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BEsT MANAGEMENT PRACTICEs HANDbooK - Tahoe BMP

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Improper storage of hazardous materials makes this site unsafe for workers and a threat tothe environment.Disadvantages• Some hazardous material handling, storage, and disposal practices mayrequire additional costs.• Ensuring the proper handling, storage, and disposal of hazardousmaterials requires ongoing training and education of staff.DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS• Establish an on-going training program that adequately informs and preparesemployees to handle hazardous materials. Include pollution preventionpractices, proper storage procedures and locations, spill containment actions,and cleanup practices.• Provide effective containment protocol with conveniently located clean-upmaterials for the immediate clean-up of spills.• At commercial and light industrial sites, post Material Safety Data Sheets(MSDS) and waste disposal charts in visible locations. Waste disposal chartsshould list prohibitions on hazardous material disposal (e.g. in dumpsters,storm drains, sanitary sewers), while also providing recommendations forproper disposal (e.g. recycle, dispose to sanitary sewer, long term storage,hazardous material landfill).• Maintain a hazardous material tracking checklist at commercial and lightindustrial sites, stating amounts of hazardous materials received, taken,returned, and disposed. This tracking system will show whether there arediscrepancies to be accounted for.Chapter 4: <strong>BMP</strong> ToolkitTRPA <strong>BMP</strong> Handbook4.2.4.2-Hazardous Material Management 2012Page 2

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