Hazardous Materials: Hazardous Materials: Underground Storage Tanks
Regulations for underground storage tanks concern not the contents, but the structure of the tanks. Potential contamination of groundwater and risk to public health are at issue in the event of leakage of hazardous materials. Part of the issue with ...
Hazardous Materials: Hazardous Materials: Transportation
The first federal law to regulate the transportation of hazardous materials was passed in 1866. Special training for drivers, placarding, and vehicle inspections are all aimed at the same goal today as over 150 years ago: to assure the safe transpor...
Hazardous Materials: Hazardous Materials: Pesticides
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires that pesticides used in the United States be registered with the EPA before they can be distributed, sold, or used. Once registered, there are specific legal requirements to be...