Chemical Hazard Communication Guidebook: Osha, Epa, and Dot Requirements

This book provides all the information necessary to understand and comply with hazard communication requirements in the workplace. The reader will learn reporting requirements imposed by federal emergency planning and community right-to-know, as well as how to deal with changing restrictions on the transportation of hazardous materials. The book reviews these requirements, provides approaches to compliance planning, suggests model company programmes, includes relevant extracts of the source requirements, and provides tables of regulated chemicals. This guidebook offers details on OSHA, EPA, and DOT regulations; a glossary of hazard-related terms; and a list of chemicals subject to emergency planning, emergency release reporting and toxic chemical release reporting in alphabetical and CAS order. It is a practical resource for the regulatory professional or the beginner seeking a better understanding of these regulations.