safety. The main mechanism for hazard recognition and worker protection is the hazardous waste workers training detailed in the OSHA HAZWOPER standard (OSHA, 1990). Worker health and safety is also managed by a series of documents and orders (Department of Energy (DOE) 2015a; 2015b, 2018). Thus, the direct risk to workers from accidents and spills is normally a high priority when planning and implementing remediation. It is not only the other risks to the remediation workers that the template addresses but it applies to support staff, surveillance and maintenance staff, ecological workers, and others that are of concern.