Safety Standards & Environmental Compliance Flashcards

Which regulation requires employers to provide employees with access to their personal exposure monitoring records and medical records within a specified timeframe?

Answer: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1020

29 CFR 1910.1020 (Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records) requires employers to provide employees access to their exposure and medical records within 15 working days of a request.

Under EPA's National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), what term describes a facility subject to the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard?

Answer: Major source

Major sources—facilities emitting 10 tons/year of a single HAP or 25 tons/year of combined HAPs—are subject to MACT standards under NESHAP (Clean Air Act Section 112).

A facility plans to install new equipment that will increase its SO₂ emissions. Under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR), a major modification in a non-attainment area triggers which permitting pathway?

Answer: Non-Attainment NSR (NNSR)

In non-attainment areas, major modifications exceeding Significant Emission Rate thresholds trigger Non-Attainment NSR (NNSR), requiring lowest achievable emission rate (LAER) technology and emission offsets.

OSHA's Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134) requires a written respiratory protection program when employees are required to wear respirators. Who must administer this program?

Answer: A suitably trained program administrator designated by the employer

The employer must designate a suitably trained program administrator (not necessarily a Certified Industrial Hygienist) responsible for administering all elements of the respiratory protection program.

Under RCRA, a generator accumulates hazardous waste on-site without a storage permit. Which generator category allows the longest on-site accumulation time?

Answer: Very Small Quantity Generator (VSQG) — no time limit

VSQGs (formerly CEGs) are not subject to accumulation time limits under RCRA, though they must still send waste to approved facilities; LQGs have 90 days and SQGs have 270 days.

Which document in an OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) program must be updated within two years of a covered process change and certify that it accurately reflects the technology, equipment, and procedures of the process?

Answer: Process Safety Information (PSI)

PSM requires that Process Safety Information be updated and certified to accurately reflect current process conditions, including process technology, equipment, and safety systems.

An employer discovers a workplace fatality. Under OSHA reporting requirements, within what timeframe must the employer report the fatality to OSHA?

Answer: 8 hours

OSHA requires employers to report work-related fatalities within 8 hours of learning of the death, by calling the nearest OSHA office or the 24-hour hotline.