Hazardous Waste Training Uga

Welcome to the board of regents of the university system of georgia usg office of administration and compliance policy s on line hazardous waste awareness training.

Hazardous waste training uga.

The required training applies to faculty staff and students who are responsible for the generation or accumulation of hazardous waste. Hazardous waste management guide for georgia hospitals revised sep 2003 hazardous waste electronic manifest e manifest system. Facilities that manage hazardous waste must comply with the resource conservation and recovery act rcra regulations. Under rcra employers are required to train personnel on proper hazardous waste management and comply with stringent requirements for generating storing treating and disposing of hazardous waste.

When and how often epa requires hazardous waste training depends on monthly. The professional education portal pep is a cutting edge tool to support your professional development and research related educational needs at the university of georgia. Government and businesses that generate or store hazardous waste are regulated by the hazardous waste management programs of the land protection branch. Register for courses and find online resources from the office of research the environmental safety division and human resources.

They are not intended to serve as comprehensive sources of regulatory information. It is also required that personnel are trained on job specific protocol for chemicals equipment and personal protective equipment ppe. University of georgia athens ga 30602 706 542 3000. These programs also investigate spills and releases involving hazardous waste and determine the impact to soil and water.

Fundamentals of hazardous waste awareness is offered free of charge to georgia hazardous waste handlers so that they can comply with epa regulations for cradle to grave management of hazardous waste. Higher education act and uga secure. Hazardous waste awareness training. Georgia environmental protection act gepa hazardous waste general questions.

The hazardous waste programs administer the hazardous waste trust fund also called the state superfund which is used to. Hazardous waste management training online hazardous waste regulatory guidance. Most of these modules were last updated in 2005 but are still very useful resources for people wishing to gain an understanding of the rcra program. Uga hazardous waste training now a part of the professional education.

Hazardous waste tracking chematix health and safety concerns of faculty and staff. The new e manifest system will be going live on june 30 2018. Hazardous waste manifest training video.