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http://onlinepubs.trb.org.../conf/1994/cp5/cp5-020.pdf

Departments of transportation are today, more than ever before, affected by a staggering load of rules and regulations designed to control and manage hazardous waste. Federal and state environmental protection agencies, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and local environmental regulators all promulgate rules and regulations that can create a nightmare for transportation managers. In 1989, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued findings and orders to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) concerning mismanagement of hazardous waste in five separate locations. The lack of required training was the item most cited as causing ODOT's management problems with hazardous waste. The best way for departments of transportation to minimize hazardous waste management problems is to have a well-trained staff. With that in mind, ODOT developed hazardous waste training courses for all employees whose job requires hazardous waste management. If ODOT's training program had been in place during the mid-1980s, there is a good chance that the agency would not have been found in violation of environmental regulations. The $12 million to $15 million now being spent to remediate these sites could be spent on new county facilities or other capital improvement programs. Transportation officials must place priority on employee training in order to decrease environmental liability.

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p. 152-155

1995

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Maintenance Management

0309061067

Digital/other

Conferences; Environmental protection; Hazardous wastes; Liability; Maintenance management; Regulations; State departments of transportation; Training

Ohio

Education and Training; Environment; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jul 5 1995 12:00AM

• APPLICATION OF PREWETTED SNOW AND ICE CONTROL MATERIALS
• EVALUATION OF MATERIALS, PROCEDURES, AND EQUIPMENT FOR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE
• FIELD TESTING AND EVALUATION OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR MAINTENANCE DATA COLLECTION
• HERBICIDE FATE AND WORKER EXPOSURE
• HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• HOW TO KEEP YOUR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FROM GROWING OLD
• IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY REGULATIONS ON HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
• INTEGRATING MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT AND PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• INTEGRATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
• JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN WINTER MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY
• MAINTENANCE FOR NEWLY DESIGNED PAVEMENTS USING THE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT FROM THE CUSTOMER'S VIEWPOINT
• OBSERVATIONS ON OVERSEAS USE OF DEICING CHEMICALS
• PENNSYLVANIA'S BRIDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING, PRIORITY RANKING, AND COMPLETING BRIDGE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
• ROADSIDE LITTER AND CURRENT MAINTENANCE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: ARE WE MAKING ANY PROGRESS?
• STORM WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO MEET NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS
• STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE
• TAXONOMY OF INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• USE OF DEFLECTIONS TO MANAGE THE STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AT NETWORK LEVEL IN ENGLAND
• WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE SYSTEM