A guide for plant engineers and compliance officers to the federal laws affecting chemicals in the workplace, in products, and during their transport and disposal. Explains the obligations of businesses under the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. First published under the current title in 1989, but as Primer in 1984. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.