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• Avoiding Regulatory Compliance Pitfalls in Hazardous Waste Handling

  • When
    04 Dec 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar

  Avoiding Regulatory Compliance Pitfalls in Hazardous Waste Handling

  Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12-1 PM CST
  Cost: Free

  Webinar offered by Missouri Waste Control Coalition

  In this expert-led webinar, a panel of industry professionals explore common regulatory missteps in hazardous waste management and how to avoid them. The discussion highlights real-world challenges and practical solutions across several key areas:

  •  Improper waste storage practices and their compliance consequences
  •  Inaccurate or outdated waste inventories
  •  Missing or incomplete Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  •  Missteps in the waste profiling process
  •  Navigating evolving federal, state, and local regulations
  •  and more!

  Panelists share field-tested insights, clarify regulatory expectations, and offer strategies to strengthen compliance programs. Whether you're managing waste onsite or overseeing documentation, this session provides actionable guidance to help reduce risk and maintain regulatory integrity. The webinar will include time for Q&A.

  Presenters:

  • Brandon Backus - Environmental Program Supervisor, MoDNR Waste Management Program’s Hazardous Waste Enforcement Unit

  • April Brennan - Senior Project Manager / Client Manager, Environmental Works, Inc.

  • Eddie Ramirez - Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Envirote

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• Board of Directors and Advisory Board Meeting

  • When
    12 Dec 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom call

  Monthly meeting of board of directors and advisory board.

  
  
  

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• 2026 HAZWOPER Training - 40 hour course

  • Start
    12 Jan 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    16 Jan 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Roaring River/Bennett Springs Conference Rm, 1730 E Elm St, Jefferson City, MO 65101
  • Spaces left
    19

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  MWCC will provide an in-person 40-hour HAZWOPER Training consistent with OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard (29 CFR 1910.10 and 1925.65). Students will receive a training manual, and at the conclusion of the course, they will receive validation certificates.

  Registration fee per registrant is the low cost of $250; $100 for full-time students. Class is limited to the first 50 participants. A waiting list will be available in the event of cancellations. 

  At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to:
  

  • Understand the crucial role of OSHA in ensuring workplace safety and learn how to navigate its regulations and requirements effectively.

  • Employ techniques to identify hazards in their environment, utilizing Site Characterization to detect problems and implement hazard elimination strategies.

  • Gain expertise in identifying, handling, and mitigating exposure to hazardous materials through the proficient use of Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

  • Deepen their knowledge of materials that pose flammable, explosive, chemical, or radiological risks and learn the symptoms and preventative measures of exposure.

  • Understand the importance of PPE in minimizing exposure to hazards, and how to select and use the correct PPE for different work zone characteristics.

  • Establish effective Site Control Programs to protect workers and develop comprehensive emergency response strategies.

  • Learn to develop and implement essential health and safety programs, including Medical Surveillance Programs and Site Security measures.
    

  • Master the principles of decontamination, understand toxicology as it relates to chemical exposures, and identify the steps for any Hazard Communication Program.

  • Acquire skills in air monitoring and understand the confined space permit system, recognizing the hazards and medical concerns associated with confined spaces.

  • Engage in detailed discussions on potentially hazardous situations involving corrosives, solvents,oxidizers, reactive chemicals, radiation hazards, and the principles of emergency management.
    

  As indicated, this class will be offered in-person. 
  

  
  

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