Released on: June 25, 2008, 10:45 am

Press Release Author: Environmental Resource Center

Industry: Environment

Press Release Summary: June 25, 2008 - When workers handle hazardous waste or ship
hazardous materials, training is not just a good idea, it's the law. According to
the EPA, 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. And whatever your responsibilities within your
organization are, our Environmental Health and Safety Laws and Regulations class
will help you determine which laws and regulations apply to your facility, which
procedures you need to implement for attaining and maintaining compliance, which
training and recordkeeping requirements you need, and which of your activities
require permits.

Press Release Body: June 25, 2008 - When workers handle hazardous waste or ship
hazardous materials, training is not just a good idea, it's the law. According to
the EPA, 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. And whatever your responsibilities within your
organization are, our Environmental Health and Safety Laws and Regulations class
will help you determine which laws and regulations apply to your facility, which
procedures you need to implement for attaining and maintaining compliance, which
training and recordkeeping requirements you need, and which of your activities
require permits.

Environmental Resource Center, the leading provider of environmental and safety
training, will present the mandatory training in Raleigh, NC at the Radisson Hotel,
Research Triangle Park on July 14 - 16, 2008.

Hazardous Waste Management: The Complete Course will be taught on July 14 and 15, 2008.
Hazardous Materials Certification Training for DOT 49 CFR Transportation Regulations
will be taught on July 16 at the same location.

Environmental Health and Safety Laws and Regulations will be taught at Environmental
Resource Center's office at 101 Center Pointe Drive in Cary on July 17, 2008.
Classes begin at 8am and end at 5pm each day.

Untrained workers are frequently the cause of environmental accidents and penalties.
For 2007 alone, NC DENR had fined North Carolina companies more than $825,000 for
the mismanagement of hazardous waste.1

Registration for the mandatory training is available by calling 919-469-1585 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.

Note to editor:

1 The list of NC DENR's hazardous waste penalties is available at
http://wastenot.enr.state.nc.us/HWHOME/penalties/penalt.htm

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

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