ASP - Associate Safety Professional Environmental Management Questions and Answers

Question 1

A facility maintains an aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity of 1,500 gallons in various 55-gallon drums and one 400-gallon tank.
The facility is located where a potential spill could reasonably be expected to discharge into a nearby creek.
Under EPA regulations, what is this facility required to develop and implement?

Accepted Answer

A Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan

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A Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) contingency plan

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A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)

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A Process Safety Management (PSM) program

Question 2

A safety professional is reviewing a waste stream from a manufacturing process. The waste is an aqueous solution with a pH of 1.5. According to the EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), this waste would be classified as hazardous due to which characteristic?

Accepted Answer

Corrosivity

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Reactivity

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Toxicity

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Ignitability

Question 3

The ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) is based on a continuous improvement model. During which phase of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle would an organization conduct internal audits and monitor key environmental performance indicators?

Accepted Answer

Check

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Plan

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Do

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Act

Question 4

A construction company is preparing a site that will disturb more than one acre of land. To comply with the Clean Water Act's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements, what must the company develop and implement?

Accepted Answer

A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)

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A Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) plan

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A Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan

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An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

Question 5

Under the Clean Air Act, which of the following would classify a facility as a "major source" of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)?

Accepted Answer

Potential to emit 12 tons per year of a single HAP or 28 tons per year of a combination of HAPs.

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Potential to emit 5 tons per year of a single HAP and 15 tons per year of a combination of HAPs.

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Potential to emit 100 tons per year of any criteria air pollutant.

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Potential to emit 50 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an attainment area.

Question 6

According to the EPA's Pollution Prevention (P2) Hierarchy, which of the following actions represents the MOST preferred method for managing waste?

Accepted Answer

Reformulating a product to use a non-toxic raw material.

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Installing a scrubber to treat air emissions before release.

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Recycling used solvent for reuse in the same process.

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Incinerating hazardous waste to generate energy.