Scheduled Waste Awareness Training

“Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to IMPRISONMENT for a period of not exceeding 5 years AND a fine not exceedingRM500,000” Which Provisions of EQA 1974 this statement falls to:

• Section 49A 1(b) : Competent Person

• Section 34B : Prohibition Against Placing, Deposit, Etc. Of Scheduled Wastes

• Section 46B : Power to forfeit and dispose of

• Section 18 : Prescribed premises to be licensed

Under Section 49A : COMPETENT PERSON, how much fine imposed to a an organization/premises if not complying to the regulations?

• RM 500,000

• RM 5,000

• RM 10,000

• RM 2,000

For Section 43 : Offences by bodies of persons and by servants and agents, there is  a statement “ …………………………… shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence under the Environmental Quality Act, 1974” Which of the following this statement refer to be  chargeable for the offence :

• CePSWaM

• QHSE Manager

• General Manager

• Warehouse Supervisor

Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005 consists of 17 Regulations such as

·       Regulation 3 : Notification of the generation of scheduled wastes

·       Regulation 4 : Disposal of scheduled wastes

·       Regulation 9 : Storage of scheduled wastes

·       Regulation 10 : Labelling of scheduled wastes

For any regulations above, fails to comply, the organization shall be liable to be compounded not exceeding to what amount?

• RM 1,000

• RM 2,000

• RM 3,000

• RM 4,000

In “Love Canal Incident which happened in New York, USA , what is the hazardous material involved in the catastrophic incident in 1940’s – 1950’s?

• Aluminium Oxides

• Dioxin

• Methyl Mercury

• Hydrochloric Acid

In March 1995, 41 drums of hazardous material from a Penang chemical firm was found dumped at Pangkor Island. What is the hazardous material found at the site?

• Methyl Mercury

• Copper Oxide

• Potassium Cyanide

• Aluminium Oxide

Do a WASTE GENERATOR require a license to operate?

• Yes

• No

Who is WASTE CONTRACTOR?

• A premise who generates scheduled waste

• A transporter who transports the scheduled waste

• A driver who drives the vehicle to collect scheduled waste

• A premise who treats the scheduled waste

What is Scheduled Waste?

• A hazardous waste

• A Toxic Waste

• A hazardous and Toxic waste

• Any hazardous and not hazardous chemical

“If the waste has an aqueous component and has a pH § less than or equal to 2, or § greater than or equal to 11.5 as determined by an approved/calibrated pH meter”. What characteristic of scheduled waste this refer to?

• Toxicity

• Infectious

• Corrosivity

• Ignitability