Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A)
(1) Facility personnel
shall successfully complete a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job
training that teaches facility personnel to perform facility personnel's duties
in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with Chapters 3745-54 to
3745-57 and 3745-205 of the Administrative Code. The owner or operator shall
ensure that this training program includes all the elements described in the
document required under paragraph (D)(3) of this rule.
[Comment: Rules
3745-50-40 to
3745-50-235 of the
Administrative Code require that owners and operators submit, with "Part B" of
the permit application, an outline of the training program used (or to be used)
at the facility, and a brief description of how
the training program is designed to meet actual job tasks.]
(2) This training program shall be directed
by a person trained in hazardous waste management procedures, and shall include
instruction which teaches facility personnel hazardous waste management
procedures
(
including contingency plan implementation) relevant to the
positions in which facility personnel are employed.
(3) At a minimum, the training program shall
be designed to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond effectively
to emergencies by familiarizing facility personnel with emergency procedures,
emergency equipment, and emergency systems, including, where applicable:
(a) Procedures for using, inspecting,
repairing, and replacing facility emergency and monitoring equipment;
(b) Key parameters for automatic waste feed
cutoff systems;
(c)
Communications or alarm systems;
(d)
Response to fire or explosions;
(e)
Response to ground water contamination incidents; and
(f) Shutdown of operations.
(4) For facility employees who
receive emergency response training pursuant to "Occupational Safety and Health
Administration" (OSHA) regulations
29 CFR
1910.120(p)(8) and
29 CFR
1910.120(q), the facility is
not required to provide separate emergency response training pursuant to this
rule, provided that the overall facility training meets all the requirements of
this rule.
(B) Facility
personnel shall successfully complete the training program required in
paragraph (A) of this rule within six months after April 15, 1981 or six months
after the date of employment or assignment to a facility, or to a new position
at a facility, whichever is later. Employees hired after April 15, 1981 shall
not work in unsupervised positions until such employees have completed the
training requirements of paragraph (A) of this rule.
(C) Facility personnel shall take part in an
annual review of the initial training required in paragraph (A) of this rule
during each period from January first to December thirty-first. The review
shall occur within fifteen months after the previous review.
(D) The owner or operator shall maintain the
following documents and records at the facility:
(1) The job title for each position at the
facility related to hazardous waste management, and the name of the employee
filling each job;
(2) A
written job description for each position listed under paragraph (D)(1) of this
rule. This description may be consistent in the degree of specificity with
descriptions for other similar positions in the same company location or
bargaining unit, but shall include the requisite skill, education, or other
qualifications, and duties of employees assigned to each position;
(3) A written description of the type and
amount of both introductory and continuing training that will be given to each
person filling a position listed under paragraph (D)(1) of this rule
and
(4) Records that document that the training
or job experience required under paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this rule has
been given to, and completed by, facility personnel.
(E) Training records on current personnel
shall be kept until closure of the facility. Training records on former
employees shall be kept for at least three years
after the date
the employee last worked at the facility. Personnel training records may
accompany personnel transferred within the same company.
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory government publications,
publications of recognized organizations and associations, federal rules, and
federal statutory provisions referenced in this rule, see rule
3745-50-11 of the Administrative
Code titled "Incorporated by reference."]