IHMM Today April 25, 2023

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Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner® [CHMP®]

IHMM’s Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner (CHMP®) credential recognizes the highest standard of proficiency for front-line hazardous materials workers. Acquiring the CHMP credential will provide added assurance to both you and your employer of the secure and proper handling and management of hazardous materials in the workplace.

A CHMP® credential signals a level of competence and skill that is in high demand among employers today.

See more here >> https://ihmm.org/chmp/

IHMM Credential Recognition

Below you will see the credential badges that are now in each CHMM, CHMP, CDGT, CDGP, Student CHMM, CSHM, CSMP, and ASHM certificant’s MYIHMM account. Every IHMM certificant may use these badges, linked as those below are to their IHMM credential page, for their email signatures, business cards, and other social media applications. You’re justifiably proud of the accomplishment of having earned your credential and you can show the rest of the world. Simply right-click on the badge of choice, then save as to your computer, and then load it to wherever you want to use it, and please link that back to https://ihmm.org/.

IHMM Certificant Recognition

Throughout our certificant’s MYIHMM accounts are placed 10 Year, 20 Year, and 30 Year badges signifying their longevity as an IHMM certified professional.

With a link from your credential badge to the IHMM website [see above] you can not only stand out as an IHMM-certified professional, you can also promote IHMM credentials to others. Right-click on the badge of choice, save as to your computer, then load it to whatever medium you choose.

IHMM has Distinguished Diplomates and Fellows of the Institute badges to the appropriate people in the MYIHMM database. These two badges are accompanied by lapel pins sent to each of those distinguished by holding these designations.

IHMM is in all 50 of the United States and in 85 countries around the World.

IHMM In-Person or Remotely Proctored Exams

The American National Standards Institute [ANSI] has approved Kryterion Remotely Proctored Exams for IHMM’s CHMM, CHMP, and CDGP exams. IHMM has been using the Kryterion Remotely Proctored Exams for the CSHM and CSMP exams since April 2020.

76% of Kryterion in-person testing centers have reopened. If you prefer the comfort and convenience of taking your exam from your home or office instead of at a Kryterion center, IHMM is ready to enroll you in a remotely proctored examination.

Please contact either Kortney Tunstall at [email protected] for the CHMM, Student CHMM, CHMP, or CDGP exams or Kaylene Cagle at [email protected] for the Student ASHM, CSHM, or CSMP exams.

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IHMM GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Ohio EPA – Hazardous Waste Program Proposed Rules

May 3, 2023  – 10.30 am – 11.00 am

Organic Air Emissions and Definition of Solid Waste Rules: On March 27, 2023, the director of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, under the authority of Section 119.03 of the Ohio Revised Code and in accordance with Chapter 119, proposed to original file 173 rules as a part of the Organic Air Emissions and Definition of Solid Waste (OrgAirDSW) rules package. A public hearing on this proposed rulemaking will be held in-person on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 50 W. Town Street, Suite 700, Conference Room A (Autumn), at 10:30am.

The hearing will also be held virtually at the same date and time. Advance registration for this hearing may be completed here:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5706686780059016797

Any persons intending to give public testimony at said hearing should notify the Ohio EPA Public Interest Center [P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049, (614) 644-2160]. Written testimony may be either be submitted ahead of the hearing to the below address, electronically to Kit Arthur or Madison Graham, or to the Hearing Officer at the public hearing.

Read more >>  https://epa.ohio.gov/about/media-center/events/public-hearing-HazWasteRules

IHMM thanks our friends at Central Ohio CHMM (COCHMM) for sending this to us.

More Federal Recognition for the CSHM, CSMP, CHMM, and CHMP – IHMM Drafts Comments to OSHA Voluntary Protection Program [VPP]

OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) was initiated in 1982 to recognize workplaces with exceptional safety and health management. VPP was groundbreaking, being among the first programs to employ a management system structure emphasizing management leadership, worker participation, robust hazard identification and control, and training. In the intervening 40+ years, the program has grown to include a wide variety of organizations in many industries. Much has been learned about safety and health management since the VPP requirements were last updated in 1989. OSHA published its Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs in 2016 and consensus standards have been published at both the national (ANSI Z10-2019) and international level (ISO 45001-2018).

OSHA is seeking public input as it considers updating its Voluntary Protection Program (VPP); to expand participation and increase Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) adoption.

IHMM has drafted comments for the OSHA VPP proceeding, focused on the CSHM, CSMP, CHMM, and CHMP, which we intend on submitting by the end of May. If you have any comments on the IHMM submission please send them to Gene Guilford at [email protected]

PHMSA Requests Feedback on Recycled Plastics Policy

On April 14, 2023, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a request for feedback on its recycled plastics policy. 88 Fed. Reg. 23140. PHMSA states that it published the notice to solicit information pertaining to how the potential use of recycled plastic resins in the manufacturing of specification packagings may affect hazardous materials transportation safety; ensure transparency of its current policy pertaining to the use of recycled plastics in the manufacturing of specification packagings; seek input on this policy to inform better potential regulatory changes; and gather information for the evaluation of future approval requests and to inform better decisions pertaining to potential regulatory revisions and other related work. Comments are due July 13, 2023. PHMSA notes that in conjunction with the notice, it is considering conducting a webinar to inform the public of its recycled plastics policy if there is sufficient feedback. PHMSA will post information regarding any future webinars on its website. For more information, please read the full memorandum.

Read more >> https://www.lawbc.com/regulatory-developments/entry/phmsa-requests-feedback-on-recycled-plastics-policy

Do You Know Cost-Benefit Analysis?

The agency in charge of reviewing proposed federal regulations is called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, or OIRA, which sits inside the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). It is a fairly obscure corner of the federal bureaucracy that doesn’t come in for much public scrutiny, but as the gateway through which all federal regulations must pass, it is immensely powerful in shaping the space of possibilities for any administration.

A few weeks ago, OIRA answered Biden’s call by issuing updated versions of two crucial documents: circular A4 and circular A94. The former contains guidance for agencies on how OIRA will evaluate regulations; the latter contains guidance for how it will evaluate public investments.

These guidance documents have not been updated in over 20 years, so this development is long overdue. The new circulars contain some fairly technical updates to the way OIRA does cost-benefit analysis — and the goals toward which it deploys cost-benefit analysis — but they are incredibly important, evidence of a generational philosophical shift.

–Volts

Professional Certification Coalition

IHMM is a member of the PCC. The PCC monitors state and federal legislative and regulatory activity affecting professional certification on an ongoing basis. The PCC has compiled several “Watchlists” identifying and analyzing provisions in pending legislation at both the state and federal level that, under applicable rules, may still be enacted in the current legislative session.  Depending on the carry-over rules in the relevant legislature, the charts listing current legislation may include bills introduced in a prior year.  In addition, the PCC compiles each year a chart of enacted legislation that affects certification. The charts include hyperlinks to every bill or executive order. Note that the Watchlist and the Enacted Legislation document do not include profession-specific legislation and do not include regulatory initiatives. The charts will be updated as needed based on new developments.

IHMM Credential Recognition

The highest priority of IHMM’s Government Affairs Committee is the recognition of IHMM’s credentials by government. We have made substantial progress in the two years we have undertaken this endeavor, as outlined in detail here > https://ihmm.org/credential-recognition/

In this project we have 45-in-5, increasing the number of states that recognize IHMM credentials.

  • We have already succeeded in 13 states – New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Ohio, North Dakota, and Georgia. [Red states in the map above]. These are states where IHMM credentials are cited or 40 CFR 312.10 is cited by reference.
  • We have partially succeeded in another 16 states – Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. [Orange/Black Stripe states in the map above] These are states where the requirements of an “environmental professional” or QEP are cited that coincide with an IHMM credential so that relatively little work would need to be done to clarify the desired outcome.
  • We have 21 states where no reference to an IHMM credential is made in either statute or regulation, nor is there anything defined in the area of an environmental professional. These states will require legislation or regulatory work. [Yellow states in the map above].

in January 2022 Gene Guilford released the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation that states a private certification that meets or exceeds the requirements of the regulation is an Environmental Professional under the regulation. Here is the crosswalk between the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation and the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager [CHMM] blueprint. The CHMM meets or exceeds the requirements of an Environmental Professional. 

Here’s what we ask each volunteer to do:

  • Watch legislative and regulatory developments in your state that provide an opportunity for us to create amendments or other interventions
  • Be willing to speak with regulators and legislators in your area about the recognition efforts we craft together

Other State and Federal Activities

In this section we will highlight other state and federal government affairs activities undertaken by the committee.

Current Priorities April-June 2023

Beltway Buzz – Ogletree Deakins

Senate Committee Vets Biden’s Labor Pick. On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing on Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s nomination to be secretary of labor. In her testimony before the committee, Su, who previously served as deputy secretary of labor under former secretary of labor Marty Walsh, emphasized her role in expanding apprenticeship and workforce programs “to provide training to meet employers’ need for skilled workers and to give more workers access to quality jobs.” She also noted her close partnership with Walsh, whose record as labor secretary some Republicans and business groups regard as having been pragmatic, and she described her leadership in “finding and expanding the vast areas of common ground between employers and employees.” Various business groups nevertheless oppose Su’s nomination. Even if the committee advances Su’s nomination, her confirmation on the Senate floor is no guarantee, as Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Jon Tester (D-MT)—all of whom are up for reelection next year—remain undecided on the nomination.

House Committee Examines Independent Contractor Issues. On April 19, 2023, a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing titled “Examining Biden’s War on Independent Contractors.” The hearing focused on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) pending changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s independent contractor test, as well as Su’s role in implementing California’s A.B. 5 while in charge of the state’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Worker witnesses expressed concerns that state ABC tests threaten their livelihood as independent contractors and warned against the DOL’s adoption of a similar analysis.

Foxx Invites Su to Testify. In conjunction with both Su’s nomination hearing and the independent contractor hearing, Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, sent Su a letter inviting her to testify before the committee on May 17, 2023. In the letter, Foxx told Su that during her time in leadership at the DOL, the agency “has pursued a destructive agenda that stifled economic growth with more regulations and red tape, produced fewer results for workers and employers, and ballooned costs at the expense of the American taxpayer.”

FTC Noncompete Update. Comments on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposal to ban noncompete agreements were due on April 19, 2023. Among the groups filing comments was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which initially criticized the proposal as “blatantly unlawful.” In its comments, the Chamber urges the FTC to withdraw the proposal because the Federal Trade Commission Act “does not empower the Commission to issue sweeping substantive regulations that bind private parties.” The Chamber also argues that the proposal is arbitrary and capricious because it “elevates speculative competitive harms over well-recognized procompetitive benefits.” With Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson having resigned her position effective March 31, 2023, the comments will be reviewed by the remaining three commissioners—all Democrats who voted to issue the proposal in the first place.

Senate Republicans Seek Structural Change at NLRB. This week, a group of Republican senators introduced the “National Labor Relations Board Reform Act.” The bill responds to Republican concerns—expressed recently by members in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives—about alleged improprieties in the operation of union representation elections, as well as accusations that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unfairly targets specific employers. The bill would:

  • add a sixth member to the Board and require an even three-to-three split between Democratic and Republican members;
  • require decisions of the Board to be rendered by a majority of the members;
  • adjust member terms to require that one Democrat and one Republican seat expires every two years;
  • allow parties to seek review of complaints in federal district court;
  • allow parties to request disclosure of underlying internal memoranda relevant to the complaint; and
  • require the Board to issue a final order within one year of the underlying decision by an administrative law judge or regional director.

Obviously, the bill won’t see much progress in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Republicans Introduce Employee Rights Act. It was a busy week for Republicans on the labor legislation front, as they also introduced the Employee Rights Act (ERA) in both the Senate and House. The bill could potentially provide fodder for hearings in the House, and may even advance there, but will not be addressed by the Democratic-controlled Senate. The bill would:

  • require unions to be certified through secret ballot elections;
  • provide employees with control over personal information provided to unions during organizing drives;
  • prohibit unions from using employees’ dues payments for activities unrelated to collective bargaining and contract administration unless so authorized in writing; and
  • provide that an entity may be a joint employer only when it “directly, actually, and immediately, and not in a limited and routine manner, exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment of the employees of the other employer.”

Like the National Labor Relations Board Reform Act, the ERA will have difficulty finding traction in the Senate.

Regulatory Updates

04/24/2023Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria, Integrity Management Improvements, Cathodic Protection, Management of Change, and Other Related Amendments: Technical Corrections; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration192
DateSubjectPart
03/03/2023PHMSA – Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements107 171 172 173 178 180
Notice of Public Meetings in 2023 for International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

PHMSA’s Office of Hazardous Materials Safety will be hosting public forums in advance of four international meetings, to allow the public to give input on current proposals being considered by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) and the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG). The international meetings include:

  • ICAO TDG Working Group 23 (WG/23), scheduled for May 15 to 19, 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • The 62nd session of the UNSCOE TDG, scheduled for July 3 to July 7, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland
  • The 29th session of the ICAO TDG, scheduled for November 13 to 17, 2023, in Montreal, Canada
  • The 63rd session of the UNSCOE TDG, scheduled for November 27 to December 6, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland

Each of these public meetings will be held approximately two weeks before the corresponding international meeting. Specific information for each meeting, including date, time, conference call-in number, and details for advance registration will be posted when available on the PHMSA website under “Upcoming Events.” These meetings will be virtual, with hybrid options available as possible, pending public health guidelines.

The Federal Register announcement can be found here.

PHMSA

The agency published a safety advisory related to the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The accident resulted in a significant release of hazardous materials and accompanying fire and environmental damage, although thankfully no one was injured. The advisory urges shippers to accelerate the use of DOT-117 type tank cars rather than the older DOT-111 type tank cars for use in hazmat service. DOT 111 cars are currently mandated for retirement in 2029. Read more >> https://cdn.ymaws.com/dgac.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/safety_advisory_notice_for_l.pdf

NPRM 219D: Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements

On March 3, PHMSA published notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 219D “Adoption of Miscellaneous Petitions and Updating Regulatory Requirements” to the Federal Register. This rulemaking proposes amendments to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to update, clarify, improve the safety of, or streamline various regulatory requirements. Specifically, this rulemaking responds to petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community between May 2018 and October 2020. Proposed changes would address regulations on compressed gas cylinders, streamlined hazard communication requirements, and the incorporation by reference of specified Compressed Gas Association (CGA) documents.

The comment period for this rulemaking closes May 2, 2023.

Hazardous Materials Registration

The 2023 registration year officially begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year, with early registration opening May 1st. The new 2023 registration brochure will be available for print in Mid-April. To download or print this brochure, please visit our website.

The tips below are intended to help you prepare for the upcoming 2023 registration year. Please read through this section for important information to eliminate errors in the processing of your registrations.

REGISTRATION TIPS:

  1. Please do not submit your registration prior to May 1st to avoid errors and processing delays. Any registration submitted before this date will NOT be processed.
  2. When renewing your registrations, please use your HM Company ID to avoid errors in typing your business name and company address. If you don’t know your HM Company ID, please contact our registration help desk for assistance.
  3. If you submitted a registration by mail or ACH, please allow up to 14 days for processing. You can also call our registration help desk after 7 days to check on the status.
  4. Please DO NOT submit a duplicate. If you are processing online payments and you do not receive your registration, contact our registration help desk for assistance.
  5. Please check to see if you have a previous registration prior to registering or call our registration help desk for assistance if you are unsure.
  6. Please check to ensure a payment was not made by someone else in your business or by a different method (ex. mailed-in check).
  7. If you feel you have made an error in the registration process – STOP!!! Call our registration help desk and let us assist you through the process.
  8. Prior to disputing payments, refunds, etc. with your bank, please consider calling the registration help desk. All financial payment issues can be resolved by the registration team, which is a quicker and more efficient process.
  9. If you cannot get through to a help desk representative, please send an email to [email protected].
  10. Please be patient with processing your registrations through our portal. Sometimes our systems are very busy, so allow time for processing. It would be best to try to re-submit on the next business day. If you are still having problems, then call our registration help desk for assistance.

Please submit only business contact information. The contact information you submit during the registration process, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, may be disclosed in response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552.

Registration Help Desk numbers

If you are in need of assistance with registration questions or concerns, please contact the Registration help desk at the following numbers:

(202) 934-1630 for businesses beginning with the letters A-M
(202) 934-1631 for businesses beginning with the letters N-Z

For more information, visit: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/registration/registration-overview

Note: In response to authorization from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, PHMSA published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM): Adjusting Registration and Fee Assessment Program, which solicits stakeholder feedback on potential registration fee adjustments. These changes have not been enacted for the 2023 registration year.

For more on the potential fee adjustments, visit the ANPRM.

INSIDE IHMM

Clemson University Gets Safer – Thanks to an IHMM CHMP

Occupational and Environmental Safety announces Hazardous Materials Transportation Services pilot program

Research and job functions sometimes require the transportation of hazardous materials between Clemson University facilities within the state. Clemson University does not endorse the use of personal vehicles or public transportation for these functions and has formed a pilot program, “Clemson HazMat Transportation Services,” to determine the degree of need for a transport service. Upon request by a Clemson employee or student, Occupational and Environmental Safety (OES) personnel will assist with the packaging and delivery of hazardous materials to all Clemson University facilities using a Clemson University vehicle.

For more information and a link to the Hazmat Transportation Services Pickup Request Form, please visit the OES website.

OES requests that you give a three-day notice to allow time to process your request, gather the materials needed for packaging and schedule the pickup and delivery with both you and the receiver of the material.

Note: OES Staff will not leave any hazardous materials unattended, so please make sure that the person receiving is aware of this requirement. If no one is available to receive the material at the destination facility, OES will bring it back to you and you will be required to submit another request.

If you have any questions, please contact the Hazmat Transport Service Manager.

The Hazmat Transport Service Manager at Clemson University is June Brock-Carroll, CHMP, and currently serving on the IHMM Board and Chair of the IHMM Finance Committee and Treasurer. 

IHMM Board of Directors Nominations

IHMM Directors and Officers are volunteers who serve without pay. They may serve up to two, four-year terms. Directors are responsible for the governance of IHMM, including establishing the overall direction of IHMM, the appointment of Executive Director, policy-making, and financial management.

IHMM has two Board seats expiring at the end of 2023. IHMM is soliciting candidates for these two seats; one an At-Large Director seat that may be held by a CHMM, CHMP, CDGP, CSHM or CSMP. One a CSMP Director seat that must be held by a CSMP.

The composition of the present Board is here > https://ihmm.org/board-of-directors/

Qualified candidates may submit nomination papers [self nomination is acceptable] on or before June 30, 2023. The documents for this announcement, procedures, and nomination form are here:

IHMM Excellence in EHS Management Award

The Excellence in EHS Management Award recognizes an individual who has excelled in their role as an EHS manager. The Institute for Hazardous Materials Management [IHMM] will present the award at the annual National Safety Council Expo.

The honoree will receive a commemorative plaque and be recognized in a press release and in IHMM member communications. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be subsidized. If traveling from overseas IHMM will pay travel expenses from the nearest port of entry.

Nominations will be accepted from March through July of each year and the presentation to the winner will be in conjunction with the National Safety Council Congress and Expo, this year on October 23-25, 2023 in New Orleans.

Make your nominations here >>  https://ihmm.org/ehs-management-award/

See previous award winners here >> https://ihmm.org/past-honorees/

IHMM Needs Volunteers

“There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.” — Jimmy Doolittle. We all benefit from the expertise, knowledge sharing, content creation and mentoring that our volunteer leaders share with our communities of practice.

IHMM has a wide variety of ways that our certificants and members can volunteer their time, make a substantial contribution to their communities of practice, and earn valuable Continuing Maintenance Points [CMPs].

Volunteering with IHMM is a deeply rewarding and giving endeavor, ranging from being a subject matter expert on a scheme committee to leading discussions in our COLLABORATION engagement platform to becoming a mentor for a college student.

Take a few minutes and review How to Become An IHMM Volunteer, and then scroll down and take the volunteer self-assessment.

CHMP Scheme Committee

Government Affairs Committee

  • Open to all certificants, We need volunteers in these states:  We have partially succeeded in another 16 states – Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. [Orange/Black Stripe states in the map above] These are states where the requirements of an “environmental professional” or QEP are cited that coincide with an IHMM credential so that relatively little work would need to be done to clarify the desired outcome.
  • > https://ihmm.org/government-affairs-committee/

IHMM Certifications in Development Update

  • The Certified School Safety Manager [CSSM] credential has now had its examination questions loaded into the Kryterion system and we will be ready to deliver exams for this important credential. The draft website is here > https://ihmm.org/cssm/  and the only element left to complete is a 60-second video.
  • The Certified Pandemic Preparedness Specialist [CPPS] credential had a review by the IHMM Board on April 21st and IHMM will be able to start to build the website. The examination questions for the CPPS exam are being loaded into the Kryterion system at this writing. Dan Blankfeld and Gene Guilford have met with the Maryland Congressional delegation on this credential and look forward to more meetings.
  • The Associate Hazardous Materials Manager [AHMM] credential had a review by the IHMM Board on April 21st and other than an edit to the professional experience section of an option for eligibility, this credential’s examination questions are completed and is scheduled for launch by Memorial Day, 2023.

A Collaborative Culture

There are 956 different conversations going on in the IHMM/HMS Collaboration platform this week.

A collaborative culture is important for every business but is especially important for our hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environment, health, and safety communities of practice. Do you have a problem you need to solve and want the opinions of your colleagues? This is where we come together to help each other.

IHMM credentialed professionals are at the top 1% of their professions and their reach is global. We are at the forefront of environmental protection, health, and safety and this is where collaborating with the best people in their fields, always willing to help one another, lessens the stress of our jobs, and where we strive as a team to make a difference of which we are proud.

We opened COLLABORATION to enable thousands of certificants and supporters to collaborate together. You can collaborate here.

Access to COLLABORATION is through the same username/password you use to access your MYIHMM account. Having a problem? Contact Jimmy Nguyen at [email protected]

We have published a table with an overview of dates when evaluating competent authorities are planning to submit assessment reports for biocidal active substance approvals or renewals. The Biocidal Products Committee assesses these reports in their opinion-forming. The table will be updated regularly.

EPA Faces Scrutiny Over EtO Curbs, Senators Launch Permitting Talks

EPA’s landmark plans to limit exposures to ethylene oxide (EtO), the controversial chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, faces scrutiny from government officials and environmentalists. The Senate environment committee is kicking off closely watched talks on overhauling environmental permitting. Also, GAO is slated to release its annual list of “high-risk” programs at EPA and other agencies that are “vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement.”

Sterilizers’ Air Toxics

EPA’s plans to curb exposures to the solvent ethylene oxide (EtO) from commercial sterilizers are drawing attention. In particular, EPA is proposing to curb EtO and enhance monitoring under its Clean Air Act air toxics standards, and also to introduce stringent workplace safety standards under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

Environmental Permitting

The Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee will hold an April 26 hearing to launch its closely watched talks on overhauling environmental permitting. The hearing comes at a pivotal time for the permitting debate, with attention focused on the potential for a Senate compromise after the House passed a largely party-line energy and permitting package that Democrats assert is a nonstarter.

Scheduled witnesses include officials with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers, as well as a former Obama Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) chief who is now with the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Chemical Security

Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is slated to testify at an April 27 hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee on the nation’s current cybersecurity posture for defense of critical infrastructure through public-private collaboration.

The hearing could provide an opportunity for policymakers to discuss CISA’s pending proposal to overhaul its years-old chemical security program — which hinges on Congress reauthorizing it before it expires in July.

TSCA Evaluations

EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) will convene April 24 for a “preparatory meeting” in advance of its peer review of two draft TSCA documents outlining the agency’s proposed “principles” for considering cumulative risks posed by overlapping chemical exposures under the law, and a separate “approach” to conducting a cumulative assessment of five phthalates.

Public comments on both documents are set to close the same week, on April 28.

The drafts have already drawn sharply contrasting responses from industry and environmental groups; environmentalists who have long urged EPA to analyze cumulative risks see the documents as a positive step, though short of what they sought, while trade associations are warning that the discipline may not be mature enough to qualify as the “best available science” that TSCA requires the agency to use.

–Inside EPA

6th Circuit Stays WOTUS Enforcement In Kentucky, Blocking EPA’s Sole Win

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is temporarily blocking enforcement of the Biden administration’s rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in Kentucky in order to provide a federal court in the Commonwealth time to consider state and industry motions for a preliminary injunction pending appeal.

A three-judge panel issued an April 20 order granting the petitioners an administrative stay barring enforcement of EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers’ joint rule until May 10, undoing — at least in the short term — the only district court decision so far refusing to grant such a stay in several pending legal challenges.

In their order, Circuit Judges Raymond Kethledge, nominated by President George W. Bush, and John Bush, nominated by President Donald Trump, along with Senior Circuit Judge Ralph Guy Jr., nominated by President Ronald Reagan, said the plaintiffs’ motions for an injunction pending appeal are still pending before the district court and the government has “not identified any particular interest in immediate enforcement of the final rule.”

–Inside EPA

States File D.C. Circuit Suits As Cases Over Interstate Ozone Plans Expand

States and other litigants challenging EPA’s denial of their plans to cut interstate ozone have filed a host of “protective” suits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as insurance should their suits in other appellate courts fail on venue grounds, as litigation over EPA’s plan denials mushrooms in regional appeals courts.

The D.C. Circuit earlier this week consolidated these suits as State of Utah v. EPA, selecting as the lead case a suit filed April 13 in which the Beehive State challenges EPA’s Feb. 13 rule denying the state’s plan to mitigate interstate ozone emissions under the Clean Air Act’s “good neighbor” provision.

The rule disapproved the state implementation plans (SIPs) of multiple states, clearing the way for EPA to impose its latest, toughest iteration of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program, which the agency released March 15 but has yet to publish in the Federal Register.

Initially, states including Utah, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas challenged the rule in regional appeals courts, claiming that they are suing only over the rule as it applies to their SIPs, which are locally or regionally applicable.

–Inside EPA

EPA Floats Broad Methylene Chloride Phaseout With Worker Safeguards

EPA is proposing a landmark TSCA risk management rule for the solvent methylene chloride that would phase out its manufacture and distribution for all consumer and most commercial uses, leaving a handful of “critical” activities including military applications and climate-friendly refrigerant manufacturing that would instead be subject to new worker-safety protections.

The proposed rule, which EPA unveiled April 20 ahead of its publication in the Federal Register, would set a 15-month deadline to eliminate most “manufacturing, processing and distribution of methylene chloride for all consumer uses and most industrial and commercial uses,” according to the agency’s announcement.

Exempt uses of the solvent, including its application as feedstock for climate-friendly refrigerants and various activities at NASA, the Defense Department (DOD) and the Federal Aviation Administration, would be governed by “a workplace chemical protection program with strict exposure limits to better protect workers,” EPA says.

–Inside EPA

Environmentalists Press EPA To Toughen Effluent Limits For Range Of Sectors

Environmentalists are stepping up pressure on EPA to toughen Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent limits on a range of industrial sectors, just weeks after the agency issued its biennial plan that targets PFAS releases from select industrial sectors as well as nutrients from meat processing facilities and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

Since EPA’s release of its Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) Program Plan 15 in January, environmentalists have sued the agency to pressure officials to update years-old ELGs for several major industrial sectors while advocating for tougher limits on power plants and nitrogen fertilizer production facilities.

They have also struck agreements with the agency in their lawsuits setting deadlines for officials to act on their plans to update existing ELGs for CAFOs.

Earlier this month, a broad array of groups sued the agency, charging officials are violating the CWA by failing to update ELGs for seven industrial sectors that were last updated in the 1980s.

Environmentalists Sue EPA For Retaining ELGs For Key Industrial Sectors
A coalition of 13 environmental groups is suing EPA for failing to update its decades-old effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for refineries and petrochemical facilities, as well as six other industrial sectors, arguing that EPA’s choice to not revise the effluent limitations is arbitrary and capricious.

— Inside EPA

2023 National Safety Stand Down to Prevent Falls in Construction – May 1-5, 2023

Fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees, accounting for 378 of the 986 construction fatalities recorded in 2021 (BLS data). Those deaths were preventable. The National Safety Stand-Down raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to stop fall fatalities and injuries.


What is a Safety Stand-Down?

A Safety Stand-Down is a voluntary event for employers to talk directly to employees about safety. Any workplace can hold a stand-down by taking a break to focus on “Fall Hazards” and reinforcing the importance of “Fall Prevention”. Employers of companies not exposed to fall hazards, can also use this opportunity to have a conversation with employees about the other job hazards they face, protective methods, and the company’s safety policies and goals. It can also be an opportunity for employees to talk to management about fall and other job hazards they see.

Who Can Participate?

Anyone who wants to prevent hazards in the workplace can participate in the Stand-Down. In past years, participants included commercial construction companies of all sizes, residential construction contractors, sub- and independent contractors, highway construction companies, general industry employers, the U.S. Military, other government participants, unions, employer’s trade associations, institutes, employee interest organizations, and safety equipment manufacturers.

  • Webinar: Preventing Falls through Improved Design (Wednesday, March 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET). This interorganizational webinar will begin with a general explanation of Prevention through Design (PtD) and how it can be used to improve not only building design, but also work and equipment design.

For more information >> https://www.osha.gov/stop-falls-stand-down

OSHA’s Safe + Sound Campaign is a nationwide opportunity to raise awareness and understanding of the value of proactive occupational safety and health (OSH) programs in all workplaces. Mark your calendars! Safe + Sound Week will take place from August 7-13, 2023. Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America’s workers safe. Registration for Safe + Sound Week opens in early July.  We look forward to your participation!

Safe + Sound emphasizes the need for safety programs at small- and mid-sized businesses, which are more likely to have limited resources dedicated to safety. As you know, effective OSH programs can help organizations identify and manage workplace risk before they cause injury or illness, improving sustainability and the bottom line. Safety and health management systems are a critical best practice to ensure that OSH programs achieve significant results and lower risk exposure.

Earn a Challenge Coin

Workers are an important resource for identifying workplace hazards and implementing changes. Safety reporting systems allow ideas and suggestions for improving safety to be captured.

Take the Speak Up for Safety Challenge! Review your safety reports with a team to find common themes and opportunities to improve your overall workplace safety and health performance.

Complete the challenge and earn your virtual challenge coin! Then, share the results in your workplace and on social media to show how you encourage workers to #SpeakUpForSafety to be #SafeAndSoundAtWork.

Your Partner Punch List

We would appreciate if you could support Safe + Sound by doing the following:

IHMM Scholarship Program

The Institute of Hazardous Materials Management is pleased to have created $32,000 in academic scholarships, divided equally between $16,000 for students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate education in approved schools and who are also Student CHMMs, and $16,000 for students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate education in approved schools and who are also Student ASHMs.

IHMM seeks to foster the growth and academic success of students whose courses of education, and participation in one of our Student certifications, will lead to those students becoming fully-certified IHMM credential holders later in their professional lives.

Go to >  https://ihmm.org/scholarship/

IHMM CHMMⓇ 2022 Salary Survey

IHMM is pleased to release its 2022 salary survey for Certified Hazardous Materials ManagersⓇ [CHMMⓇ] across a broad range of position titles in the CHMMⓇ community of practice.

You may download the CHMM survey here.

IHMM CSHMⓇ 2022 Salary Survey

IHMM is pleased to release its 2022 salary survey for Certified Safety and Health Managers Ⓡ [CSHMⓇ] across a broad range of position titles in the CSHMⓇ community of practice.

You may download the CSHM survey here.

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IHMM  – 26 Fellows Are Mentors 

IHMM Fellows Committee Chair Atanu Das, CHMM, is leading the effort within the IHMM Collaboration networking platform to engage both 26 IHMM Fellows as Mentors and anyone who seeks some assistance as Mentees.

Given the extraordinary experience Fellows have, this is a unique opportunity for IHMM Fellows to help guide more recent certificants in their professional development activities. This article from ASAE magazine outlines how a mentoring program can become more successful – engagement!

IHMM’s Collaboration platform contains a “Mentor Match” module [see below at right] that allows mentors to signup designating the hours, number of mentees, subject areas, and length of time they wish to mentor – as well as allowing mentees to signup requesting assistance in specified areas. The mentor match module does the rest by matching mentors and mentees.

#1 – Recertification Video
#2 Recertification Video

IHMM Recertification Videos

IHMM is pleased to release two YouTube instructional videos about navigating the IHMM recertification process. These step-by-step videos easily enable IHMM certificants to start and complete a recertification application.

While the full recertification cycle is 5 years, IHMM encourages all certificants to start a recertification application and add certification maintenance points as they are earned to make the final submission quick and easy to accomplish.

Retiring? IHMM Invites You to Become an Emeritus

You may have decided, after a long and successful career, to retire from active daily duty. Congratulations. That doesn’t mean you have to completely disengage from your profession. IHMM is pleased to offer Emeritus status to all certificants who will no longer be actively engaged in their communities of practice but who still want to stay in touch. Please let us know when you’re approaching that decision and we will assist you in the credential transition.

Please contact Jimmy Nguyen at [email protected] and he’ll be happy to help you.

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American Society of Safety Professionals

IHMM is a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals and is pleased to bring this important information to all of our certificants.

Registration Open – June 5-7, San Antonio

ASSP News

ASSP Webinars

ASSP Standards News

The U.S. TAG to ANSI for ISO TC283 approved ISO 45002 and ISO 45006 as ANSI registered technical reports.

  • ISO/ASSP TR 45002-2023:   Occupational health and safety management systems – General guidelines for the implementation of ISO 45001:2018
  • ISO/ASSP TR 45006-2023:  Occupational health and safety management – Guidelines for organizations on preventing and managing infectious diseases

At this point, the adoption process is complete.  We will conclude limited public review and then move forward with publication of ISO 45002 and ISO 45006 as an ANSI Registered Technical Report[s].

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SOCIETY

IHMM and HMS

The graphic to the left illustrates the relationship between IHMM and HMS. IHMM formed HMS to serve IHMM’s certificants. IHMM offers a variety of professional credentials and HMS creates education and training programs to serve the applicants and certificants of those credentials.

AIHA, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants

American Industrial Hygiene Association [AIHA] an HMS training partner, has added its first of many courses approved in advance for earning IHMM recertification certification maintenance points. We are pleased to promote these programs in support of IHMM certificants holding the CHMM, CHMP, CSHM, and CSMP credentials. Thank you, AIHA.

Daily

Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene

AIHAOnline
Daily

Certificate Program: Use of Direct Reading Instruments

AIHAOnline
Daily

How to Develop Creative Narrative for Better Training and Retention (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHAOnline
Daily

Electrical Safe Work Practices With Application of NFPA 70E PDC Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

Is Your Safety Training Good Enough? (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHAOnline
Daily

All About Leading, Lagging, and Predictive Indicators (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHAOnline
Daily

Elevating EHS Leading Indicators: From Defining to Designing Webinar Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

Increasing Risk Awareness and Leveraging Risk Management to Catalyze a Culture of Learning and Health (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHAOnline
Daily

Emergency Preparedness: Is the Workplace Truly Prepared for Emergencies? (AIHce EXP 2022 OnDemand)

AIHAOnline
Daily

Mitigation Through Decontamination PDC Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

SDS & Label Authoring Course

AIHAOnline
Daily

Empowering Industrial Hygienists With Systems Thinking for ISO 45001 Webinar Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

ISO 45001 OHSMS Update and Overview Webinar Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

Fire and Explosion Hazards in the Process Industries PDC Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

Decision Making in Managing Risk – Expand Context, Strengthen Skills PDC Recording

AIHAOnline
Daily

Risk Assessment Virtual Conference Recordings (2021): Introduction to Risk Assessment

AIHAOnline
Daily

Welding: An Exercise in Applied Industrial Hygiene

AIHAOnline

CHEMTREC, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants

CHEMTREC, an HMS training partner, has had 6 courses approved in advance for earning IHMM recertification certification maintenance points. We are pleased to promote these programs as reviewed and approved by the HMS Education and Training Committee, chaired by Diana Lundelius. Thank you CHEMTREC, and thank to HMS’ Education and Training Committee.

DailyGround Transportation for CarriersChemtrecOnline
DailyOSHA Hazard Communications StandardChemtrecOnline
DailyShipping Lithium Batteries and Cells TrainingChemtrecOnline
DailyHazmat General, Safety and Security Awareness Online Training CourseChemtrecOnline
DailyIATA Dangerous Goods Online Training for OperationsChemtrecOnline
Daily49 CFR TrainingChemtrecOnline
DailyIATA Dangerous Goods Online Training for Operations PersonnelChemtrecOnline

Bowen EHS, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants

Bowen EHS, an HMS training partner, has had 4 courses approved in advance for earning IHMM recertification certification maintenance points. We are pleased to promote these programs as reviewed and approved by the HMS Education and Training Committee, chaired by Diana Lundelius. Thank you Bowen EHS and thank to HMS’ Education and Training Committee.

Thank you Bowen EHS for contributing programs enabling IHMM certificants to engage in professional development and earn important CMPs! All three of the new Bowen EHS programs are available online and on demand.

DailyEPCRA Tier II ReportingBowen EHSOnline
DailyCHMM Online ReviewBowen EHSOnline
DailyEmergency Management Self-Paced PDCBowen EHSOnline
DailyAcute Toluene Exposure WebinarBowen EHSOnline

Thank you Bowen EHS for contributing programs enabling IHMM certificants to engage in professional development and earn important CMPs! All three of the new Bowen EHS programs are available online and on demand.

FET, HMS Training Partner, Adds Courses for IHMM Certificants

FET, Federation of Environmental Technologists, an HMS training partner, has had 3 courses approved in advance for earning IHMM recertification certification maintenance points. We are pleased to promote these programs for IHMM certificants. Thank you FET and Julie Jansett.

Thank you FET for contributing programs enabling IHMM certificants to engage in professional development and earn important CMPs!

April 27Key Areas of Environmental ComplianceFETWest Allis, WI
May 18/May 25PFAS 2023FETOnline

Thank you FET for contributing programs enabling IHMM certificants to engage in professional development and earn important CMPs!

HMS Launches New Certified Safety Management Practitioner® [CSMP®] Exam Prep Course

The Hazardous Materials Society is pleased to announce that it is launching a new CSMP examination prep course. The CSMP prep course follows the launch in 2021 of the successful CSHM prep course in an agreement with VUBIZ.

The CSMP exam prep course is available on demand online, and is linked in the schedule below as well as on the IHMM CSMP website and under the CSMP hotbutton CSMP PREP on the HMS Education and Training webpage.

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Training Grant

University of Texas Medical Branch, William J. Pate, CHMM

This training course is intended to educate participants on the requirements of developing and implementing a compliant Respiratory Protection Program. The focus of this course will be on topics related to preparation for an infectious disease pandemic. At the end of this training the attendee should be able to:
1) Manage an effective respiratory protection program through proficient application of 29 CFR 1910.134
2) Compare potential routes of exposure
3) Identify and implement potential controls (engineering, administrative, and PPE)
4) List the equipment needed to support fit testing
5) Explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative fit testing
6) Discuss the different types of respiratory protection available
7) Demonstrate correct donning/doffing of respiratory protection

This training course is 7.5 hours and participants will receive a certificate of completion that may be suitable for professional certification maintenance (CSP, CIH, CHMM, CHSP, etc.).

This course will provide 7.5 Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours. Accreditation statement: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association –  Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002176

This training is available only to employees and employers who are subject to OSHA regulatory requirements.  Grant-funded training is not available to state or local government employees unless they have occupational safety & health responsibilities (e.g. occupational safety and health trainers, program managers, committee members, or employees responisble for abating unsafe and unhealthy working conditions for their organization).  Registration in this course confirms that meet these conditions.  This training will include the opportunity to don, doff, and fit test respiratory protection including N95, half-face, full-face, and powered air-purifying respirators.  Anyone participating in this training and wanting to put on a respirator agrees that they have been medically cleared by their employer to do so in accordance with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard.

The 8-hour training program is offered at various dates from March through September. For more information and registration for this FREE program go here >> https://www.utmb.edu/ehs/programs/radiation-occupational-safety-program/RPPSHTG2023

AT HMS/Rockville – FREE US DOT PHMSA HMIT GRANT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS AWARENESS TRAINING WORKSHOP  – BASIC – 24 IHMM CMPs

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course  – BASIC – Rockville, MD

AT HMS/Rockville – FREE US DOT PHMSA HMIT GRANT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS AWARENESS TRAINING WORKSHOP – ADVANCED – 28 IHMM CMPs

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 28-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course – ADVANCED – Rockville, MD

FREE US DOT PHMSA HMIT GRANT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REGULATIONS AWARENESS TRAINING WORKSHOP – 24 IHMM CMPs

Courses are here>  Go to https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/  Under “Find Training,” Search for NPETE>

These workshops are offered with U.S. DOT PHMSA HMIT (Hazardous Materials Instructor Training) Grant support to the National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (National PETE). This training is FREE for employees and federal, state, county, and local government employees involved in DOT HazMat Shipping, Receiving and Handling via Ground, Air, and Vessel Transportation.

The workshop curriculum is in accordance with 49 CFR § 172.704 for General Awareness, Function-Specific, Safety, and Security Awareness training requirements. Class size is limited to 10-15 students with mask/social distancing protocols, so act fast. Minimum of 6 attendees is needed to confirm the class.

Registration: Contact Mr. Raymond Davis, CHMM, IHMM Fellow, NPETE US DOT PHMSA HMIT Grant Project Coordinator/Instructor at [email protected]

Please provide Mr. Davis with the following registration information via email to [email protected]

Your name, Your company, Your company address/city/state/zip, Phone number, and Email

Upon receipt of your registration information, the address of the training location will be provided.

Easily Find Courses to Help You Pass IHMM Credential Exams

A core mission of HMS is education and training. Part of that mission includes assembling the best and most effective courses to assist IHMM applicants in passing their IHMM credential exams.
CDGP® Prep Course
  1. CE-1112: CDGP® Exam Prep – Columbia Southern University – Available On Demand
CHMM® Prep Courses
  1. Daily – CHMM® Online Review – Bowen
  2. Daily – CHMM® Prep Course – Institute of Safety & Systems Management
  3. Daily –Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (CHMM®) Exam Prep – SPAN Exam Prep, Division of ClickSafety
CSHM® Prep Courses
  1. Certified Safety and Health Manager® (CSHM®) Exam Preparation Course – VUBIZ – Available on Demand
CSMP® Prep Courses
  1. Certified Safety Management Practitioner® [CSMP®] Exam Preparation Course – VUBIZ – Available on Demand

IHMM and HMS Tie Exam Preparation Together for Applicants

Every IHMM certification that requires an examination has a section of its website entitled Examination Preparation.

Connected to the Examination Preparation panel is a companion panel that is Find a Course to Prepare for the Exam.

You see the Find a Course to Prepare for the Exam panel from the CHMM site at left.

When you click on the Find a Course to Prepare for the Exam panel it takes the applicant directly to the HMS site where all CHMM prep courses may be found and chosen.

For the 392 CHMM applicants IHMM had on April 4, 2023, all 392 looking for CHMM prep courses could see and chose their favored CHMM exam prep course. If your course is not on the HMS platform, none of the 392 CHMM applicants could find you.

If you want your CHMM prep course on the HMS platform so it can be found by IHMM CHMM applicants, contact Gene Guilford at [email protected]

HMS Makes Finding Courses to Earn CMPs Easy

Every year more than 1,600 IHMM certificants have to recertify their credentials, evidenced their continuing commitment to improvement and learning to elevate their professional credential.

Earning Certification Maintenance Points [CMPs] is illustrated under Recertification of Your Credential, that includes the Recertification Claims Manual – Appendix A, that details all of the ways a certificant may earn CMPs > https://ihmm.org/recertification-claims/

Having mastered that manual, how does an IHMM certificant find courses to earn CMPs?

HMS has made that simple and easy.

  1. Go to https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/
  2. Scroll down until you see a row of buttons…click on the CMPs button

The system will then generate all of the courses on the HMS E&T platform with IHMM CMPs already attached.

The next developments by the HMS E&T committee will refine available courses’ CMPs by individual credential!

HMS Certified Dangerous Goods Professional [CDGP] Exam Prep

The Columbia Southern University/HMS CDGP prep course is found here on the Hazardous Materials Society [HMS] education and training website > https://hazmatsociety.org/training/ce-1112-cdgp-exam-prep/2022-02-02/

The CSU CDGP exam prep course is delivered entirely online and may be initiated by any CDGP applicant at any time. The CDGP applicant has up to 10 weeks to complete the prep course, though an extension of the 10 weeks may be requested from CSU directly. The CSU CDGP exam prep course contains 8 modules covering the 4 principle texts involved in the CDGP exam, as follows:

  • UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, and
  • International Civil Aviation Organization’s Technical Instructions (ICAO TI), and
  • International Air Transport Association’s Dangerous Goods Regulations (IATA DGR), and the
  • International Maritime Organization’s Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code).

More information on the IHMM Certified Dangerous Goods Professional [CDGP] credential may be found here > https://ihmm.org/cdgp/

Applications for the 2023 HMS Scholarship Awards Now Open

The HMS scholarship award is given annually to undergraduate and graduate students whose academic program and research studies have the potential to address the most serious issues in handling hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environmental issues, health & safety challenges. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled in accredited U.S. academic institutions.

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD APPLICATIONS IS December 1, 2023. All submissions and associated materials must be submitted using the online form.

Scholarship Winners Will Be Announced at the HMS Annual Meeting.

For More Information, Visit > https://hazmatsociety.org/scholarship/

Donate to HMS

One of the most important projects of the Hazardous Materials Society is our Scholarship Program.

HMS wants to make it as easy as possible for those who cannot always afford to participate in pursuing certification, or keeping up with professional development, or attending great conferences and receiving outstanding training. HMS does not solicit contributions from the general public. HMS does ask IHMM’s certificants and their companies and our education and training vendors to consider a contribution.

Here, through your generosity, you can make a difference in promoting the ability of those who can afford it least to become participants in our communities of practice.

It’s never too late to make a difference, so don’t let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by. Please consider a tax-deductible donation of $250, $500 or what you can to help build HMS’s effort to help others in our communities of practice.

RCM&D Professional Liability Insurance

HMS is proud to have partnered with RCM&D to be able to offer an outstanding comprehensive professional liability insurance program to IHMM certificants. Here, you will find information about this important program offering Environmental Consultants and Engineers Professional Liability coverage. This coverage is intended to add protection for loss stemming from actual or alleged negligent acts, errors and omissions in performing professional services.

For more information see > https://hazmatsociety.org/professional-liability-insurance/

Member Benefits of Hazardous Materials Society

99% of IHMM certificants are aware of the Hazardous Materials Society, which we appreciate. IHMM established the Hazardous Materials Society in order to support and provide services to IHMM certificants.

Did You Know?

Your company’s membership dues for Associate Membership in the Hazardous Materials Society (HMS) are 100% tax-deductible and your participation directly supports scholarship and education/training opportunities for professionals working in hazmat and EHS. Joining as an Associate Member expresses your commitment and your company’s leadership in giving back to our professional community. Join today to claim your tax deduction for the 2020 tax year while expressing your company’s professional affiliation and accessing tools for your marketing and business development plans.

As an IHMM certificant, you pay no dues to take advantage of IHMM’s Foundation at HMS. We do appreciate IHMM’s certificants encouraging their companies to contribute.

To learn more about what HMS is doing now and what they are planning for the future, please see the new Member Benefits page here.

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Columbia Southern University

The Hazardous Materials Society [HMS] is a partner of Columbia Southern University. Columbia Southern University is an online university based in Orange Beach, Alabama, that strives to change and improve lives through higher education by enabling students to maximize their professional and personal potential.

A subsidiary of Columbia Southern Education Group, CSU offers online degree programs at the associate, bachelor, master, doctorate or certificate levels in a multitude of areas such as occupational safety and health, fire administration, criminal justice, business administration, human resource management, health care administration and more. CSU also features undergraduate and graduate certificate programs to provide focused training in specialized areas for adult learners.

Click on the CSU graphic at left and learn more about the professional development and degree program opportunities at CSU.

IHMM CONFERENCES FOR 2023

IHMM will attend and support a number of conferences and trade shows throughout 2023, virtually as well as in-person as resources allow. Below are some of the conferences IHMM will support in 2023.

Are there conferences you believe IHMM should attend that do not appear here? If so, let us know by sending an email to [email protected]

COSTHA Annual Forum and Expo

Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas-Frisco Hotel & Convention Center

Visit IHMM in Booth #26!

April 30 – May 24, 2023

AIHce EXP 2023

Phoenix Convention Center

Visit IHMM at Booth #908!

May 22-24, 2023

ASSP Safety Conference and Exposition

San Antonio, TX

June 5-7, 2023

CUHMMC 41st Annual Conference

Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon

August 6-11, 2023

AHMP 36th Annual Conference

Omaha, NE

August 27-30, 2023

National Safety Council Congress & Expo

New Orleans, LA

October 23-25, 2023

FET Annual Conference

Milwaukee Marriott West

October 31-Nov 2, 2023

HMS EVENTS CALENDAR

IHMM has a companion organization for which education and training programs are presented and delivered.  The Hazardous Materials Society is IHMM’s Professional Association and HMS’ education and training website can be found here. These events are produced independently of IHMM, and their providers have no access to IHMM certification examinations or program information other than that which is publicly available.

DateEventEvent ProducerLocation
DailyCHMM Exam Prep CourseInstitute of Safety & Systems Management

Online

DailyCE 1112- IHMM CDGP Exam Prep (online) Columbia Southern University

Online

DailyCE 1102- Industrial Hygiene for Safety Professionals (online) Columbia Southern University

Online

DailyCE 1105: Maritime Hazardous Materials Inventory Columbia Southern University

Online

DailyDOT NON-Bulk Training Compliance Associates

Online

DailyWebinar IATA Dangerous Goods Training Compliance Associates

Online

DailyOSHA 30 Construction (Online) ClickSafety

Online

DailyHAZWOPER Refresher (Online) ClickSafety

Online

DailyHAZWOPER 40-Hour All Industries (Online) ClickSafety

Online

DailyHAZWOPER 24-Hour All Industries (Online) ClickSafety

Online

Daily8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Course Hazmat School

Online

DailyDOT Hazmat Employee with Packaging Course Hazmat School

Online

DailyRCRA Hazardous Waste Generator Online Training Course Hazmat School

Online

DailyOSHA Asbestos Awareness TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyCHMM Online Review Bowen

Online

DailyOnsite Lithium Battery TrainingCompliance Associates

Online

DailyOnsite ADR TrainingCompliance Associates

Online

DailyWebinar ADR TrainingCompliance Associates

Online

DailyOSHA Confined Space Operations TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyIATA/IMDG Certification TrainingDGI

Online

DailyDangerous Goods Shipping Private WebinarDGI

Online

DailyCSHM Exam Prep CourseVubiz

Online

DailyCSMP Exam Prep CourseVubiz

Online

DailyGround Transportation for CarriersChemtrec

Online

DailyOSHA Hazard Communications StandardChemtrec

Online

DailyShipping Lithium Batteries and Cells TrainingChemtrec

Online

DailyHazmat General, Safety and Security Awareness Online Training Course Chemtrec

Online

DailyIATA Dangerous Goods Online Training for Operations Chemtrec

Online

Daily49 CFR TrainingChemtrec

Online

DailyIATA Dangerous Goods Online Training for Operations PersonnelChemtrec

Online

DailyOnline 2-Hour OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyOnline Heat Illness Prevention TrainingHazmat School

Online

DailyOnline OSHA 24-Hour HAZWOPER Training CourseHazmat School

Online

DailyEPCRA Tier II ReportingBowen EHS

Online

DailyEHS Training Self-Paced PDCBowen EHS

Online

DailyEmergency Management Self-Paced PDCBowen EHS

Online

DailyAcute Toluene Exposure WebinarBowen EHS

Online

DailyDangerous Goods Regulations [DGR] Initial Category 6IATA

Online

DailyBasic Principles of Occupational HygieneAIHA

Online

Daily

Certificate Program: Use of Direct Reading Instruments

AIHA

Online

Daily

How to Develop Creative Narrative for Better Training and Retention (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Electrical Safe Work Practices With Application of NFPA 70E PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Is Your Safety Training Good Enough? (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

All About Leading, Lagging, and Predictive Indicators (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Elevating EHS Leading Indicators: From Defining to Designing Webinar Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Increasing Risk Awareness and Leveraging Risk Management to Catalyze a Culture of Learning and Health (AIHce EXP 2021 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Emergency Preparedness: Is the Workplace Truly Prepared for Emergencies? (AIHce EXP 2022 OnDemand)

AIHA

Online

Daily

Mitigation Through Decontamination PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

SDS & Label Authoring Course

AIHA

Online

Daily

Empowering Industrial Hygienists With Systems Thinking for ISO 45001 Webinar Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

ISO 45001 OHSMS Update and Overview Webinar Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Fire and Explosion Hazards in the Process Industries PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Decision Making in Managing Risk – Expand Context, Strengthen Skills PDC Recording

AIHA

Online

Daily

Risk Assessment Virtual Conference Recordings (2021): Introduction to Risk Assessment

AIHA

Online

Daily

Welding: An Exercise in Applied Industrial Hygiene

AIHA

Online

Daily

Response Considerations During an Outbreak or Pandemic

FEMA           Online
Daily

Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Awareness Course

FEMA           Online
Apr 27, 2023

Key Areas of Environmental Compliance

FET

Youngstown, OH

May 1-4, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Brooklyn Heights, OH

May 4, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

Clear Lake Campus TX

May 10-12, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Oak Ridge, TN

May 11, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

SETRAC Conference Room 1111 N Loop W #160 Houston, TX

May 16-18, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Centreville, MI

May 18 & 25, 2023

PFAS 2023

FET

Online

May 23-25, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Lima, OH

June 1-June 2, 2023Shipping Lithium Batteries by Air (Live Virtual Classroom)IATA

Online

May 31-June 2, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Booneville, MS

June 6-8, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course – BASIC

NPETE

Rockville, MD

June 7, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

League City, TX

June 13-15, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 28-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course – ADVANCED

NPETE

Rockville, MD

June 13, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

SETRAC Conference Room 1111 N Loop W #160 Houston, TX

June 20-22, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 28-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course – ADVANCED

NPETE

Springfield, OH

June 27-29, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

South Charleston, WV

July 11-13, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Savannah, GA

July 11, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

Clear Lake, TX

July 18, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

Angleton-Danbury Campus, TX

July 18-20, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Oakbrook Terrace, IL

July 24-25, 2023

Shipping Lithium Batteries by Air (Live Virtual Classroom)

IATA

Online

July 25-27, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Shawnee, KS

Aug 1, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

Clear Lake Campus, TX

Aug 1-3, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Marion, OH

Aug 8-10, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Cheraw, SC

Aug 14-15, 2023

Shipping Lithium Batteries by Air (Live Virtual Classroom)

IATA

Online

Aug 15-17, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Greenfield, OH

Aug 21-23, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Medina, OH

Aug 25-27, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Omaha, NE

Aug 29-31, 20232023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness CourseNPETE           Miami, FL
Sept 6-8, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Chattanooga, TN

Sept 11-12, 2023

Shipping Lithium Batteries by Air (Live Virtual Classroom)

IATA

Online

Sept 12, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

Clear Lake Campus, TX

Sept 14, 2023

Respiratory Protection Program Management – Susan Harwood Grant

UTMB

Clear Lake Campus, TX

Sept 12-14, 2023

2023 PHMSA HMIT Grant 24-Hour DOT HAZMAT Regulations Awareness Course

NPETE

Andover, MA

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2023-04-25T13:11:47+00:00

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