Resources for students of the
Online Hazmat School

The following web sites have been selected for their usefulness to practitioners of hazardous materials management. Please select your category of interest.

Federal Regulatory

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a good starting point for environmental issues of all kinds
• Hazmat Safety Homepage from the US Department of Transportation
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a division of the US department of labor, manages all sorts of issues dealing with workplace safety, including the handling of hazardous materials
• View the hazardous materials regulations at OSHA
• View the DOT hazmat regulations

State Regulatory and/or Informational

• List of State Plan States
• California Environmental Protection Agency is an organization devoted to maintaining the environment of California. It also hosts the California Department of Toxic Substances Control
• OEHHA, California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

Federal Informational

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health conducts research on various workplace-related dangers, such as hazardous waste
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards contains detailed information on hundreds of dangerous chemicals
• Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Center of Expertise from the US Army Corps of Engineers contains various technical resources
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry offers a series of summaries about hazardous substances with wonderful graphics - get the plug-in.
• Emergency Response Guidebook from the USDOT
• Chemical Safety Database at EPA contains a database of the hazardous properties of a given chemical
• The US EPA's Vulnerable Zone Indicator System (VZIS) allows you to quickly find out if an address of interest to you - your home, place of work, or child's school - could be affected by a chemical accident.

Other Informational

• The Trinational Occupational Safety and Health Working Group of Government Experts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada has agreed to launch a Web site focusing on occupational safety and health issues.
• The EcoIQ.com Toxic & Hazardous Materials website is for everyone interested in making smart choices about the toxic and hazardous materials in our homes, businesses, and communities -- choices that are both economically and ecologically intelligent.
• icivilengineer.com is a knowledge portal specially designed for civil engineering professionals and students.
• Site Security Guidelines for the U.S. Chemical Industry
• Transportation Security Guidelines for the U.S. Chemical Industry
• Classroom courses related to hazardous materials at the ABAG Training Center
• Responder Knowledge Base has been built specifically to serve the needs of Emergency Responders. It contains information on currently available products, along with a wealth of related information such as standards, training, and grants.
• National Fire Protection Association Uniform Fire Code
• Hazardous Materials Advisory Council is an international non-profit organization that promotes compliance and regulation in the transportation of hazardous materials
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• Hazardous Material Code Identification Chart from the University of Florida displays the Hazardous Material Codes in an easy-to-read manner
• Hazardous Materials Management Magazine contains back issues of the magazine along with other resources.
• Search for MSDSs online
• List of MSDS and hazardous chemical archives
• Material Safety Data Sheets for infectious substances from the Office of Biosafety at Health Canada
• View a list of MSDS databases online
• Safety Compliance Management, instructors of our online hazardous materials courses.
• Sterilizerinfo.com has everything you needed to know about sterilizing anything.

Related Professional Organizations

The ABAG Training Center and the Association of Bay Area Governments support professional development and active involvement in professional associations. This not only develops our knowledge and skills, but also helps ensure that our communities are receiving the highest quality professional services. We encourage you to visit and participate in the following associations:

• American Industrial Hygiene Association is an organization of more than 13,000 professional members dedicated to the control of environmental factors arising in the workplace that may result in injury, illness, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community.
• California CUPA Forum provides a single statewide organization that will consolidate Unified Program implementation efforts and represent all CUPAs with a single voice.
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  The California Hazardous Materials Investigators Association (CHMIA) was established for the purposes of: encouraging the cooperation and coordination of environmental crime investigations conducted by enforcement and administrative agencies; facilitating and promoting educational programs in all aspects of environmental crime investigations.

• Environmental Assessment Association is an international organization dedicated to providing its members with information and education in the Real Estate Industry in respect to Environmental Inspections, Testing, and Hazardous Material Removal.