Certified Hazardous Materials Management Professional(CHMMP)

Develop a responsible approach to effective hazardous materials management. This course strengthens risk control, regulatory awareness, safe working practices, and protection of people, property, operations, and the environment.

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This course includes:

30.5 hours on-demand video
77 downloadable resources
Full lifetime access with updates
Accrevia Certificate of Completion

What you'll learn

  • Lead hazardous materials planning: identify and classify hazards; prioritize risks; integrate pollution prevention; align plans with regulations and reporting.
  • Manage hazardous materials transport: classify, package, label, document and secure shipments; apply multimodal regulations and emergency procedures safely.
  • Ensure compliant hazardous storage: design segregation, containment, ventilation, fire protection, monitoring, inspections, inventory and access controls.
  • Optimize facility operations: apply engineering and administrative controls; implement SOPs and PPE; monitor, test and drive continuous improvement; safely.
  • Oversee hazardous waste disposition: profile streams; select recycling or disposal; prequalify facilities; prevent releases; verify compliance; document.
  • Create audit-ready records: maintain inventories, training, incident and permit files; secure data; produce reports and analyze trends for compliance.
  • Develop training programs: assess needs; design role-based curricula; conduct drills and evaluations; document competency & regulatory readiness.
  • Lead incident response and recovery: assess releases; contain and mitigate impacts; execute decontamination; coordinate response; investigate and correct.
  • Plan and execute remediation: assess sites and contaminants; set remedial objectives; select technologies; implement remedies; monitor and verify cleanup.
  • Build management systems: align EMS and OHSMS with operations; monitor regulatory change; conduct audits; engage stakeholders; drive continual improvement.
  • Conduct environmental due diligence: perform ESAs and EIAs; assess impacts and liabilities; prepare stakeholder reports; inform permitting and risk decisions.
  • Advance health and safety: assess exposures; perform JHAs; implement medical surveillance; design emergency response; embed a proactive safety culture.

Requirements

Participants should have a foundational understanding of workplace safety, environmental management, or industrial operations, along with proficiency in English and a strong interest in hazardous materials management, regulatory compliance, and environmental protection.
 

Who this course is for

Executive & Compliance Leadership

For EHS directors, senior managers, compliance and permit specialists, environmental and sustainability leaders, and legal or risk advisors. This course sharpens strategic oversight capabilities—translating regulatory requirements into corporate policy, strengthening permit and audit readiness, managing liability and stakeholder communications, and embedding governance that aligns operational practice with sustainability and corporate risk objectives.

Health, Safety & Emergency Response

For industrial hygienists, occupational health professionals, safety officers, emergency response leaders, incident commanders, and first responders. The program develops advanced competence in exposure assessment, job hazard analysis, PPE and medical surveillance programs, decontamination and containment techniques, and multi-agency incident command—preparing leaders to protect people, property, and the environment during routine operations and crises.

Operations, Logistics & Waste Management

For plant and operations managers, hazardous-waste coordinators, transportation and logistics supervisors, and remediation or site-assessment engineers. Participants gain practical command of lifecycle controls—inventory governance, storage and segregation design, multimodal transport compliance, waste-stream evaluation, contractor prequalification, and remediation project delivery—to secure safe, efficient, and legally defensible operations.

Training, Audit & Professional Development

For training and HR leads, auditors, consultants, third-party advisors, and professionals preparing for certification. This course delivers tools to construct role-based curricula, document competency frameworks, achieve audit-ready systems, and craft persuasive compliance and stakeholder reports—accelerating individual career progression and strengthening organizational readiness and credibility.

Certified Hazardous Material Management Professional (CHMMP)

Course Description

Certified Hazardous Materials Management Professional (CHMMP) is an advanced professional development program for environmental, health, and safety (EHS) practitioners, operations and plant leaders, compliance officers, consultants, and technical specialists who oversee hazardous materials in their organizations. It is intended for experienced professionals and serious mid-career practitioners who want to move beyond basic compliance and manage hazardous materials in a structured, defensible, and professionally credible way.

In today’s regulatory and stakeholder environment, hazardous materials management is closely tied to legal exposure, operational continuity, financial performance, and organizational reputation. Regulators, customers, and communities expect organizations to demonstrate effective control over the storage, handling, transport, use, and disposal of hazardous substances. This course is designed to help professionals meet those expectations by focusing on the technical, regulatory, and risk-management capabilities required to protect people, property, and the environment while supporting operational objectives.

Completion of the program indicates that participants understand hazardous materials management as a lifecycle responsibility, from planning and classification through routine operations, transport and waste disposition, incident response, remediation, and long-term stewardship. Learners develop the ability to interpret and apply regulatory requirements to real situations, maintain coherent and audit-ready compliance programs, and present their recommendations clearly and responsibly to senior management, regulators, and other stakeholders.

The course places strong emphasis on practical application. Regulatory frameworks and technical principles are linked to typical organizational challenges such as inspection and audit readiness, permit and license conditions, contractor oversight, and coordination between EHS, operations, maintenance, and leadership. Participants are encouraged to analyze their own workplace context and identify realistic improvements in governance, procedures, documentation, and controls.

Environmental stewardship and sustainable decision-making form an important part of the program. The course highlights how sound hazardous materials management can reduce waste, prevent incidents, lower lifecycle costs, and support broader environmental and social commitments. Participants are guided on integrating environmental management systems (EMS) and occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) with daily operations, and on reinforcing a safety culture that combines technical controls, clear management systems, and competent personnel.

For individual professionals, the course offers a structured route to formalize existing experience, strengthen professional credibility, and prepare for roles with wider responsibilities in hazardous materials and EHS management. For organizations, it supports the development of internal capability, helps reduce regulatory and operational risk, and contributes to more consistent and transparent performance in hazardous materials management.

Whether the aim is to consolidate personal expertise, improve an existing hazardous materials program, or support complex projects involving compliance, risk, and remediation, the Certified Hazardous Materials Management Professional (CHMMP) course provides a clear framework and a coherent body of knowledge to support sound, well-documented decisions in practice.

Course Outline

M1L1 – Foundations of Hazardous Materials Management
Explore the meaning of hazardous materials and the main types encountered in hazardous materials management. The discussion distinguishes physical properties from chemical properties and explains why both are essential for recognising hazards and planning suitable controls. It also examines the importance of organised hazardous materials management and introduces the U.S. and international regulatory frameworks that guide responsible handling, compliance, and oversight.

M1L2 – Hazardous Material Identification Methods
Develop a structured approach to identifying hazardous materials through chemical identification systems, NFPA 704, and the Globally Harmonized System. The lecture explains the purpose and structure of Safety Data Sheets and uses sample SDS information to strengthen interpretation skills. It also examines laboratory reports, focusing on indicators of hazardous properties and methods for recognising hazardous constituents within mixtures.

M1L3 – Pollution Prevention and Recycling Strategies
Examine pollution prevention as a proactive alternative to relying only on waste management. Key strategies include material substitution, process modification, energy efficiency, and product redesign, together with the operational and environmental benefits of source reduction. The lecture also considers closed-loop recycling, recovery of solvents and metals, examples of successful recycling initiatives, and the process of conducting Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments.

M1L4 – Environmental Impacts of Hazardous Materials
Understand how hazardous materials can affect air, water, and soil through pollution, contaminant pathways, and environmental degradation. Regulatory expectations, community right-to-know principles, and the importance of transparency are considered alongside major historical incidents. The cases of Love Canal, Exxon Valdez, Bhopal, and Deepwater Horizon are used to examine the scale and variety of environmental impacts associated with hazardous materials.

M1L5 – Permitting and Compliance for Hazardous Materials
Review the permitting process for hazardous materials, beginning with the distinction between major and minor permits. The lecture follows the main application steps, documentation requirements, and methods for engaging effectively with regulators. It also addresses continuing compliance duties, including inspections, reporting, training for permitted activities, and the controlled management of permit modifications when operations or requirements change.

M1L6 – Risk Management and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Build an understanding of risk management planning by examining hazardous-substance threshold quantities, EPA Risk Management Program requirements, potential risks, and appropriate mitigating measures. The lecture explains the components and implementation of effective standard operating procedures, including an anhydrous ammonia transfer and handling example. It also covers regular risk assessments, monitoring compliance with SOPs, and updating procedures after incidents or regulatory changes.

M1L7 – Developing Hazardous Materials Program Plans
Learn how a Hazardous Materials Management Program Plan is developed, aligned, maintained, and reviewed. The lecture covers policy statements, objectives, inventory, SDS access, labelling, storage, SOPs, training, risk assessment, emergency response, compliance, waste management, records, audits, responsibilities, and performance metrics. Documentation schedules, stakeholder and regulatory input, and updates arising from audits or inspections are examined through electronics-assembly and municipal water-treatment examples.

M2L1 – Fundamentals of Hazardous Materials Transportation
Gain an overview of hazardous materials transportation across common transport modes and the risks and operational challenges involved. The lecture introduces the UN Recommendations, GHS, and the responsibilities of relevant transportation regulatory bodies. It also explains transport hazard classification through the Hazardous Materials Table, DOT hazard classes, subsidiary risks, and the assignment of packing groups for shipment planning.

M2L2 – Packaging and Labeling Requirements for HazMat
Examine how suitable packaging is selected for hazardous materials using primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging concepts, UN-certified requirements, chemical compatibility, and physical durability. Proper labelling and marking are addressed, including their purpose and a caprylyl chloride marking example. The lecture also compares packaging needs by transport mode and considers special requirements for radioactive, infectious, temperature-sensitive, and pressurised materials.

M2L3 – Shipping Documentation and Placarding
Understand the documentation and placarding requirements that support safe and compliant hazardous materials shipments. The lecture reviews required shipping documents and explains the purpose of placards, differences by transport mode, and requirements based on the material being carried. Emergency Response Information is also covered, including who must maintain it, the elements it must contain, and the role of the Emergency Response Guidebook.

M2L4 – Handling Mixed Loads and Shipment Inspections
Learn how compatibility interactions are identified and controlled when hazardous materials are transported in mixed loads. The lecture covers risk-assessment steps, compatibility tools and standards, segregation charts, compatibility matrices, and mitigation measures that prevent dangerous interactions. It also explains shipment inspections, quality control, chain-of-custody requirements, and the use of GPS, RFID, IoT, and geo-fencing for real-time tracking and monitoring.

M2L5 – Security and Emergency Preparedness in Transport
Explore the regulatory basis and essential components of hazardous materials transport security. Topics include secure handling through each transport phase, personnel responsibilities, security incident response, disciplinary policy, and the main elements of a security risk assessment. Emergency preparedness is then examined for road, rail, air, and maritime incidents, including immediate actions, Incident Command System roles, and activation of emergency response plans.

M2L6 – Transporting High-Risk and Sensitive Materials
Examine the specialised controls required for transporting high-risk and sensitive materials. The lecture focuses on Class 1 explosives in Divisions 1.1 to 1.3, Division 6.1 toxic substances including poison inhalation hazards, and Class 7 radioactive materials. It also addresses international and multimodal shipments, emphasising security requirements, emergency preparedness, and coordinated global incident response.

M2L7 – Reporting and Compliance in HazMat Transportation
Understand when transportation incidents must be reported and how a hazardous materials transport incident report should be structured. The lecture covers associated recordkeeping duties and the organisation of evidence for compliance review. It also compares internal transport inspections with external regulatory inspections across transport modes and explains how documentation should be prepared for inspections and audits.

M3L1 – Principles of Hazardous Materials Storage
Explore why proper hazardous materials storage is essential and the benefits achieved through effective control. The lecture reviews U.S., international, and cross-border requirements together with employer responsibilities. Core storage provisions include compatibility and segregation, secondary containment, ventilation, temperature control, fire protection, spill control, and emergency response. Storage systems are also classified by physical state, container type, hazard class, and storage environment.

M3L2 – Facility Design and Safety Features for HazMat Storage
Examine the design of hazardous materials storage facilities through location selection, structural considerations, and indoor-versus-outdoor planning. Safety features include fire suppression, ventilation, emergency equipment, monitoring, and alarm systems. The lecture also compares flammable cabinets, corrosive lockers, explosion-proof units, refrigerated cabinets, and aboveground or underground storage tanks, supported by case studies illustrating storage-facility best practices.

M3L3 – Inventory Management for Hazardous Materials
Develop an organised approach to hazardous materials inventory control, audits, reconciliation, and inventory accuracy. U.S. and global compliance expectations are considered alongside container-selection factors and available storage-container types. The lecture also addresses access-control strategies and technologies, then explains the step-by-step management and disposal of expired or unused materials through appropriate hazardous waste disposal methods.

M3L4 – Labeling, Signage, and Hazard Communication in Storage
Understand the communication controls required within hazardous materials storage areas. The lecture explains primary labelling standards, required label elements, GHS pictograms, and the maintenance or replacement of damaged and outdated labels. It also examines required area signage, visibility and placement, floor and directional markings, standard colour codes, and the core components of a hazard communication program for storage operations.

M3L5 – Compatibility and Segregation of Materials
Learn how material compatibility is evaluated and how chemical segregation prevents dangerous storage interactions. An industrial incompatibility incident is used to support the principles, techniques, infrastructure, and hazard-class recommendations applied to segregation. The lecture also considers specialised storage concerns for explosives, radioactive materials, compressed gases, and cryogens, linking each category to appropriate compatibility and separation practices.

M3L6 – Compliance and Inspection Standards for Hazardous Storage
Review the elements used to demonstrate compliance in hazardous materials storage, including material classification, container and packaging requirements, facility infrastructure, labelling, and signage. Inspections, audits, maintenance activities, and corrective actions are examined within the relevant regulatory framework, supported by an improper flammable-storage case. The lecture also covers required records, documentation practices, and record-retention periods.

M3L7 – Emergency Preparedness and Response in Storage Areas
Prepare for storage-related emergencies by identifying hazards and developing site-specific emergency response plans. The lecture covers drills, critical emergency equipment, zoning, route design, alarm systems, evacuation testing, and clearly assigned responsibilities. It also explains pre-incident coordination with first responders, information sharing, emergency access and infrastructure planning, joint exercises, and the use of feedback to improve preparedness.

M4L1 – Introduction to Facility Operations for Hazardous Materials
Examine how hazardous materials are used within facility operations, including common processes, typical materials by sector, operational risks, and lessons from previous incidents. Regulatory frameworks are introduced alongside the main elements of safe operations: planning for use and storage, applying the hierarchy of controls, developing employee competence, preventing incidents, and integrating emergency preparedness. A preparedness gap analysis illustrates how operational weaknesses can be identified.

M4L2 – Engineering Controls for Hazardous Materials Operations
Understand the role of engineering controls in reducing hazardous-material risks during handling, processing, storage, and disposal. The lecture introduces practical control approaches and then examines real-time monitoring and automation. Sensors, monitoring systems, alarms, notifications, and integration with process control systems are considered as connected methods for detecting unsafe conditions and supporting timely operational action.

M4L3 – Administrative Controls and Hazard Communication
Explore administrative controls that reduce exposure and support consistent hazardous materials operations. Topics include work scheduling, permits, authorisations, and standard operating procedures, together with the core elements of a compliant hazard communication program. The lecture also explains how facility policies are established and provides a structured process for reviewing and revising them when operational or compliance needs change.

M4L4 – Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Examine the selection and use of personal protective equipment for hazardous materials work, including eye, face, hand, body, foot, respiratory, head, hearing, fall, and radiation protection. The lecture also covers PPE inspection, maintenance, correct donning and doffing, and reference requirements for different protection levels. Limitations of PPE under varying operating conditions are considered so protection is not treated as an unrestricted control.

M4L5 – Risk Management and Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs)
Develop a practical understanding of operational risk assessment through hazard identification and the likelihood-severity matrix. The lecture explains the purpose and essential components of facility SOPs, using safe flammable-solvent transfer as an example, and describes how procedures are revised. It also covers pre-task reviews, control verification, visual risk communication, worker feedback, assigned responsibilities, and continuous improvement through the PDCA cycle.

M4L6 – Process Testing and Health, Safety, and Security Standards
Review the controls needed for reliable hazardous-material process testing, including quality assurance, quality control, sampling methods, testing equipment, radiological monitoring, sampling support tools, and laboratory analytical equipment. Health, safety, and security standards are then examined as an integrated compliance system. The lecture also links these activities with facility-wide HASP alignment, cross-functional coordination, and environmental programs.

M4L7 – Emergency Response Planning for Facility Operations
Learn how emergency response plans are developed for hazardous-material facility operations and what their core objectives and components should contain. Coordination is examined before, during, and after an emergency. The lecture also follows post-incident recovery through decontamination, cleanup, root cause analysis, restoration of operations, and the revision of procedures based on lessons identified during the response.

M4L8 – Facility Audits and Continuous Improvement
Examine the types, stages, and supporting tools used in facility safety and compliance audits. The lecture explains how lessons from audits, incidents, inspections, and operational experience can be incorporated into working practices. Continuous improvement is addressed through the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, the selection and tracking of key performance indicators, and recognition of proactive safety behaviour.

M5L1 – Fundamentals of Hazardous Waste Disposition
Understand hazardous waste disposition as the safe, lawful, and sustainable management of materials at the end of their useful life. The lecture examines environmental-impact reduction, liability mitigation, and U.S., international, cross-border, state, and local regulatory frameworks. It also distinguishes listed, characteristic, and industry-specific hazardous wastes, explains generator categories and compliance duties, and considers the implications of real-world cases.

M5L2 – Waste Profiling, Classification, and Stream Evaluation
Explore the process of profiling and classifying hazardous waste before a disposition decision is made. The lecture explains the main profiling steps and examines waste streams through their stages, core elements, and sources within industrial facilities. Case studies are used to demonstrate how waste-stream information can be evaluated and organised to support accurate classification and subsequent management.

M5L3 – Recycling, Reuse, and Disposal Options for Hazardous Waste
Compare the principal technologies used for hazardous waste disposition with available recycling and reuse options. The lecture explains the purpose of material recovery, methods applied to hazardous materials, and circular-economy applications for hazardous wastes. Selection decisions are then evaluated against regulatory requirements and the practical factors that determine whether a recycling, reuse, treatment, or disposal option is suitable.

M5L4 – Evaluating and Prequalifying Disposal Facilities
Learn how hazardous waste disposal facilities are evaluated and prequalified before use. The lecture identifies the main facility-selection criteria and the steps involved in confirming that a disposal provider is suitable. It also clarifies generator categories under RCRA and the core responsibilities retained by waste generators when hazardous waste is transferred to an external facility.

M5L5 – Spill, Release, and Emission Management in Waste Disposal
Examine the prevention and management of spills, releases, emissions, and discharges during hazardous waste disposal. The lecture covers engineering controls, containers, transfer practices, workforce competence, inspections, maintenance, housekeeping, emergency readiness, off-site transport, and monitoring systems. It also considers air-emission control, wastewater discharge management, and protection of soil and groundwater from disposal-related environmental releases.

M5L6 – Documentation and Regulatory Reporting Requirements
Understand how hazardous waste is tracked throughout the disposition process and how regulatory reporting obligations are fulfilled. The lecture distinguishes core waste-management reports from additional environmental reporting requirements and explains why compliance documentation is essential. It also identifies the records needed to demonstrate that hazardous waste has been managed, transferred, and reported through the required stages.

M5L7 – Final Disposition Verification and Post-Disposal Management
Examine how final hazardous waste disposition is verified and how sites are monitored after disposal. Topics include verification steps, monitoring objectives and requirements by disposal method, long-term activities, and regulatory frameworks. The lecture also addresses environmental liability, contaminated-site cleanup, categories of potentially responsible parties, and lessons from the Beatty landfill and Vortex Chemical illegal-disposal cases.

M6L1 – Fundamentals of Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements
Explore why accurate record keeping is essential to hazardous materials management, compliance, traceability, and organisational decision-making. The lecture introduces federal, state, and local frameworks governing records and provides an overview of reporting obligations. It also distinguishes major types of reports and compares reporting responsibilities across the different levels of regulation.

M6L2 – Record Keeping Requirements for Hazardous Materials
Review the records required for inventories, safety, operations, waste management, transportation, and emergency planning. The lecture compares paper-based and electronic record systems and examines the benefits and limitations of each. It also addresses data security, accessibility, digital safeguards, physical protection, and access levels so hazardous materials records remain available to authorised users while being properly controlled.

M6L3 – Spill and Incident Reporting Procedures
Learn when spills and incidents must be reported, what triggers reporting, and how notifications should be made within required timeframes. The lecture reviews the regulatory basis for reporting and the purpose and content of emergency response and follow-up reports. It also considers post-incident documentation and common challenges that can affect timely, accurate, and complete spill reporting.

M6L4 – Regulatory Program Reporting Requirements
Examine reporting duties under RCRA, EPCRA, CERCLA, OSHA, DOT, TSCA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and state or local environmental programs. The lecture introduces regulatory reporting platforms and data-entry tools used to support compliance. It also explains departmental responsibilities, coordination practices, and the benefits of cross-functional cooperation when preparing accurate reports.

M6L5 – Record Keeping for Inspections and Audits
Prepare for regulatory inspections and audits by identifying common requested records, readiness practices, expected inspection activities, and suitable post-inspection actions. The lecture explains how audit-ready documentation is maintained, including electronic recordkeeping considerations. It also provides a structured approach to understanding and correcting non-compliance through a comprehensive corrective action plan.

M6L6 – Best Practices for Effective Record Keeping
Develop a comprehensive record-keeping system by examining its core principles, architecture, record categories, and linkages. Training responsibilities are considered across EHS, laboratories, quality assurance, operations, maintenance, facilities, waste management, transportation, document control, IT, and emergency teams. The lecture also covers periodic record reviews, update practices, technology adoption, record-management tools, and regulatory reporting platforms.

M6L7 – Using Records for Risk Management and Decision-Making
Use hazardous materials records to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for operational improvement. Analytical methods include trend analysis, root cause analysis, SPC, risk matrices, Pareto analysis, FMEA, heat maps, CAP tracking, gap analysis, and scenario analysis. The lecture links these findings to training, storage, procurement, waste, emission, and discharge decisions, supported by a waste-profile inaccuracy enforcement case.

M7L1 – Foundations of Training in Hazardous Materials Management
Understand why hazardous materials training supports health, safety, environmental protection, compliance, preparedness, resilience, risk reduction, efficiency, and role-specific competence. The lecture reviews requirements associated with OSHA, EPA, RCRA, TSCA, DOT, EPCRA, DHS, CAA, FIFRA, MTSA, radiation authorities, and ANSI Z490.1. It also considers state rules, ISO standards, IATA and IMDG training, and corporate EHS programs.

M7L2 – Identifying Training Needs and Competencies
Learn how required competencies are determined for hazardous materials activities and how a training needs assessment identifies gaps between current and expected performance. The lecture organises competence into core categories and translates findings into job-specific training requirements. It also addresses measures for preventing dangerous interactions and the development of a job-specific HazMat training matrix.

M7L3 – Developing and Delivering Effective HazMat Training
Examine the complete process for creating and delivering effective hazardous materials training. The lecture covers content-development principles, preparation steps, delivery methods, adult-learning techniques, inclusive communication, and documentation during training. It also identifies good practices for conducting sessions and explains how training content and delivery can be tailored to the specific needs, responsibilities, and characteristics of the audience.

M7L4 – Assessing the Effectiveness of HazMat Training Programs
Explore methods for evaluating hazardous materials training through knowledge-based, performance-based, reflective, and engagement-focused approaches. The lecture explains how evaluation supports documentation and continuous improvement and applies Kirkpatrick’s four levels to training assessment. Regulatory expectations for evaluating HazMat training under DOT, OSHA, and EPA requirements are also reviewed.

M7L5 – Drills, Exercises, and Multi-Agency Coordination
Understand the purpose and types of drills and exercises used in hazardous materials management. The lecture examines the objectives of exercises and the planning elements needed for multi-agency drills, including coordination among participating organisations. A real-world example demonstrates how prior training and organised exercises can contribute to incident prevention and stronger emergency readiness.

M7L6 – Maintaining Training Records for Compliance
Learn why complete training records are important for compliance, competence verification, and evidence of completed instruction. The lecture reviews regulatory recordkeeping expectations, the information that should appear in a complete training record, and available systems for managing records. It also identifies common training-record pitfalls that can weaken accuracy, traceability, or inspection readiness.

M8L1 – Principles of Response and Recovery in HazMat Management
Explore the principles of hazardous materials response and recovery and their importance for life safety, environmental protection, compliance, business continuity, public trust, investigation, financial control, and multi-agency coordination. The lecture reviews HAZWOPER, the National Contingency Plan, CERCLA, EPCRA, DOT regulations, NIMS, ICS, and the National Response Framework. It also covers stabilisation, risk assessment, communication, resources, drills, documentation, and debriefing.

M8L2 – Assessing Spills, Releases, and Environmental Impacts
Develop a structured method for assessing spills and releases by identifying chemical and physical hazards and using appropriate information resources. Incident severity is evaluated through key factors, a step-by-step process, Severity of Hazard and Probability of Exposure scores, and a risk matrix. The lecture also examines effects on air, water, and soil through an integrated environmental assessment approach.

M8L3 – Regulatory Requirements for Incident Reporting
Understand how incident reporting obligations are determined through decision flows, reporting lifecycles, reportable-incident categories, regulatory frameworks, and relevant thresholds. The lecture then examines the required format and content of a report, including the incident summary, substance information, impacts, emergency measures, notifications, root cause, corrective action, follow-up, and monitoring.

M8L4 – Spill Containment, Mitigation, and Decontamination
Examine spill containment and control through active and passive systems selected for liquids, gases, vapours, and solids. The lecture explains source-control steps, mechanical, process-based, and technological methods, and the criteria used to choose among them. Decontamination, waste management, responder and public protection, impact reduction, and monitoring tools for air, water, soil, and combined assessments are also addressed.

M8L5 – Developing Recovery Plans and Incident Action Plans (IAPs)
Learn how recovery plans and Incident Action Plans are developed and used after hazardous materials incidents. The lecture explains the purpose, objectives, planning process, and components of a recovery plan, then examines the development and core content of an IAP. Long-term recovery is considered through its strategic goals and the principal elements needed to support sustained restoration and management.

M8L6 – Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis
Examine the purpose and phases of incident investigation and apply the 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams, fault tree analysis, change analysis, and FMEA. The Bhopal, Texas City Refinery, T2 Laboratories, CSI nitroaniline, and East Palestine cases support these methods. Findings are then connected with emergency planning, training, preventive systems, risk assessment, learning culture, and the internal or external documentation and sharing of lessons learned.

M9L1 – Foundations of Environmental Remediation
Understand environmental remediation, its purpose and objectives, and how it differs from mitigation and restoration. The lecture distinguishes organic and inorganic contaminants and examines their impacts across environmental media. It also identifies direct and conditional triggers for remediation, together with investigation-related and indirect drivers that may establish the need for corrective action.

M9L2 – Identifying Constituents of Concern (COCs) and Site Assessment
Learn how constituents of concern are designated using defined criteria and regulatory categories. The lecture reviews site reconnaissance, conceptual site models, media-specific sampling, field screening, laboratory analysis, geophysics, remote sensing, vapour intrusion assessment, passive samplers, sensors, ecological methods, forensic techniques, modelling, data integration, and quality protocols. It also covers site-characterisation phases and factors controlling contaminant extent and behaviour.

M9L3 – Setting Remediation Objectives and Cleanup Standards
Examine the purpose and types of cleanup standards and distinguish them from remediation goals. The lecture explains how risk assessment supports remediation planning, including its steps and the types of risk evaluated. It then covers the purpose, components, and development of remedial action objectives, together with practical considerations and strategies for balancing desired cleanup outcomes with technical and operational feasibility.

M9L4 – Selecting and Evaluating Remediation Technologies
Compare physical, chemical, biological, thermal, and emerging remediation technologies. The lecture identifies the factors that influence technology selection and explains how alternatives are evaluated for cost-effectiveness and sustainability. It also considers methods for integrating financial and environmental criteria so that a remediation technology can be selected through a balanced and transparent evaluation.

M9L5 – Implementing and Managing Remedial Actions
Follow the development of a Remedial Action Plan from its purpose through the main preparation steps and a real-world example. The lecture then examines remediation project execution, implementation phases, and supporting examples. Monitoring objectives, program components, monitoring types, and key activities are reviewed alongside stakeholder identification, the value of engagement, and suitable methods for involving stakeholders during implementation.

M9L6 – Evaluating Remediation Effectiveness and Final Verification
Evaluate remediation success through applicable regulatory requirements, carefully selected key performance indicators, and short- and long-term monitoring strategies, including an ammonia-in-wastewater example. The lecture covers cleanup verification, third-party validation, regulatory review, statistical confirmation, documentation, data quality, and chain-of-custody integrity. It also examines common continuing challenges and strategies for overcoming them.

M10L1 – Fundamentals of Management Systems in HazMat Operations
Explore the purposes and benefits of management systems for hazardous materials operations. The lecture compares environmental, occupational health and safety, quality, integrated, Responsible Care, process safety, chemical, hazardous waste, emergency response, transportation, compliance, permit-tracking, incident-investigation, and CAPA systems. It concludes by identifying the key elements that allow these systems to provide structured control, coordination, monitoring, and continual oversight.

M10L2 – Regulatory Requirements and Record Retention Standards
Examine the regulatory and standards framework for hazardous materials management systems, including EPA environmental requirements, OSHA, DOT, NFPA codes, and ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 9001. The lecture explains the purpose and principal requirements of record maintenance and retention, their application to HazMat activities, and the integration of record-keeping into routine operations.

M10L3 – Monitoring and Adapting to Regulatory Changes
Learn how organisations remain aware of regulatory change through monitoring tools, tracking software, consultants, case law, and enforcement trends. The lecture explains systematic review, policy and procedure updates, training, documentation, operational integration, and continued monitoring. It also introduces the rulemaking process, methods of participation, potential benefits, and practical ways to incorporate participation into management-system activities.

M10L4 – Stakeholder Communication and Public Outreach
Identify the stakeholder groups relevant to hazardous materials management systems and understand their roles within system operations. The lecture examines communication strategies, integration of communication into routine processes, and communication during emergencies or permit applications. It also reviews the purpose and main mechanisms of public outreach for maintaining structured dialogue with affected or interested parties.

M10L5 – Conducting Management System Audits
Understand the purpose and different types of management-system audits used for hazardous materials activities. The lecture follows the principal steps of the audit process, from preparation and evidence review through evaluation and reporting. It also examines the follow-up actions needed after an audit so findings, non-conformities, and improvement opportunities are addressed and tracked.

M10L6 – Cost-Benefit Analysis in Hazardous Materials Management
Examine the role of cost-benefit analysis in hazardous materials management systems and follow the main steps used to conduct an assessment. Financial tools, environmental tools, and integrated techniques are compared. Case studies evaluate centralised versus decentralised chemical storage, remediation technology versus waste-minimisation investment, and improvements in training and automated controls.

M10L7 – Continuous Improvement in HazMat Management Systems
Explore continuous-improvement methods including PDCA, Kaizen, benchmarking, root cause analysis, TQM, risk-based thinking, employee involvement, performance metrics, and CAPA. The lecture explains how lessons are collected, analysed, communicated, and incorporated into operations. It also reviews digital monitoring, automation, robotics, predictive analytics, compliance systems, training technologies, emergency communication, dashboards, KPIs, and emerging technologies.

M11L1 – Foundations of Environmental Studies in HazMat Management
Understand the purpose and dimensions of environmental studies in hazardous materials management. The lecture links legal foundations, hazard evaluation, pollution prevention, waste minimisation, remediation, emergency planning, ecosystem and community protection, environmental justice, liability, and risk management. It also reviews the regulatory context across international, U.S. federal, state, and local frameworks.

M11L2 – Performing Environmental Due Diligence (EDD)
Examine environmental due diligence, its purpose, scope, and core elements. The lecture identifies circumstances in which due diligence may be legally required or operationally necessary, including property and real-estate transactions, finance and insurance, development projects, regulatory enforcement, legal proceedings, special situations, and government or international activities.

M11L3 – Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I, II, III)
Compare Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Environmental Site Assessments. For each phase, the lecture explains its objectives and principal steps, showing how assessment progresses from preliminary review to investigation and further corrective planning. The Love Canal and Rocky Mountain Arsenal cases are used to support the distinctions and demonstrate the application of the different ESA phases.

M11L4 – Conducting Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
Explore the objectives and purpose of an Environmental Impact Assessment and the legal frameworks that govern it internationally and in the United States. The lecture follows the main stages of the EIA process and uses the Arkema chemical plant explosion in Crosby, Texas, as an example for examining environmental impact assessment in a hazardous-material context.

M11L5 – Communicating and Reporting Environmental Findings
Understand why environmental findings must be communicated through structured and accurate reporting. The lecture reviews the importance, types, and objectives of reporting requirements used in environmental studies. It also identifies the main components that should be organised within an environmental study report so findings can be presented clearly and consistently.

M12L1 – Fundamentals of Health and Safety in HazMat Management
Explore the purpose and regulatory basis of health and safety in hazardous materials management. The lecture reviews compliance, risk assessment, hazard communication, engineering and administrative controls, PPE, training, emergency response, waste management, health surveillance, records, incident investigation, safety culture, ethics, and environmental integration. It also examines proactive safety and continuous improvement through a Dow Chemical operational-excellence case.

M12L2 – Identifying and Characterizing Hazards
Develop a clear foundation for identifying and characterising hazards in hazardous materials management. The lecture distinguishes chemical hazards from physical hazards and focuses on recognising the defining features of each category. This organised distinction supports a consistent approach to describing and classifying the hazards identified during hazardous materials activities.

M12L3 – Exposure Assessment and Risk Evaluation
Examine the principal exposure routes and the exposure limits used in hazardous materials management. The lecture explains acute and chronic effects, key dose-response principles, and common dose-response metrics in toxicology. It then follows the objectives and steps of exposure-risk evaluation, linking exposure information with a structured assessment of potential health risks.

M12L4 – Conducting Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
Learn how Job Hazard Analysis is used to examine hazardous materials tasks before work begins. The lecture explains why JHA is important, identifies situations in which it should be applied, and follows the process step by step. A chemical drum transfer example demonstrates how the method can be organised around task steps, hazards, and required controls.

M12L5 – Core Programs for Hazardous Materials Management
Review the core organisational programs used to manage hazardous materials. The lecture distinguishes the Hazardous Materials Management Plan, Hazardous Waste Management Program, Hazard Communication Program, HazMat Transportation and Shipping Program, Emergency Action Plan, Emergency Response Plan, Training and Competency Program, and Incident Investigation and Reporting Program, clarifying the management purpose of each.

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