Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste ManagementThe most comprehensive and convenient guide to date on the management, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials and waste. For the professional faced with making sense of the reams of governmental regulations surrounding waste handling and disposal from the EPA, OSHA, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, untangling the legal jargon can be as challenging as managing these materials and wastes. Explaining how these complex regulations interrelate and when they apply, the first edition of Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste Management became an instant reference staple-offering practical, comprehensive guidance on current definitions of hazardous wastes and materials as well as their use, management, treatment, storage, and disposal. Extensively revised and expanded with many new topics, this new Second Edition now covers additional areas such as water quality management, pollution prevention, process safety management, and transportation of hazardous materials and waste. Retaining its predecessor's practical topical range, this edition is invaluable for the chemical and environmental engineer as well as the hazardous materials technician, with essential information on:
The first book to provide coherent treatment of both hazardous materials and waste management in one volume, the Second Edition of Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste Management secures this reference's well-earned position in the professional's library as a source of solid, timely technical information. |
Contents
Voluntary Management Standards and Initiatives | 24 |
Defining a Hazardous Material or Waste | 38 |
WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS | 63 |
Workplace and Personal Monitoring | 91 |
Personal Protective Equipment | 113 |
Workplace and Building Safety | 132 |
Workplace Management of Radiation Exposure | 159 |
Administrative Requirements for Proper Management | 172 |
Groundwater and Soils Assessment and Remediation | 292 |
Assessing and Managing Water Quality | 335 |
Air Quality Assessment and Control | 356 |
Facility Environmental Assessments | 376 |
Process Safety Management | 411 |
Emergency Planning and Response | 427 |
A List of Acronyms | 443 |
Selected Standards of the National Fire Protection Association | 458 |