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MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION OF AN AMMONIA PRESSURE VESSEL M-A3

Monday 1pm to 2:45pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating	121 of 200 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Peter Thomas
Objective	The purpose of this presentation is to provide instructions for performing a mechanical integrity inspection of an ammonia pressure vessel.
Description	Mechanical integrity (MI) is a cornerstone of a CalARP Program. This presentation will provide instructions for performing an MI inspection of an ammonia refrigeration pressure vessel using the checklists contained in ANSI/IIAR 6-2019 Appendix B. Topics covered will include: - IIAR 6 Appendix B Checklists - Labeling requirements - Nameplates - Types of corrosion - Insulation - Supports and foundations - Relief valves - Common deficiencies
Presentation	MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION OF AN AMMONIA PRESSURE VESSEL Part 1
	MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION OF AN AMMONIA PRESSURE VESSEL Part 2
	MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION OF AN AMMONIA PRESSURE VESSEL Part 3
	MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION OF AN AMMONIA PRESSURE VESSEL Part 4
	MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTION OF AN AMMONIA PRESSURE VESSEL - ALL SLIDES/NO VIDEOS

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: HAZARDOUS WASTES AT HEALTHCARE FACILITIES M-B3

Monday 1pm to 3pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating	40 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Arleen Gurfield
Objective	This session will help participants identify possible hazardous waste sources that are commonly missed at healthcare facilities.
Description	This course will help participants identify hazardous wastes commonly found at hospitals, surgical centers, veterinary clinics and diagnostic laboratories. These waste streams may be overlooked for proper waste determinations resulting in significant volumes going to your sewers and landfills and costly penalties for the generators. Learn the proper way to manage these wastes and potential ways to minimize the wastes.
Presentation	Hazardous Waste at Healthcare Facilities

UST BASICS - HOW TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION FOR BEGINNERS M-C3

Monday 1pm to 5pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating	140 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0 ICC: 4.0
Speakers	Hung Pham, Xavier Bryant
Objective	This session will provide Underground Storage Tank (UST) Inspectors guidance on conducting UST facility inspections.
Description	This course is a beginners guide to provide UST Inspectors guidance on how to conduct UST facility inspections. The course is designed for new inspectors or prospective inspectors with no experience. The presentation would be in layman's terms. Participants will be shown checklists and examples of inspections along with provided reafferences to corresponding statues and/or regulations. The presentation will focus heavily on the annual inspection.
Presentation	UST Basics - How To Conduct An Inspection For Beginners

EMPLOYEE SAFETY M-E3

Monday 1pm to 5pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 3/4
Seating	106 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson
Objective	With the help of professionals throughout California, CBLTAC combined several popular classes into a four-hour class full of the most important and popular topics we teach involving field safety.
Description	"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 (show-and-tell), emergency location smartphone 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.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH SCIENCE- INTRO TO RISK COMMUNICATION M-F3

Monday 1pm to 3pm

Room	GOLD KEY I/II
Seating	47 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Marcia Rubin
Objective	The course uses science-based research to support engagement during stressful or highly emotional interactions regarding our oversight.
Description	The course will focus on science-based research behind how emotions impact the processing of information and will teach staff how to develop and express comprehensive key messages. Specific topics will include: Writing and speaking in Plain Language Successful public speaking skills Effective visual presentation Managing challenging field situations and public meeting settings The course provides numerous opportunities to practice.
Presentation	Intro to Risk Communication

APSA REFRESHER M-G3

Monday 1pm to 5pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating	47 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Steven Lichten
Objective	To provide a review of APSA requirements for regulators, industry, and consultants.
Description	This session will provide a quick-paced and thorough review of the California Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) requirements for industry, consultants, and regulators already familiar with Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan required elements.
Presentation	2023 APSA Refresher

MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE RISK: TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FO M-H3

Monday 1pm to 3pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating	4 of 180 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Gary Lucks, Andrea Sumits
Objective	To share compliance assurance tools to help improve environmental regulatory performance and strengthen compliance outcomes.
Description	Amid a reinvigorated USEPA and robust California environmental enforcement, it is essential that CA businesses understand implications to company compliance programs, staffing, and performance and accountability. The session will assess the current state of USEPA policies, programs, and enforcement and evaluate the interplay with CA regulatory framework, EPA Region IX priorities, State Attorney General initiatives, local and enforcement agencies

MERCURY RESPONSE AND CLEANUP M-I3

Monday 1pm to 5pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating	148 of 175 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Robert Wise, Tara Fitzgerald
Objective	This course provide a comprehensive approach to the response and mitigation of Mercury Spills.
Description	The course provides a comprehensive approach to responding to, assessing and mitigating spills involving elemental, organic and inorganic Mercury. The course addresses topics including Mercury chemistry, uses of Mercury, Mercury detection technology, assessment techniques, face cream sites, cleanup techniques, risk communications and enforcement strategies.

BASICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY M-J2

Monday 1pm to 5pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM CENTER
Seating	404 of 500 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Steve Reichow, Natasha McClurg
Objective	To provide hazardous waste generators an overview of the requirements for accumulation and storage of hazardous waste. For regulated businesses.
Description	Training will introduce hazardous waste generators to Federal and State regulations applicable to hazardous waste generators. Determining generator status (LQG, SQG or CESQG), overview of RCRA waste vs. non-RCRA hazardous waste, accumulation time limits and container and tank management standards will be covered. Training will also cover the CUPAs role for inspections and enforcement of these regulations.
Presentation	Basics of Hazardous Waste Training for Industry

HOW TO KEEP YOUR STAFF INVOLVED AND ENGAGED M-J5

Monday 1pm to 3pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM A-D
Seating	88 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Jim Delia
Objective	Approaches to managing and effectively motivating staff during these uncertain times and beyond.
Description	Some employees, whether seasoned or relatively new, may be resistant to changes that may come with the new normal. As a result, even though they may be doing good work, they may have decreased motivation impacting their commitment to their work, as well impacting their interactions with their co-workers. Topics will include: Employee engagement; Motivational factors; Motivating remotely; and best next steps.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TAG MEETING M-O2

Monday 1pm to 3pm

Room	ELITE
Seating	32 of 50 seats available
Credits
Speakers	Mario Tresierras, Gary Cantwell
Objective	Emergency Response TAG Meeting
Description	Emergency Response TAG Meeting

CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE AMMONIA REFRIGERATION AUDITS & INSPECTIONS TU-A2

Tuesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating	111 of 200 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Eileen Woodbury, Alvin Lal
Objective	An overview of ammonia refrigeration operational knowledge needed to conduct effective regulatory audits and inspections.
Description	Review P&ID drawings against site photographs to walk the system to review refrigeration cycle with equipment, symbols, and safety systems. At key points elements of the CalARP RMP will be highlighted to demonstrate examples of compliance within the P&ID.
Presentation	Handout 1
	Handout 2
	Handout 3
	Handout 4
	Handout 5
	Effective Ammonia Refrigeration Audits and Inspections

HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING LAW (ADVANCED) TU-B2

Tuesday 1pm to 5pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating	108 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Tracy Young, Bavneet Benipal, Samantha Lawler
Objective	To provide an overview and scenarios of Hazardous Waste Recycling.
Description	Topics to be covered include the overview of the following: Health and Safety Code Sections 25143.2, 25143.9, and 25143.10. Scenarios of statutory exclusions and exemptions. Emerging issues involving the recyclable material reporting requirements.
Presentation	Hazardous Waste Recycling Law (Advanced)

WHEN A CITY BURNS DOWN - THE TRAGEDY OF PARADISE TU-C2

Tuesday 1pm to 2:45pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating	114 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0 ICC: 2.0
Speakers	Thomas Parker, Thomas Henderson
Objective	To provide a UST CUPA perspective when s natural disaster strikes.
Description	In November 2018, the Camp Fire struck the town of Paradise causing 85 civilian fatalities. Tom Parker of Butte County Public Health will discuss the chaos of the initial days and the strain on the CUPA in the aftermath. Tom will discuss the issues associate with manpower limitations, environmental restoration, and those trials specific to the UST Program that would likely occur during any natural disaster.
Presentation	When a City Burns Down - The Tragedy of Paradise

THE CUPA PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS TU-D2

Tuesday 1pm to 5pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating	88 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Matthew McCarron, Julie Unson, Esme Hassell-Thean, Garett Chan, Jenna Hartman, Glenn Warner, Mary Wren-Wilson, Denise Villanueva, Tim Brandt, Kaeleigh Pontif
Objective	To provide CUPAs with a more in-depth overview of how a CUPA Performance Evaluation is conducted by each state agency.
Description	CalEPA, DTSC, OSFM and the State Water Board will present the tools and technologies used to conduct the CUPA Performance evaluation and assessment. Each state agency will present how an evaluation assessment is carried out using CERS reports or local data management information, as well as information provided as requested in the Evaluation Notification.
Presentation	The CUPA Performance Evaluation Process and Assessment

COMMUNICATION AND DE-ESCALATION TU-E2

Tuesday 1pm to 5pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 3/4
Seating	67 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson
Objective	How to effectively communicate in difficult situations, keep situations from escalating, and how to de-escalate once an interaction becomes difficult.
Description	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. This course has been taught to 1,000s of professionals and is quickly becoming a gold standard in not only understanding and employing communication and de-escalation skills, but keeping situations from becoming escalated. Attendees will leave with a pocket-sized quick reference guide and access to small poster-style reference.

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA TU-F2

Tuesday 1pm to 2:45pm

Room	GOLD KEY I/II
Seating	60 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Carl Palladino
Objective	This session will provide participants with an introduction to conducting statistical analysis of environmental data.
Description	This class provides a brief introduction to statistical analysis of environmental data with an emphasis on using EPAs software application ProUCL. Basic statistics, hypothesis testing, decision errors, data interpretation and decision making are discussed. ProUCL is explored to understand how to perform simple data analysis. Little to no previous experience with statistics is required.
Presentation	Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data

OIL WATER SEPARATORS IN THE SPCC WORLD TU-G2

Tuesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating	35 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Janice Witul, Pete Reich
Objective	To provide an overview of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) requirements on oil water separators
Description	This session will discuss the various uses of oil water separators and provide a detailed discussion of the SPCC requirements based on each use.
Presentation	OIL WATER SEPARATORS IN THE SPCC WORLD

INDUSTRY CUPA COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION EXPERIENCE TU-H2

Tuesday 1pm to 4:45pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating	91 of 180 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Michelle Le, Lori Luces-Nakagawa, Larry Jeffris
Objective	The objective of this course is to define and prioritize pain points and areas of opportunities with the CUPA programs.
Description	This is course will use Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodologies to identify new issues within each of the CUPA program elements. New issues, along with existing issues, will be prioritized and ranked. Solutions will be developed and issues will be closed during this session, when permissible. The data collected will be presented at the CalEPA Industry Stakeholder Meeting and used as a roadmap by the Industry Technical Advisory Group (ITAG).
Presentation	Industry CUPA Inspection Experience/Industry Stakeholder Meeting

USING REAL RAILCAR RESPONSE TO SEE THE VALUE OF RESEARCH/PLANNING TU-I2

Tuesday 1pm to 5pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating	162 of 175 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Nick Vent, Tiffany Chapman, Lisa Mitchell
Objective	Become Familiar with various FREE references and hands on usage during a railcar incident Students will do the research and make the decisions
Description	Recently a railcar of Styrene in Riverside county reacted and caused the evacuation of a community and freeway closure. What were the concerns and risks that had to be overcome. How were those decisions made in real time and what would YOU have done. This is still an active case but we can learn from it without ruining any potential court case preparation. We will also discuss railcar construction and how to read a railroad consist.