Purpose of OSHA Regulations (CFR 1910.120)
Because hazardous waste poses such high personal health and environmental safety risks, in 1989 OSHA issued the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard, Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), commonly known as CFR Part 1910.120. The purpose of this standard is to protect workers who are exposed to hazardous waste and to set forth regulations on how to safely handle and dispose of it.
OSHA has approved some states to operate their own OSHA-approved safety and health programs. States that do not operate their own OSHA-approved safety and health programs are regulated by federal EPA and OSHA regulations for the handling of hazardous waste.
The states that have their own OSHA-approved safety and health programs are as follows:
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
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