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CALARP OFFSITE CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS W-A1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	SANDPEBBLE-DE
Seating	37 of 110 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Jack Becker
Objective	Participants will gain an understanding of offsite consequence analysis requirements, common modeling tools and underlying methodology.
Description	This course will outline the CalARP offsite consequence analysis requirements; model worst-case and alternative release scenarios for toxic gasses, toxic liquids, toxic solids and flammable substances; demonstrate use of common modeling tools (RMP*Comp, ALOHA, Marplot and tables in EPA's Risk Management Program Guidance for Offsite Consequence Analysis); and explain the underlying methodology used to estimate the distance to toxic end point.
Presentation	CalARP Offsite Consequence Analysis

HW: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY W-B1

Wednesday 8am to 8:50am

Room	SEQUOIA-A
Seating	99 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Richard Medina
Objective	This session will provide an overview of hazardous waste best practices, separation and storage highlighting good and bad examples.
Description	The basic elements of this session will cover overall best practice when regulated entities accumulate and or generate waste, proper storage, documentation and disposal. The session will rely on visual aid to compare and contrast the good, the bad and the ugly waste storage practices at real facilities. At the end of the session, participants will have a better understanding of what proper hazardous waste storage areas looks like.
Presentation	HW: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

ABANDONED UST CLOSURE OUTREACH W-C1

Wednesday 8am to 8:50am

Room	SEQUOIA-B
Seating	206 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0 ICC: 1.0
Speakers	Johnny Wales
Objective	This session will give an overview of efforts to assist with restoring compliance to abandoned, unpermitted USTs.
Description	Redhorse Corporation staff, partnering with the State Water Resources Control Board and US EPA, would like to share updates on the RAT (Removal of Abandoned Tanks) initiative, which aims to use enforcement correspondence and aid with financial assistance applications to compel owners of properties associated with abandoned, unpermitted, unmonitored USTs, to bring the USTs back into compliance.
Presentation	Abandoned UST Closure Outreach

CUPA 101 W-D1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	CYPRESS-AB
Seating	32 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Jason Boetzer, Kristen Ward
Objective	This session will provide participants with the history and evolution of the Unified Program.
Description	This course is a comprehensive overview of the Unified Program, including a brief history of environmental regulations which led to the creation of the program. The course will further examine the coordination, consolidation, & implementation of the six program elements. And finally, this course will provide an overview to the collaborative efforts of the stakeholders demonstrating successes.
Presentation	CUPA 101

THE LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIP, THE NEW LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK W-D5

Wednesday 8am to 4:45pm

Room	9052
Seating	12 of 36 seats available
Credits	REHS: 8.0
Speakers	Kirk Ford
Objective	This session will provide participants with leadership tools to make their teams higher performing and intent based.
Description	This course is based on the book "Leadership is Language" by David Marquet. We'll go over his new leadership playbook that uses language to empower your team to perform at their highest potential and build a framework that achieves the right balance between deliberation and action. 8 hours of energetic, thought provoking content.

EMPLOYEE SAFETY W-E1

Wednesday 8am to 11:45am

Room	HARBOUR-AB
Seating	69 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson
Objective	To become familiar with or reacquainted with safety procedures in the field related to mindset, emergencies, and safe actions in critical moments.
Description	With 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.

STI ROLE IN TANK LISTINGS & SPOO1/031 UPDATES W-G1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	REGENCY-A
Seating	110 of 155 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Jerry Schollmeyer, Steve Pollock, Craig Fletcher, Joseph Mentzer, Tim O'Toole
Objective	To discuss tank and appurtenance manufacturing specifications and performance testing, including UL requirements.
Description	We will cover STI/SPFA, including general updates to SP001/SP031, and how STI develops tank manufacturing specifications in compliance with UL performance testing. An STI affiliate will discuss listing tests for ancillaries and manufacturers recommended periodic inspections, like emergency vents and overfill.
Presentation	Approval Criteria For AST System Components
	SP001 SP031 Update
	W-G1 STI Role in Tank Listings & SP001/SP031 Updates - Introduction OToole 1
	STI/SPFA and Tank Listings

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA: 101 W-H1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	POOLSIDE-PAVILLION
Seating	88 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Gary Lucks
Objective	Primer, overview of the salient requirements for managing hazardous waste under California law with practice tips to help assuracecompliance.
Description	This course will describe the hazardous waste regulatory requirements as they relate to hazardous waste compliance activities with 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.
Presentation	HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA: 101

GROWING PAINS: ONE DEPARTMENTS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CANNABIS INDUS W-I1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	REGENCY-B
Seating	83 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Ken Kwong
Objective	Evaluate the transition of the cannabis industry from the gray market to legal market from the point of view of a fire agency.
Description	This course will provide a brief history on the path to legalization, a brief overview of requirements for cultivators and manufacturers from the California Fire Code and the challenges that we have encountered with maintaining compliance. This course will also present information on our role with the illegal/illicit cannabis market.

THE INTERSECTION OF DOT CLASSIFICATION WITH THE RCRA AND NON-RCRA W-J1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	CYPRESS-C
Seating	69 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Ross Kellogg
Objective	To better understand the relationship between the DOTs criteria for Hazardous materials classification and CA waste ID
Description	This 1.75-hr (2hr) session will go over the criteria for both 9 DOT hazard classes and the four hazardous waste characteristics, including RCRA and Californias additional criteria for corrosivity and toxicity. It will note the similarities and significant differences between the two agencies required tests. Additionally, this session will show how this relationship may effect choosing a Proper Shipping Name and various shipping communications
Presentation	THE INTERSECTION OF DOT CLASSIFICATION WITH THE RCRA AND NON-RCRA

HAZWOPER 8-HOUR REFRESHER (PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED) W-K1

Wednesday 8am to 4:45pm

Room	BAYSIDE
Seating	24 of 45 seats available
Credits	REHS: 8.0
Speakers	Brenda MacGregor
Objective	This course is required each year for anyone who has already taken the initial 24- or 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification and has kept current
Description	This OSHA compliant 8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher classroom training session meets the annual refresher requirements for the Federal OSHA HAZWOPER Standard. The objectives of this course are to meet the Federal OSHA HAZWOPER training requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(e)(8), 29 CFR 1910.120(p)(7)(i) or 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(8) for general industry, and 29 CFR 1926.65(e)(8), 29 CFR 1926.65(p)(7)(i) or 29 CFR 1926.65(q)(8) for construction.

CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE CHEMICAL HAZARD CLASSIFICATION DISCUSSION W-L1

Wednesday 8am to 9:30am

Room	SANDPEBBLE-ABC
Seating	33 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Russell Vernon
Objective	Attendees will locate and recognize locations of relevant hazard data. Demonstrate ability to identify relevant and critique classifications.
Description	The presentation will demonstrate the application of Fire Code classification definitions relevant to MAQ limits for real chemicals. We will do a deep dive into the physical, chemical, and acute toxicity characteristics and discuss the use of Global Harmonized Standard Hazard Statements for classifications. The session will be interactive, allowing the participants to classify chemicals.
Presentation	California Fire Code Chemical Hazard Classification discussion with examples
	CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE CHEMICAL HAZARD CLASSIFICATION DISCUSSION

HMBP 101 W-M1

Wednesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	REGENCY-C
Seating	133 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Melisa Custer, Teresa Quiaoit, Nicole Bandak
Objective	A general overview of the Hazardous Material Business Plan.
Description	This 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.
Presentation	HMBP 101

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH HMBPS W-N1

Wednesday 8am to 9:30am

Room	BOARD-ROOM-II
Seating	3 of 30 seats available
Credits
Speakers	Jennifer Collins, Grace Poling
Objective	This session will provide participants information on advanced technological tools to better meet their HMBP requirements.
Description	Public safety regulatory agencies and companies face challenges in managing environmental reporting, including facility oversight, compliance, records management, and hazardous materials incident response. This presentation outlines steps to ensure HMBP compliance, addressing technology-driven solutions for threshold monitoring, inventory management, CERS submissions and CUPA approvals, and streamlined HMBP and Tier II/SARA reporting

PROCESS-BASED HAZARDOUS WASTE INSPECTIONS W-B2

Wednesday 9am to 10am

Room	SEQUOIA-A
Seating	137 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Rick Sakow
Objective	This presentation will provide participants with an overview of process-based hazardous waste inspections.
Description	A process-based inspection is an organized and systematic approach to conducting RCRA compliance evaluation inspections of hazardous waste and complex industrial facilities, such as petroleum refineries and chemical manufacturers. This presentation will explain the key steps for conducting process-based inspections and determining when these types of audits are appropriate and will describe the benefits and limitations of this type of evaluation.
Presentation	Process-Based Hazardous Waste Inspections

SINGLE-WALLED UST OUTREACH AND RUST W-C2

Wednesday 9am to 9:50am

Room	SEQUOIA-B
Seating	194 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0 ICC: 1.0
Speakers	Johnny Wales, McLean Reich
Objective	We will provide updates to the ongoing efforts to assist with closure of single-walled USTs, updates to RUST, and how RUST applies to UST closure.
Description	Redhorse Corporation, partnering with the State Water Board and USEPA, has been engaged in both outreach to single-walled UST owners and operators and analysis of the single-walled UST population, and would like to share updates. We will also share updates to the RUST program which assists eligible small businesses with funding for their UST projects, via grants and loans, and relate RUST back to single-walled UST closure.
Presentation	Single-walled UST Outreach and RUST

AMMONIA HAZMAT RESPONSE IT'S ALL ABOUT COMPETENCY. W-A2

Wednesday 10am to 11:45am

Room	SANDPEBBLE-DE
Seating	16 of 110 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Scott Melton, Eileen Woodbury, William Grass
Objective	This session is to provide the participants an opportunity to better understand how Codes and Performance work together to have a successful outcome.
Description	The course will take a deep look into 1910.120 and how it can be applied to an industrial ammonia release event. The course will further look into the performance-based decisions that must be made during these events. Leading to a better understanding of how competency is a must and that codes alone can't address all the possibilities.

INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SINGLE WALLED USTS W-C3

Wednesday 10am to 11:45am

Room	SEQUOIA-B
Seating	173 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0 ICC: 2.0
Speakers	Jenna Hartman, Thomas Henderson
Objective	This session will train participants in the intricacies of single-walled UST inspection and enforcement options available now.
Description	Single-walled USTs have many unique requirements. State Water Board staff find many missed violations during CUPA compliance inspections. An element of having single-walled systems removed prior to the 2025 deadline is strong enforcement. This session will provide an overview of those inspection and enforcement strategies both prior to and after the 2025 deadline.
Presentation	Inspection and Enforcement of Single-Walled USTs

DEALING WITH MARGINAL EMPLOYEES W-D2

Wednesday 10am to 11:45am

Room	CYPRESS-AB
Seating	85 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Jim Delia
Objective	How to be proactive and notice and address poor performance before it becomes a more serious problem.
Description	When employees' performance is degrading to a problematic level, they often perform marginally for a time before dropping to Unsatisfactory or Unacceptable. This interactive workshop will cover the following topics: Why some employees under-perform; Identifying marginal employees; Strategies for dealing with marginal employees; Motivating marginal employees; and Setting objectives and action plans.

WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN IMPLEMENTING SPCC PLANS W-G2

Wednesday 10am to 11:45am

Room	REGENCY-A
Seating	10 of 155 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Jack Becker, Ashley Adami
Objective	Understand APSA and SPCC requirements and evaluate compliance with on-going implementation requirements of the SPCC rule.
Description	Ashley and Jack will provide their perspective on preparing and implementing SPCC Plans based on their experience developing engineered SPCC Plans for clients throughout California. This course also provides insight on implementing APSA and SPCC requirements, details regarding SPCC technical amendments, 5-year reviews, training, documentation plus the differences of Tier I, Tier II, & PE certified SPCC Plans.
Presentation	W-G2-What To Expect When Implementing SPCC Plans-Becker Adami-1