Released on: April 7, 2008, 11:07 am

Press Release Author: Environmental Resource Center

Industry: Environment

Press Release Summary: April 7, 2008- When workers handle hazardous waste or ship
hazardous materials, training is not just a good idea, it's the law. According to
the Ohio EPA1, workers who handle hazardous waste must be trained annually, and the
federal DOT requires that workers involved in the shipment of hazardous materials be
trained at least every three years.


Press Release Body: April 7, 2008- When workers handle hazardous waste or ship
hazardous materials, training is not just a good idea, it's the law. According to
the Ohio EPA1, workers who handle hazardous waste must be trained annually, and the
federal DOT requires that workers involved in the shipment of hazardous materials be
trained at least every three years.

Environmental Resource Center, the leading provider of environmental and safety
training, will present the mandatory training in Cincinnati, Radisson Cincinnati
Riverside on April 29 - May 1, 2008.

Hazardous Waste Management: The Complete Course will be taught on April 29 and 30.

Hazardous Materials Certification Training for DOT 49 CFR Transportation Regulations
will be taught on May 1 at the same location. Classes begin at 8am and end at 5pm
each day.

Untrained workers are frequently the cause of environmental accidents and penalties.
Last year, more than 20 companies had been cited by the Ohio EPA for the
mismanagement of hazardous waste.2

Registration for the training is available by calling 800-537-2372 or at
http://www.ercweb.com/classes.

Now in its 27th year, Environmental Resource Center trains not only thousands of
industry personnel every year, the company also trains personnel from most of the
state and federal agencies that enforce the regulations.

1 See Ohio Administrative Code 3745-52-34.
2 The list of Ohio EPA's hazardous waste penalties is available at
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dhwm/2007aco.html

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Web Site: http://www.ercweb.com/classes

Contact Details: Jeannette Karnofsky
Environmental Resource Center
101 Center Pointe Drive
Cary, NC 27513
919-469-1585; Fax: 919-342-0807
jeannettek@ercweb.com