This is a 2-day advanced safety course for personnel who develop, manage, or supervise health and safety programs for employees working at hazardous waste sites or treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. The course focuses on U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and guidelines for establishing a program to protect the health and safety of hazardous waste workers. It compliments other EPA basic safety courses and provides participants with information about the specific requirements and recommendations for developing and implementing a worker health and safety program.

Participants in the course are expected to be knowledgeable in basic personnel protection, safety, and response operations. At a minimum, participants must have attended a basic 40-hour health and safety course, such as the "Health and Safety - 40 Hour" course, formerly known as "Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations" course, or similar courses.

Instructional methods include lectures, group problem-solving exercises, and classroom discussions. Topics that are discussed include the required elements of a health and safety plan, such as medical surveillance, safety and health training, various federal regulations and compliance/consensus standards, hazard and risk analysis, standard operating safety procedures, personal protective equipment, and air monitoring/sampling.

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify sections of 29 CFR 1910.120 that relate to operations at hazardous waste sites.
• Identify regulations/consensus standards and guidelines developed by OSHA, EPA, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) that pertain to personnel engaged in field operations.
• Develop a site safety plan that includes medical monitoring, training requirements, air surveillance strategies, personal protective equipment, and emergency evacuation plans.
• Conduct an audit of a health and safety plan (HASP) using the EPA health and safety audit guidelines.

Note: This course meets and exceeds OSHA requirement [29 CFR 1910.120(e)(4)] of a minimum of 8 hours of additional specialized training for supervisors of hazardous waste workers.

CEU 1.0
ABIH 1.5

Tuition - Personnel from EPA, Other Federal Agencies, Tribes, and State and Local Government DO NOT PAY TUITION for ERTP Courses.  Tuition for University Staff, Community HAZMAT Teams, and Students is Also Waived.  Personnel not directly employed by a government agency (e.g.. private industry, contractor, or unemployed) pay tuition of $400 and will be sent further information about how to pay tuition after they have registered.

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EPA REGION 5 - exact location not yet determined, Postponed - Event Details   May 19, 2009 - May 20, 2009   Oklahoma City, OK Postponed - Event Details   April 21, 2009 - April 22, 2009   EPA REGION 5 - exact location not yet determined, Cancelled - Event Details   August 30, 2005 - August 31, 2005   Little Rock, AR Cancelled - Event Details   July 12, 2005 - July 13, 2005   Seattle, WA Cancelled - Event Details   June 14, 2005 - June 15, 2005   Ft. Dix, NJ Event Details   May 17, 2005 - May 18, 2005   Cincinnati, OH Cancelled - Event Details   April 26, 2005 - April 27, 2005   Novato, CA Event Details   April 19, 2005 - April 20, 2005   EPA REGION 1 - exact location not yet determined, Cancelled - Event Details   March 15, 2005 - March 16, 2005   Denver, CO Cancelled - Event Details   February 23, 2005 - February 24, 2005   Harrisburg, PA Event Details   January 19, 2005 - January 20, 2005   EPA REGION 2 - exact location not yet determined, Cancelled - Event Details   November 30, 2004 - December 1, 2004   EPA REGION 7 - exact location not yet determined, Cancelled - Event Details   October 13, 2004 - October 14, 2004   Springfield, IL Event Details   August 31, 2004 - September 1, 2004   Tahlequah, OK Cancelled - Event Details   July 13, 2004 - July 14, 2004   Anchorage, AK Cancelled - Event Details   June 15, 2004 - June 16, 2004   Cincinnati, OH Cancelled - Event Details   May 18, 2004 - May 19, 2004