This one-hour course provides an overview of the major environmental laws and regulations of our time and the specific standards that outline requirements to comply with them. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives are to: define the purpose of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); specify the purpose of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); specify the purpose of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund; specify the purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and identify the intent of various laws.
Target Audience
Managers and supervisors of industry
Lesson Objectives
Environmental Regulations Overview
- identify characteristics of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
- identify the purpose of TSCA titles.
- identify characteristics of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
- identify the authority granted the EPA by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
- identify characteristics of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund.
- identify the requirements NEPA places on federal agencies.
- identify characteristics of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
- identify characteristics of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA).
- identify the intent of various environmental regulatory laws (OSH Act, SDWA, OPA, P2, ESA, FIFRA).
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Key Concepts:
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Environmental, Safety and Health, and Transportation Curricula, Environmental, Safety and Health, and Transportation Curricula, Safety & Health, and Transportation, Environmental, Safety & Health, and Transportation
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Course Appears in these Categories:
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• Environmental, Safety and Health, and Transportation >> Environmental, Safety & Health, and Transportation >> Environmental
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