Environmental Impact Considerations Flashcards
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What does a Material Safety Data Sheet (now called a Safety Data Sheet) Section 12 specifically address?
Answer: Ecological information including aquatic toxicity and persistence
GHS SDS Section 12 provides ecological information such as aquatic toxicity, persistence, degradability, bioaccumulative potential, and soil mobility.
Which LEED credit category most directly rewards installers who reduce construction waste sent to landfills?
Answer: Materials and Resources — Construction and Demolition Waste Management
LEED's Materials and Resources category includes credits for diverting construction and demolition debris from landfills through reuse, recycling, or composting.
An installer uses a propane-powered torch in an enclosed mechanical room. Beyond fire risk, what is the primary environmental health concern for workers?
Answer: Oxygen depletion and carbon monoxide buildup
Combustion of propane in enclosed spaces consumes oxygen and produces carbon monoxide, creating an immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH) atmosphere.
Which best describes a 'take-back program' relevant to CPI installation work?
Answer: A manufacturer or retailer program that accepts used products (batteries, electronics, refrigerants) for proper recycling
Take-back programs allow installers and end-users to return end-of-life products to manufacturers or retailers for environmentally compliant recycling or disposal.
When installing a grease interceptor (grease trap) for a commercial kitchen, which environmental protection does it primarily provide?
Answer: Prevents fats, oils, and grease from entering sewer systems and causing blockages or treatment plant upsets
Grease interceptors capture FOG before it enters municipal sewer systems, preventing pipe blockages, sewer overflows, and disruption of biological treatment processes.
Which practice best reduces soil compaction and erosion during a large outdoor installation project?
Answer: Designating specific access routes for equipment and installing silt fencing at site perimeters
Limiting equipment traffic to designated lanes prevents compaction of undisturbed soil, while silt fencing and other best management practices (BMPs) contain sediment runoff.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), when must a federal agency prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)?
Answer: For major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment
NEPA requires an EIS for major federal actions determined to have significant environmental impacts; the process involves public comment and analysis of alternatives.