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HAZMAT RESPONSE TO ILLEGAL PESTICIDES M-J1

Monday 8am to 9:45am

Room	BAYSIDE
Seating	8 of 65 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Kristalynne Anderson, Hasti Javid
Objective	To provide hazmat response teams information on current illegal pesticides being used on Cannabis cultivation, and suggested PPE.
Description	California has been fighting the use of illegal pesticides on both public lands and private properties for over a decade. Private lands have become more impacted with the usage of illegal pesticides from many different countries including but not limited to: China, Mexico, and Thailand, and because of this raising awareness throughout the State of California on the different products being found is increasingly important for emergency response.
Presentation	DPR H&S Memo - Pesticides at Illegal Cannabis Operations (January 2024)
	DPR Enforcement Memo: Sulfur Burning for Pest Control (June 2020)

FIELD INSPECTOR SAFETY & PPE M-J3

Monday 8am to 8:50am

Room	CYPRESS-C
Seating	55 of 80 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Richard Medina
Objective	Participants will understand safety protocols and effectively use PPE for field inspections to ensure their safety and compliance.
Description	This session focuses on safety and PPE training for field inspectors. It covers essential guidelines and practices to ensure the safety of inspectors while performing their inspections, emphasizing the proper selection, use, and maintenance of PPE in field inspection scenarios. Participants will gain valuable insights into risk assessment, hazard recognition, and the importance of compliance with safety regulations and leadership.
Presentation	Field Inspector Safety & PPE

INTRODUCTION TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS) M-J2

Monday 1pm to 4:45pm

Room	BAYSIDE
Seating	44 of 65 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson, Amy Segui
Objective	Learn the systematic tool for the command, control, & coordination of emergency response through the fundamentals of the Incident Command System (ICS)
Description	Join our comprehensive Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS) course, designed for both beginners and experienced professionals. Discover the core principles of ICS, its organizational structure, and effective communication protocols while enhancing your skills with two immersive tabletop exercises simulating real-world emergency scenarios. Reference materials will be provided to boost your confidence in emergency response coordination
Presentation	Intro to ICS

RADIOACTIVE EASTER EGG HUNT - RADIOLOGICAL HANDS-ON WORKSHOP M-J4

Monday 1pm to 4:45pm

Room	9052
Seating	31 of 50 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Carl Palladino
Objective	This session will provide participants with hands-on workshop using radiation instruments.
Description	This fun, hands-on workshop will focus on proper use of radiological instrumentation, interpretation of readings, and conducting experiments to demonstrate nuclear radiation concepts. Fascinating animated radiological case studies will also be reviewed.

COMPARISON: FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA HAZ WASTE REGS TU-J1

Tuesday 8am to 9:45am

Room	POOLSIDE-PAVILLION
Seating	50 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Scott Lyons
Objective	Attendees will understand the main distinctions between the federal RCRA hazardous waste regulations and the California Title 22 regulations.
Description	Understanding the difference between the federal and California Title 22 hazardous waste regulations is imperative. Californias regulations are more stringent and broader than the federal regs, resulting in confusion. Understanding where the programs intersect and differ is essential to compliance for both regulators and the regulated community. This session will summarize the differences between federal and California hazardous waste regs.
Presentation	Comparison: Federal and California Haz Waste Regs

UNIVERSAL WASTE 101 TU-J2

Tuesday 10am to 11:45am

Room	POOLSIDE-PAVILLION
Seating	92 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Rita Hypnarowski, Michael Reid
Objective	This session will provide an overview of universal waste management standards as laid out in Californias Hazardous Waste Control Law.
Description	What is a universal waste? Who is considered a universal waste handler? How must universal wastes be managed? These questions, and others, will be covered in this DTSC-led introduction to universal waste regulations.
Presentation	Universal Waste 101 PowerPoint Slides PDF

COMMUNICATION AND DE-ESCALATION TU-J3

Tuesday 1pm to 4:45pm

Room	POOLSIDE-PAVILLION
Seating	182 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson, Amy Segui
Objective	This course provides valuable insight into psychological and emotional processes that affect communication and keeping situation from escalating.
Description	This presentation provides verbal and kinesic tools to accomplish the following safely and effectively: maintain composure, communicate well, establish rapport and 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 educates attendees on the fundamental concepts of communication and de-escalation, methods to appeal to basic emotion and psychological needs, overcoming bias, and 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 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 presentation has been given to 1,000s of professionals and is quickly becoming the gold standard in understanding and employing communication and de-escalation skills. Attendees will leave with a pocket-sized quick reference guide and access to a small poster-style reference.
Presentation	Communication and De-escalation

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

PFAS OVERVIEW W-J2

Wednesday 10am to 10:50am

Room	CYPRESS-C
Seating	4 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	John Goetze
Objective	Students will learn about PFAS and emerging regulations at the Federal and State level
Description	PFAS chemicals have been receiving greater and greater attention from regulators, the public, and the global trade community in recent years. The presentation will provide an overview of PFAS regulations at the EPA level and Californias developments that are relevant to CalCUPA and members of the industries in California. Potential topics can include drinking water, public awareness/scrutiny, CARB reporting requirements, site investigations, etc
Presentation	PFAS Regulatory Overview

CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE WORKPLACE W-J3

Wednesday 1pm to 4:45pm

Room	CYPRESS-C
Seating	31 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Amy Segui, John Wilson
Objective	This course gives employees at all levels insight, information, and practical tools to address and resolve interpersonal and professional issues.
Description	A brand-new class for 2024, Conflict Resolution in the Workplace builds on Communication and De-escalation and is a comprehensive course designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively address and resolve conflicts that commonly arise in professional settings. This course explores various types of workplace conflicts along with their root causes and provides practical strategies and techniques to manage and resolve them. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the human dynamics of conflict and the importance of fostering a positive and collaborative work environment. This class is complete with a quick reference guide and practical reference to help guide conflicts to resolution.

STRESS MANAGEMENT TH-J1

Thursday 8am to 11:45am

Room	CYPRESS-C
Seating	28 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson
Objective	This presentation will provide audience member with a number of practical tools to identify and eliminate stress from their lives.
Description	There are different types of stressors working for and against us. "Stress Management" introduces stress in surprising ways to the audience and defines source stresses. Then, using sound psychological concepts, it provides the audience with a model to gauge one's own current life stress level. After that, the audience learns what happens to the body during acute and chronic stress events. After providing an in-depth look at the physiological results of stress, seven proven methods of controlling and reducing stress; both acute and chronic are shared. Also, a psychological model of how stress affects our cognitive processes and behavior is demonstrated. "Stress Management" provides knowledge, and like all other CBL Training and Consulting classes, provides practical tools to overcome the problem. John Wilson provides personal insight into his own battles with professional and personal stress related to 30 years of experience in the military and law enforcement.

CONTAMINATION FROM FENTANYL AND OTHER HIGHLY TOXIC NARCOTICS TH-J3

Thursday 8am to 11:45am

Room	SANDPEBBLE-ABC
Seating	99 of 168 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Brian Escamilla
Objective	This course will cover the different types of narcotics being synthesized and found at hazardous waste sites and protocols to follow once discovered.
Description	Personnel will be informed on the dangers of multiple types of narcotics as well as common adulterants. Personnel will also be taught recommended protocols involving these highly potent compounds including mitigation and remediation challenges: common types of clandestine labs, expected contaminants, PPE, conducting site evaluations, exposure symptoms, containment of waste, and limitations of commercially available decontamination products.

AVOID COMMON HAZ WASTE MISTAKES TH-J5

Thursday 8am to 9:45am

Room	REGENCY-B
Seating	54 of 156 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Scott Lyons
Objective	Attendees will understand the principles in waste ID and gain a repeatable process to identify if a waste is hazardous or non-hazardous.
Description	To determine if a material is a hazardous waste, its important to have a structured and consistent approach because being incorrect can have a significant ripple effect. We recommend asking these four questions in this order: 1. Is it solid waste? 2. Is it exempt? (not covered in this presentation) 3. Is it listed? 4. Is it characteristic? Presentation provides context and a detailed case study to better understand the waste identification process. It will offer practical insights and suggestions on how to comply.
Presentation	Avoid Common Haz Waste Mistakes

LESSONS LEARNED AT OIL FACILITIES NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES TH-J6

Thursday 10am to 11:45am

Room	REGENCY-B
Seating	128 of 156 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Mark Howard, Earl Crochet
Objective	Provide an overview of facility operations, the EPA SPCC inspection process, and the lessons learned from incidents and inspection findings.
Description	A speaker with extensive petrochemical experience will provide an overview of oil facility operations and the problems an operator or inspector may encounter in the field. The EPA HQ SPCC National Program Manager will provide a brief overview of the SPCC requirements, the EPA inspection process and a pictorial review of EPA inspection findings
Presentation	Lessons Learned

BASICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY TH-J2

Thursday 1pm to 4:45pm

Room	POOLSIDE-PAVILLION
Seating	90 of 500 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	Jerry Bucklin
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.

CALIFORNIA ID NUMBER ISSUANCE: TRANSITION TO US EPA FORM 8700-12 TH-J4

Thursday 1pm to 2:45pm

Room	REGENCY-B
Seating	130 of 155 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Cyndi Gill, Angella Brown
Objective	This session will provide the reasons for transition from DTSC Form 1358 to US EPA Form 8700-12 and demonstrate how to apply for an ID number.
Description	This course provides information about the benefits of using the US EPA Form 8700-12 for the issuance and maintenance of California Hazardous Waste ID Numbers, the reason for the gradual transition away from DTSC Form 1358, and a demonstration showing how to apply for an ID number using both the paper application and the federal online database (RCRAInfo system).
Presentation	DTSC ID Number Issuance Transition

DOT HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST REQUIREMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION TH-J7

Thursday 1pm to 2:45pm

Room	SANDPEBBLE-ABC
Seating	117 of 168 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Richard Casagrande, Sande Facinelli
Objective	This session will provide participants with a detailed understanding of the 49CFR DOT Hazardous Waste Manifest and Transportation requirements.
Description	This course will provide a general overview, including hands-on exercises, of the Department of Transportation (DOT) training required for generators who ship hazardous waste, including a detailed overview of how to prepare a uniform hazardous waste manifest. Topics include classifying hazardous waste, labeling, marking, packaging, loading, and placarding hazardous waste. Also, there will be a detailed overview of how to prepare a hazardous waste manifest, federal training requirements for hazmat employees, security awareness, and understanding the Hazardous Materials Table found in Title 49 or the Code of Federal Regulations.
Presentation	DOT HW Manifest Requirements