Handling compliance issues in hazardous materials management
Hazardous materials management is critical for the safety of workers & environment. Yet being compliant demands an in-depth knowledge from substance restrictions to site-specific regulations.
What is hazardous material management and how is it changing?
Hazardous materials management regulates the handling, storage and transport of potentially harmful materials or substances. As the list of hazardous items continues to expand, the legal requirements for managing them continue to tighten.
Be more than just careful – be fully compliant
Our expansive worldwide coverage of regulatory content helps you stay compliant in every site with a comprehensive view of your location-specific requirements. Ensure legal alignment with easy-to-understand summaries of regulations, including specific rules for heavily regulated substances.
How can we help you
Storage and handling
Align facilities with a full view of regulations and requirements for safely storing and handling hazardous materials.
Transport of dangerous goods
Meet shifting requirements for the preparation of hazardous materials and their transport by road, rail and waterway.
Asbestos
Be aware of asbestos obligations, including handling, demolition, reconstruction, licensing, training and record-keeping.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs/PCTs)
Stay on top of the specific requirements that apply to these chlorine compounds.
Phytosanitary measures for wood packaging
Know if the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) applies to your business as well as requirements for timber packaging treatment.
Explosives
Understand restrictions on the possession, storage, use and transport of explosive materials.
Hazardous material management support from handling to handing off
Central, global outlook
Location-specific advice
Expert legal guidance
Full-scope forecasts
Manage compliance across all sites in one place
See worldwide regulations in one centralized, standardized view. Ensure compliance across your entire organization with an expansive outlook of regulatory content and corporate reporting in an easy-to-use dashboard.
Make the right moves everywhere you operate
Avoid regulatory roadblocks and keep transport on track with clear guidance on regulations in over 300 jurisdictions, such as regional obligations for labeling and handling dangerous goods as well as required training.
Obtain authorization at every step
Understand obligations down to the detail with summaries of necessary controls for hazardous substances, including specific storage permits for particular amounts and the maintenance requirements for storage units and space.
Anticipate risk and upcoming regulations
Keep up to date on increasingly stringent restrictions on the storage, handling and transport of hazardous substances, such as new requirements for hazardous chemicals information platforms and tracking systems. Keep up to date on increasingly stringent restrictions on the storage, handling and transport of hazardous substances, such as new requirements for hazardous chemicals information platforms and tracking systems. Keep up to date on increasingly stringent restrictions on the storage, handling and transport of hazardous substances, such as new requirements for hazardous chemicals information platforms and tracking systems.
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HCB: Leading coverage of changing hazmat regulations
HCB helps businesses stay on top of the regulatory twists and turns in the transport, handling and storage of dangerous goods and materials. We bring you news and insights for more sustainable transport and storage – whatever you’re handling, whatever your mode of transportation.
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