Compliance Archives - October 2012

10/29/2012

ORM-D-AIR Classification to Be Phased Out

The U.S. Department of Transportation is phasing out the ORM-D classification. The last day to ship packages properly classified and marked as ORM-D-AIR is December 31, 2012. Starting January 1, 2013, no new ORM-D AIR packages may be offered for transportation. Instead, shippers have to use...

10/23/2012

Precious Metals Recycling

Hazardous wastes that contain economically significant amounts of precious metals are excluded from RCRA when reclaimed, regardless of their other properties. A few rules still apply. They can be found at 40 CFR 266, Subpart F.

The U.S. EPA considers the following materials to be “precious metals”...

10/16/2012

Basic Description Order Phase Out

When shipping fully regulated hazmat packages, all shippers must create shipping papers to provide hazard information to their carriers and emergency responders. The core element of a hazmat shipping paper is the “basic description” of each hazardous material in the consignment. [49 CFR 172.202(a)] The basic description is made up of the following four elements...

10/9/2012

Regulating Underground Storage Tanks

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “there are approximately 587,000 underground storage tanks (USTs) nationwide that store petroleum or hazardous substances.” (http://www.epa.gov/oust/) The Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) was established by EPA in 1985 in response to Congress’s statutory mandate under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to better regulate USTs. The intent was to...

10/2/2012

GHS: Hazards Not Otherwise Classified

Q. Is there any specific definition for “Hazards Not Otherwise Classified” under the new GHS rule? Also, what rules apply to them?

A. With the incorporation of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) regulations, companies are faced with revisiting...

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