Collision Repair Environmental Training
Hazardous Waste Environmental Compliance
Examination
1. Who has primary responsibility for ensuring that hazardous wastes are properly managed
from “cradle to grave?”
a. Transporter or disposal facility
b. Accounting department
c. Person/facility that generates the waste
d. Landlord
2. What can you use to make a hazardous waste determination?
a. Information obtained from a material data safety sheet (MSDS)
b. Knowledge of how the waste was generated or “process knowledge”
c. Waste analysis results from a KDHE-certified laboratory
d. Any of the above
3. Which wastes listed below maybe considered hazardous wastes at a collision repair shop?
a. Waste generated from cleaning paint guns
b. Excess or expired chromium paints that cannot be used
c. Solvent-contaminated rags
d. All of the above
4. Once all the hazardous waste is identified, the generator must then quantify the total
amount of hazardous waste generated in a calendar month. The amount of hazardous
waste generated is important why?
a. It can help determine air emissions
b. It dictates what category or class the generator falls into
c. It really is not important
d. None of the above
5. How often do most hazardous waste generators need to train their employees on
hazardous waste handling?
a. Once in a blue moon
b. Within six months from initial hire date and annually thereafter
c. Upon initial hire and at retirement to make sure all rules were followed
d. Depends on whether or not employee wants the training
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6. Do you need to count used oil and antifreeze towards your hazardous waste total?
a. No, not if it is recycled or used for energy recovery
b. Yes, even if the waste is sent for recycling, you still need to count it
c. Always
d. Never
7. How do you properly manage a hazardous waste?
a. Place in an open container and label “Primordial Ooze”
b. Collect in an approved, closed container and label “Hazardous Waste”
c. Package in a Styrofoam cooler for prompt UPS pick-up and delivery
d. Leave it outside, allowing it to be diluted by rain water
8. How long do hazardous waste documents like manifests, determination forms, and
training records need to be maintained?
a. Five years
b. Three years
c. One year
d. Ten years
9. What pollution prevention opportunities exist for a collision repair business?
a. Change the process to reduce gun cleaning
b. Change the material to a less-toxic solvent
c. Change the technology to use more efficient spray guns, reducing loss to overspray
d. Any or all of the above
10. What is often the primary benefit to your business in implementing even one pollution
prevention measure that reduces the amount of hazardous waste generated?
a. Exemption from all EPA and KDHE regulations
b. Cost savings
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
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