Useful Links for Hazardous Materials

1 Governments and Regulations 2 Toxic Gases: Cyanide 3 Toxic Gases: Nitric Acid 4 Toxic Gases: Permissible Concentrations and Guidelines 5 Electroplating and Metal Finishing and Cyanide Uses 6 Groundwater 7 Wastewater 8 Planning and Zoning 9 GENERAL – Interesting Reading

Governments and Regulations

Who regulates what in Santa Clara County
http://www.unidocs.org/members/whoregulateswhat.html

Palo Alto Fire Department – Hazardous Materials Reporting
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/fire/business/hazmatreportingquantities.html

City of Palo Alto Municipal Ordinances – see sections 15 and 17
http://nt2.scbbs.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=201281203&infobase=procode-3&softpage=ref_MainView&softpage=ref_MainView

Santa Clara County Hazardous Material Management
http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/deh/menuitem.311b6004a2316af82b9900dd5a30a429?path=%2Fv7%2FEnvironmental%20Health%2C%20Department%20of%20%28DEP%29&contentId=67d3a7fe58b34010VgnVCMP230004adc4a92____#bookmark4

CalARP - What is it? Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/PDF/CalARP%20FAQ/$file/FAQ%20CalARP%2008-09-2006.pdf

CalARP - Title 19 Regulations
http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/PDF/CalARPregs/$file/CalARPregs.pdf

CalARP – Administering Agency Guidance
http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/PDF/CalARP%20Guidance%201-31-05/$file/CalARPGuid1-05.pdf

CalARP - Software for Offsite Consequence Analysis: RMP*Comp
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/rmp-comp.htm

CalARP – EPA Guidance for Offsite Consequence Analysis
http://www.sbcfire.org/hazmat/Forms/BP_CalARP%20Forms/CalARPguidance/OCA/oca-all.pdf

CalARP – State of California Enabling Legislation
http://www.sbcfire.org/hazmat/Forms/BP_CalARP%20Forms/CalARPguidance/CalARP%20Regs_Statute/CA%20Codes%20(hsc25531-25543_3).htm

Bay Area Air Quality Management District Home page
http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/air_toxics/index.htm

frequently asked questions
http://www.baaqmd.gov/pmt/air_toxics/faq.htm

Toxic Gases: Cyanide

CDC emergency response for Hydrogen Cyanide
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/erc74-90-8.asp

NIOSH pocket guide to Chemical Hazards Hydrogen Cyanide
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0333.html

CDC emergency response for Potassium Cyanide
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/erc151-50-8.asp

NIOSH pocket guide to Chemical Hazards Potassium Cyanide
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0522.html

EPA Chemical Profile for Potassium Cyanide – ‘a super toxic”
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/CeppoEHS.nsf/Profiles/151-50-8?OpenDocument

Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition
http://www.cyanidepoisoning.org/

National Library of Medicine : Hydrogen Cyanide Human Health Effects
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@rn+74-90-8

Basic facts about cyanide from anti-terror center
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/cyanide/

Cyanide facts from a supplier of environmental software
http://www.lakes-environmental.com/toxic/CYANIDE.HTML

Hydrogen Cyanide and Human Health Effects – a long, detailed site from international team of scientists
http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cicads/cicad61.htm

Cyanide Compounds – Background from National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/chemical/Cyanide_.htm

Toxic Gases: Nitric Acid

Nitric Acid: Registry of Toxic Effects and Substances
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/rtecs/qu581e98.html

Nitric Acid: EPA Chemical Profile
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoehs.nsf/Profiles/7697-37-2?OpenDocument

Toxic Gases: Permissible Concentrations and Guidelines

NIOSH Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health for list of Chemical Hazards
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/intridl4.html

Electroplating and Metal Finishing and Cyanide Uses

Links to Electroplating Societies - National Association of Metal Finishers (NAMF), American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF), Metal Finishing Suppliers Association (MFSA), and Surface Finishing Industry Council (SFIC).
http://www.cyantists.com/links.html

Managing Cyanide in Metal Finishing
http://www.cyantists.com/Publications/Cyanide%20Management/USEPA/Managing%20Cyanide%20Metal%20Finishing.pdf

Cyanide Free Metal Finishing
http://www.epi.com/electroplating/copper-plating.html

EPA Report on Air Emissions from Cyanide Compounds
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/le/cyanide.pdf

Pollution prevention for the Metal Finishing Industry – professional organization report
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/03/02454.htm

Livermore report on Cyanide Free Plating processes
http://www.llnl.gov/str/pdfs/05_96.4.pdf

Covers for Metal Finishing Tanks
http://www.metalfinishing.com/editors_choice/articles/051111_Hankinson.htm
http://www.gortite.com
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/7403/1303

EPA Report on minimizing Cyanide releases in metal finishing (1987)
http://www.p2pays.org/ref/15/14514.pdf

EPA Report on Alternative Metal Finishing Technologies
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/625r94007/625r94007a.pdf

EPA Report on Nickel Plating
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/pubs/625r03005/625r03005.pdf

Groundwater

Ground water management – solvents and toxics view files
http://www.valleywater.org/Water/Water_Quality/Protecting_your_water/_Solvents/_Files/View_Files.cfm

Ground water management – frequently asked questions
http://www.valleywater.org/News_and_Events/Public_Records/

EPA Summary of Cyanide in Groundwater and Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/dw_contamfs/cyanide.html

Wastewater

Cyanide treatment guidelines for SF Bay
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/basinplan/amend/cyanide/cyanidesr_main_081806.pdf

Planning and Zoning

The Palo Alto City Council minutes of the Jan 22, 2007 meeting
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/cityagenda/publish/citycouncil-meetings/documents/070122minutes.pdf

California Planning Guide: An Introduction to Planning in California
http://www.opr.ca.gov/planning/PDFs/California_Planning_Guide_2005.pdf

Palo Alto Zoning Ordinance, Adopted in 2005 for Office, Research Park, Manufacturing Zones
http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/planning-community/documents/Adopted18.20Chapter_Definitions.pdf

Palo Alto Zoning Update Ordinance – What’s New
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/planning-community/zon-whatsnew.html

GENERAL – Interesting Reading

Chemicals, the Press and the Public, an online book from the National Safety Council’s Environmental Health Center: extended background on RMP and the Clean Air Act
http://www.nsc.org/xroads/public/chem_guide/RMPHome.pdf

A Study of the First Five Years of CalARP
http://www.calcupa.net/programs/calarp/CalARP_Study.pdf

EPA’s RMP: Lessons Learned from State Risk Management Programs
http://www.acusafe.com/Talks-Papers/Lessons_Learned_from_State_RMP_Programs.pdf

Assessment of the Incentives Created by Public Disclosure of Off-Ste Consequence Analysis Information for Reduction in the Risk of Accidental Releases
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/vwResourcesByFilename/incenAss.PDF/$File/incenAss.PDF

NIOSH Introduction to Guide to Chemical Hazards – exposure limits definitions
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/pgintrod.html

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