Released on: July 14, 2008, 6:30 am

Press Release Author: Environmental Resource Center

Industry: Environment

Press Release Summary: 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: 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 Cleveland on August 5 - 7, 2008.

Hazardous Waste Management: The Complete Course will be taught on August 5 and 6.

Hazardous Materials Certification Training for DOT 49 CFR Transportation Regulations
will be taught on August 7, 2008 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 27526
919-469-1585; Fax: 919-342-0807
jeannettek@ercweb.com