AERA Safety Standards & Environmental Compliance 3

Question 1

Which document must accompany a shipment of hazardous waste from an engine rebuilding facility to a licensed disposal site?

Accepted Answer

Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest

Answer

A Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (EPA Form 8700-22) must accompany all hazardous waste shipments from generator to disposal facility per RCRA requirements.

Question 2

When degreasing engine blocks with chlorinated solvents, the primary air quality concern regulated under the Clean Air Act is:

Accepted Answer

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and HAP emissions

Answer

Chlorinated solvents are Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) and VOCs regulated under the Clean Air Act's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP).

Question 3

A worker in an engine machine shop is exposed to silica dust from valve seat grinding. The applicable OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica is:

Accepted Answer

0.05 mg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA

Answer

OSHA's silica standard (29 CFR 1910.1053) sets the PEL for respirable crystalline silica at 50 micrograms per cubic meter (0.05 mg/m³) as an 8-hour TWA.

Question 4

Under the EPA's Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule, an engine rebuilding facility must develop a SPCC plan if its aboveground oil storage capacity exceeds:

Accepted Answer

1,320 gallons total

Answer

Facilities with aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity greater than 1,320 gallons (or underground storage over 42,000 gallons) must prepare a SPCC plan.

Question 5

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) must be readily accessible to employees during their work shift under which OSHA standard?

Accepted Answer

29 CFR 1910.1200 (Hazard Communication Standard)

Answer

OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom), 29 CFR 1910.1200, requires that SDS be immediately accessible to employees during their work shifts.

(AERA) Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association Certification Practice Test

(AERA) Automotive Engine Rebuilders Association Certification Practice Test

AERA Safety Standards & Environmental Compliance 3