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IIAR STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR AMMONIA AND CO2 REFRIGERATION    M-A2
Monday     1pm to 2:30pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating136 of 150 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.5  
SpeakersEric Smith
ObjectiveAttendees will learn about required standards and non-mandatory guidelines developed and published by the IIAR, and benefits of government membership.
DescriptionThis session will review the mission of IIAR which is largely accomplished through the development of IIAR standards and guidelines. All standards will be reviewed in general, and IIAR 2, the standard for design of ammonia refrigeration systems will be reviewed in more detail. The scope of certain IIAR guidelines will also be examined because they often serve as the basis for end users' development of refrigerant management programs
HAZARDOUS WASTE IDENTIFICATION FUNDAMENTALS (Hazardous Waste 201)    M-B2
Monday     1pm to 5pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating246 of 268 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersSamantha Lawler, Trent Smith
ObjectiveStudents will learn the basic steps in the hazardous waste identification process.
DescriptionTopics include: Hazardous waste laws and regulations, definitions, waste classification flowchart, RCRA and Non-RCRA hazardous waste, RCRA lists of hazardous wastes, Californias list of hazardous wastes, hazardous waste characteristics, acute and extremely hazardous wastes, regulatory and statutory exclusions and exemptions, mixture and derived-from rules, RCRA contained-in policy, scrap metal, and waste classification options for the generator.
UST 101    M-C2
Monday     1pm to 5pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating340 of 380 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  ICC: 4.0
SpeakersNick Umemoto, Xavier Bryant, Hung Pham
ObjectiveThis course will outline recommended steps needed to conduct an underground storage tank inspection in California.
DescriptionThis course is tailored towards beginner UST inspectors and will outline recommended steps to conduct an Underground Storage Tank (UST) inspection. It will cover UST basics and may cover what to expect during the annual monitoring certification annual inspection. Other UST inspections may be covered as well as other basic information.
MASTERING COMMUNICATION    M-D3
Monday     1pm to 3pm
Room ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating136 of 155 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersJim Delia
ObjectiveThis workshop equips participants with essential skills to improve: listening, speaking clarity, and overcome barriers for effective communication.
DescriptionThis interactive session provides participants with practical strategies to enhance their communication skills, focusing on improving listening, speaking clarity, and overcoming common barriers to effective interaction. Participants will briefly explore the communication process, learn how to better understand others, and express themselves more clearly.
WEIRD OILS (OIL VS PETROLEUM VS NEITHER)    M-G2
Monday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating103 of 120 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersSteven Lichten, Janice Witul, Mark Howard
ObjectiveTo better understand what an APSA petroleum is, what an SPCC oil is, and when they're (likely) not.
DescriptionSure, there's a specific APSA definition of 'petroleum', and a performance-oriented Federal SPCC rule definition of 'oil'. But these are often subject to interpretation and it's not always obvious. There's no actual list. We'll use examples to discuss issues like what's a (crude) 'fraction' or 'distillate', synthetics and semi-synthetics, bio-oils, will it cause a sheen. It's a...slippery slope....Bring your examples (SDSs or jugs of the stuff).
ENSURING COMPLIANCE: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE CONFINED SPACE PROGRAM    M-H2
Monday     1pm to 2pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating246 of 250 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  
SpeakersKiel McClintock
ObjectiveParticipants will learn elements of having a robust confined space program including hazards assessments, labeling, training, and emergency response.
DescriptionThis course covers Californias confined space program requirements, including hazard assessments, labeling, communication and rescue plans, and essential training. Participants will learn the roles of authorized entrants, attendants, and supervisors, along with the importance of regular evaluations and continuous improvement. By following these guidelines, employers can enhance workplace safety and reduce confined space risks.
EMPLOYEE SAFETY    M-J2
Monday     1pm to 5pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM CENTER
Seating1020 of 1023 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersJohn Wilson
ObjectiveTo become familiar with or reacquainted with safety procedures in the field related to mindset, emergencies, and safe actions in critical moments.
DescriptionWith the help of professionals throughout California, CBLTAC combined a number of popular classes into a four hour class full of the most important and popular topics we teach involving "tactical" safety. "Employee Safety" covers on-the-job mindset, emergency operations plans (organizational and personal), accountability, safe actions while at the workplace or remote jobsites, operational honesty in communication, contact and cover techniques, preventing stress from the "information void", physiology of emergencies, personal protective equipment and everyday carry items, emergency location applications, natural emergency response, sheltering and lockdown procedures, and after-emergency topics (accountability, health, social media). "Employee Safety" is not the average "safety" class. It is an interesting, exciting look at how to be proactive at ensure you and your employees make it home safer each night.
UNDERSTANDING EPAS TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY    M-J4
Monday     1pm to 3pm
Room GOLD KEY III
Seating45 of 50 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersAbby Burton, Kendall Johnson
ObjectiveLearn which facilities are required to report to TRI and understand the extensive TRI data available on facility-level releases and waste management.
DescriptionThe course explains which facilities are required to report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and presents how to access and understand the facility-level data available on releases of toxic chemicals to air, water, and land, and waste management practices (e.g., treatment, recycling). Participants will learn how to access and use TRI data to better understand a facility's environmental profile. Target audience regulators and industry.
DRONE TECHNOLOGIES FOR INSPECTION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY    M-L2
Monday     1pm to 2pm
Room GRANDBALLROOM K
Seating159 of 160 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  
SpeakersGreg Mann
ObjectiveThis session will provide participants with insight and examples of how drones are being used for inspection and analysis in the oil and gas industry
DescriptionThis course shows how drones are emerging as a leading inspection tool in the oil and gas industry. A drone inspection allows you to pinpoint, identify, record, evaluate, display, and report areas of concern and repair. Using both LiDAR and photogrammetry, drones can create 3D models of areas previously inaccessible to humans. Ultrasonic Thickness (UT) drones have given the ability to obtain steel thickness data in previously inaccessible areas.
HMBP 101    M-M1
Monday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM A-D
Seating151 of 160 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersMelisa Custer, Nicole Bandak
ObjectiveGeneral overview of Health and Safety Code 6.95 and the Hazardous Material Business Plan requirements.
DescriptionThis course will provide a general overview of the Hazardous Material Business Plan. This course will provide a brief history, a review of the regulations, and an examination of how to determine a hazardous material. And finally, this course will discuss the requirements of the hazardous material business plan.
IMPROVISED NUCLEAR DETONATION CONSIDERATIONS    MI2
Monday     1pm to 5pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating273 of 280 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersCharles Tobias
ObjectiveThe course is designed to provide self-protection and emergency response options for rescue and recovery following a nuclear event.
DescriptionThe course will define a nuclear event and radioactive fallout. The deference between an air verses and ground blast will be identified along with the damage expected ns from both. The FEMA Guidance will be used as a reference as we explore self-protection and emergency response actions to enhance life safety.
IIAR PUBLICATIONS AS RAGAGEP FOR AMMONIA REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS    TU-A3
Tuesday     1pm to 3pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating144 of 150 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersThomas Rios, Alvin Lal
ObjectiveThis session will review previous and current IIAR publications as RAGAGEP for ammonia refrigeration systems.
DescriptionThis presentation will review IIAR publications and their use as RAGAGEP for ammonia refrigeration systems. The first part of the session will review previous IIAR publications and their use as RAGAGEP. The second portion will cover why IIAR 9-2020 Addendum A-2024 should be used as RAGAGEP for all ammonia refrigeration systems and how to perform an inspection using the standard (IIAR 9) as a checklist.
HAZARDOUS WASTE ACCUMULATION AFTER THE GIR    TU-B3
Tuesday     1pm to 3pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating243 of 268 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersScott Lyons
ObjectiveIn this presentation, we will review the requirements for generators accumulating hazardous waste onsite. This includes the rules for satellite accumulation, laboratory accumulation, and 90- and 180-day accumulation. We will highlight changes to the accumulation rules with the adoption of the GIR and touch on other new requirements in the Title 22 hazardous waste regulations.
DescriptionEPA promulgated the hazardous waste generator improvements rule (GIR) in 2016, in part to make it easier for different types of generators to find the requirements with which they must comply. The rule reorganized the hazardous waste regulations and made significant changes to the requirements for generators accumulating hazardous waste onsite. In 2024, DTSC adopted the mandatory portions of the GIR (i.e., regulations that were more stringent than Californias regulations. The Department also reorganized Californias regulations to align with the federal reorganization. The newly adopted regulations went into effect on July 1, 2024.
SECONDARY CONTAINMENT TESTING AND SINGLE-POINT CONTINUITY TESTING    TU-C2
Tuesday     1pm to 2pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating363 of 380 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  ICC: 1.0
SpeakersDavid Rabb
ObjectiveThis session will provide participants with how hydrocarbons are escaping into the soil surrounding USTs.
DescriptionThe course will explain where the largest hydrocarbons vapors are exiting underground storage tanks and entering the soil vapor space surrounding the UST. Included in this course is discussion of leak data from 100 consecutive test of underground storage tanks and test methods that are certified by the EPA NWGLDE that will detect these leaks. After presenting which components of a UST leaks vapors into the soil and the number of leaks per tank, group discussion will take place.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA    TU-D2
Tuesday     1pm to 5pm
Room ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating148 of 155 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersGary Lucks, Matthew McCarron
ObjectiveProvide a 4-hour primer, overview of the salient requirements for managing hazardous waste under CA law with practice tips to help with compliance.
DescriptionThis Session will describe the hazardous waste regulatory requirements as they relate to hazardous waste compliance activities with a particular focus on hazardous waste generator requirements. This comprehensive course is designed to provide an overview of up-to-date California and federal hazardous waste regulations including emergency response.
HIGH-FREQUENCY MONITORING FOR RAPID ANSWERS TO KEY VI QUESTIONS    TU-F3
Tuesday     1pm to 2pm
Room GOLD KEY I/II
Seating104 of 108 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  
SpeakersMark Kram
ObjectiveAttendees will learn how automated continuous monitoring of chemical and physical data is used to rapidly answer key vapor intrusion questions.
DescriptionIs there an exposure exceedance? Is this due to an indoor source or VI? Where are indoor sources and vapor entry pathways located? What can be done to mitigate risk, and did the remedy work? What is the building-specific attenuation factor? Is the vapor recovery system keeping occupants safe during thermal remediation? These critical questions are answered in a single deployment using automated real-time monitoring and web posting of results.
UL OIL & GAS STANDARDS OVERVIEW    TU-G4
Tuesday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating116 of 120 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersSteve Pollock
ObjectiveTo discuss tank manufacturing specifications and performance testing of tanks.
DescriptionThis class discusses how STI/SPFA develops tank manufacturing specifications in compliance with UL performance testing. Discussion will also include an overview by UL on tank and appurtenance standards, including updates for UL142 and UL142A. Research tools will be presented that may assist inspectors and tank owners/operators.
COMMON HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR VIOLATIONS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM    TU-H3
Tuesday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating242 of 250 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersApril Ranney, Ryan Miya, Michael Palazzola
ObjectiveThis session will provide participants with tools and information that facilities can use to adequately comply with common HWG program violations.
DescriptionThe course is a collaborative discussion and general overview of the most common Hazardous Waste Generator Program violations, the regulatory basis associated with each violation, and some examples of methods/suggestions/tools facilities have used to demonstrate compliance with the applicable regulatory requirement(s).
MERCURY RESPONSE AND CLEANUP    TU-I2
Tuesday     1pm to 5pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating290 of 292 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersRobert Wise
ObjectiveTo provide a comprehensive look at the response to, assessment of and removal of Mercury contamination during an emergency response or cleanup.
DescriptionThis class provides a turn key approach to the response, assessment and cleanup of Mercury. It will provide the attendees of a comprehensive look at the hazards of Mercury. the health and safety aspects of Mercury Response, instrumentation, assessment and cleanup techniques. It is taught by EPA Federal On-Scene Coordinators and START contractors with extensive experience with Mercury response and cleanup.
FUNDAMENTAL BODY LANGUAGE    TU-J2
Tuesday     1pm to 5pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM CENTER
Seating388 of 400 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersJohn Wilson
ObjectiveTo become familiar with the physiology of critical stress and how it can be translated into pre-attack indicators through kinesic indicators.
DescriptionThis four-hour presentation provides verbal and kinesic tools to safely and effectively accomplish the following: maintain composure, establish rapport, communicate well, establish cooperation, and gain compliance with students, parents, members of the public, peers, and administration. Additionally, the course provides important insight into understanding crisis, predictability, bias, and body language. This presentation will educate attendees on an easy to employ, highly effective, universal communication system (The Wolfson Formula). It helps professionals maintain their own behavior in stressful and critical situations, gain compliance from difficult people, and achieve cooperation where they might not have been able to do so otherwise without the training. The "Wolfson Formula" has been tested and used effectively for over ten years in many situations, including: public interactions, crisis, victim interviews, simple negotiations, consensual encounters, investigations, and other high stakes situations.
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