Spill Response and Environmental Protection
Awareness and first-responder training for any workplace that stores or handles fuel, oil or chemicals, not HAZWOPER responder training: why spills matter, source, pathway and receptor, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, EPCRA, RCRA, the SPCC rule, OSHA standards, state laws and local sewer ordinances, storage, secondary containment, overfill protection and inspection, spill response plans and response levels, spill kits, absorbents and drain protection, the first minutes of a response, leak rates and %LEL readings, soil and groundwater, spills to drains, creeks and wetlands with booms and underflow dams, cleanup, decontamination and RCRA generator rules, reporting to the National Response Center and state agencies and documentation, and a capstone spill prevention and response plan for a fleet maintenance yard.
HSE-251 12 lessons · 5 h 32 min
Offered by HSM University · Safety Training
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why spills matter to people, the environment and the business, and the difference between awareness-level response and advanced responder training.
- Identify the main sources of workplace spills and map their pathways and receptors, including where site drains discharge.
- Describe how the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, EPCRA, RCRA, the SPCC rule, OSHA standards, state laws and local ordinances apply to spills.
- Specify and check primary and secondary containment, overfill protection and inspection programs for fuels, oils and chemicals.
- Outline the contents of a site spill response plan, define response levels and roles, and recognize when an SPCC plan or other formal plan is required.
- Choose, place, inspect and restock spill kits and drain protection, and select protective equipment from the safety data sheet.
- Carry out the first actions at a spill in the correct order, recognize when to withdraw, and estimate leak rates and flammable vapor hazards.
- Explain how spilled liquids move through soil and groundwater and take appropriate first actions on unpaved ground.
- Explain how spills behave in drains, ditches and water, and use booms and underflow dams safely to contain floating oil.
- Clean up and decontaminate after a spill and manage spill waste under RCRA generator rules and state requirements.
- Decide which spills must be reported, to whom and how fast under federal and state law, and document a spill completely.
- Prepare a spill prevention and response plan for a fleet maintenance yard and test it against a realistic scenario.
Course content
12 lessons · 5 h 32 min total · final exam
- 1 Why spills matter 30 min · quiz
- 2 Spill risks at work 29 min · quiz
- 3 Spill law and responsibilities in the United States 27 min · quiz
- 4 Spill prevention: storage, secondary containment and inspection 27 min · quiz
- 5 Spill response planning 27 min · quiz
- 6 Spill kits and response equipment 28 min · quiz
- 7 Responding to a spill: the first minutes 29 min · quiz
- 8 Land spills, soil and groundwater 27 min · quiz
- 9 Spills to water: drains, sewers, creeks and wetlands 27 min · quiz
- 10 Cleanup, decontamination and waste management 28 min · quiz
- 11 Reporting and documentation 26 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a spill prevention and response plan for a fleet maintenance yard 27 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Awareness and first-responder training for any workplace that stores or handles fuel, oil or chemicals, not HAZWOPER responder training: why spills matter, source, pathway and receptor, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, EPCRA, RCRA, the SPCC rule, OSHA standards, state laws and local sewer ordinances, storage, secondary containment, overfill protection and inspection, spill response plans and response levels, spill kits, absorbents and drain protection, the first minutes of a response, leak rates and %LEL readings, soil and groundwater, spills to drains, creeks and wetlands with booms and underflow dams, cleanup, decontamination and RCRA generator rules, reporting to the National Response Center and state agencies and documentation, and a capstone spill prevention and response plan for a fleet maintenance yard.