Online 40 Cfr Part 60 eLearning

Reconstruction Standards for Historic Buildings Overview This (two-hour) course will be specifically based on the portion of those standards and guidelines, which concern "Reconstruction" of historic buildings. Reconstruction is defined as the act or process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form, features, and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating  more...

Preservation Standards for Historic Buildings Overview The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for establishing professional standards and providing advice on the preservation and protection of all cultural resources listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, apply to all proposed development grant-in-aid  more...

Rehabilitation Standards for Historic Buildings Overview The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for establishing professional standards and providing advice on the preservation and protection of all cultural resources listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, apply to all proposed development grant-in-aid  more...

Restoration Standards for Historic Buildings Overview Rather than maintaining and preserving a building as it has evolved over time, the expressed goal of the Standards for Restoration and Guidelines for Restoring Historic Buildings is to make the building appear as it did at a particular-and most significant-time in its history. As opposed to other treatments, the scope of work in Restoration can include removal of features from other  more...

ADA Standards for Accessible Design Overview The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a public law enacted July 26, 1990 to establish a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment, government services, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunication. Many business  more...

Hazardous Waste Generators Overview Simply defined, hazardous wastes are liquid, solid, contained gas, or sludge wastes that contain properties that are dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. The proper management and disposal of hazardous waste minimizes the impacts of these wastes on human health and the environment. 40 CFR Part 262 prescribes how generators (persons producing the waste)  more...

Hazardous Waste Identification Simply defined, hazardous wastes are liquid, solid, contained gas, or sludge wastes that contain properties that are dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Of course, industries and institutions must use more detailed criteria for determining if a waste is ?hazardous? in accordance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Indeed, correctly identifying a  more...

Process Safety Management Overview Unexpected releases of highly hazardous chemicals have been reported for many years. Recent major disasters include the 1984 Bhopal, India incident (3800 deaths), a 1921 German ammonium nitrate explosion (over 400 deaths, thousands injured), a 1986 Pasadena, TX incident resulting in 23 deaths, and a 2008 incident near Savannah, GA resulted in 13 deaths. OSHA?s Process Safety Management  more...

Plumbing ADA Accessibility Guidelines Overview In today's complex building structures there is a need to take into account the American Disabilities Act that sets guidelines for plumbing fixtures and installations of those fixtures. The U.S. Department of Justice enforces guidelines that require nondiscrimination on the basis of disability by public accommodations and in commercial facilities. This course provides an overview  more...