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HMBP 101 TU-M1

Tuesday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM A-D
Seating	50 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Minh Le, Alonso Mejia, Jason Parker
Objective	This session will provide students with basic and introductory fundamentals of the hazardous materials business plan program.
Description	This course will cover the introductory concepts of the hazardous materials business plan program. Goal of the course will cover Business Plan General Requirements, Hazardous Materials Inventory Reporting Requirements, Alternative Hazardous Materials Inventory Requirements, Hazardous Materials Inventory Submittal, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Compliance Requirements, Emergency Response Plans and Procedures, and Training.
Presentation	Hazardous Materials Business Plan - HMBP 101

MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE & PRE-STARTUP SAFETY REVIEW W-A2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating	131 of 200 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Thomas Turner, Diane Ho, Albert Welsh
Objective	This session will provide participants with an overview of MOC/PSSR with an extensive amount of breakout sessions to emphasize learnings.
Description	The course is a comprehensive overview of Management of Change and Prestartup Safety Reviews. The course will go over the overview, incidents, documentation, and examples with breakout sessions for each section to emphasize and iterate the importance of the MOC and PSSR process.
Presentation	W-A2-MOC & PSSR REVIEW-ALLIUS (Final)

CONDITIONALLY EXCLUDED HAZARDOUS WASTE W-B2

Wednesday 10am to 11:45am

Room	9052
Seating	5 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Objective	This session will identify several useful exclusions from full regulation available for hazardous waste.
Description	This course will identify and explain the conditional exclusions available for used oil filters, waste fuel filters, common vehicle batteries & household batteries, latex paint, reuseable soiled textiles, PCB Ballast, and more. It will also briefly identify and summarize the requirements for universal waste, waste oil, California empty containers, and other statutory exclusions and exemptions. It will not include recycling exclusions.
Presentation	Conditionally Excluded Hazardous Waste (also: exemptions & recycling)

UST STATEWIDE TAG MEETING W-C2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating	166 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0 ICC: 2.0
Speakers	Luis Romero Zaragoza
Objective	Technical Advisory Group meeting lead by the Southern California TAG
Description	Discussion of technical UST issue. This meeting is for UST Regulators only.

CUPA LEADERSHIP: CELEBRATING THE PAST AND ARTFULLY MOVING FORWARD W-D2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating	122 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	John Elkins, Christie Bautista
Objective	This course will provide CUPAs with the historical context affecting current day management issues and effective tools for leading into the future.
Description	This course will examine the CUPA program's rise to success, current day management issues, and approaches for leading into the future. Topics include acknowledging management methodologies of the past and embracing a style that is adaptable to change, addressing accountability and transparency by measuring progress through data, leading a diverse multi-generational workforce, and cultivating the workforce and technology.
Presentation	CUPA Leadership: Celebrating the Past and Artfully Moving Forward

VAPOR SAMPLING FRAMEWORK, CHARACTERIZING PFAS IN CA WATERS W-F2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	GOLD KEY I/II
Seating	46 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Wendy Linck, Suzie Nawikas
Objective	This session will provide participants with an overview of the current status of PFAS investigations in the State along with planned actions for 2023.
Description	State-wide investigative orders have been issued to target known sources or secondary sources of PFASs and nearby public water supply wells. Those investigations are ongoing and provide invaluable data on the magnitude of the issue for targeted PFAS analytes. The findings of a limited study revealed elevated concentrations of non-targeted PFAS analytes and highlight the present challenge to characterize the full scope of the problem.
Presentation	Characterizing PFAS in Californias Drinking Water, Groundwater, and Wastewater
	Vapor Sampling Framework

ASK THE ABOVEGROUND TANK EXPERTS IN ADVANCE AT www.calcupa.org (PANEL) W-G2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating	87 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Craig Fletcher, Joseph Mentzer, Philip Myers, Steve Pollock
Objective	Provide a forum for participants to ask experts of STI/SFPA and API standard questions about aboveground tank systems.
Description	The expert panel will answer questions associated with aboveground tank industry standards, tank construction (shop built, field erected, small and large, and containment tanks), tank inspections, ancillary equipment, and more. You can enter your questions in advance at www.calcupa.org
Presentation	Ask The Aboveground Tank Experts Panel

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CUPA, AND YOU W-H2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating	1 of 180 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Lee Kirby, Ken Kwong
Objective	Identify occupancy classifications and their limitations Understand how hazardous materials influence building classifications
Description	Have you ever wondered why the same information is asked for by the fire department and CUPA? Have you ever wondered why you have two agencies that closely regulate hazardous materials but look at different things, that are almost the same? Understand the difference between CUPA regulations and Fire Code regulations. Understand what goes through the mind of a company officer arriving on scene. If you would like the answers to these questions, and maybe learn a little more from a fire inspector and a CUPA fire inspector please attend with an open mind, some questions, and be ready for fun
Presentation	The Fire Department, CUPA, and You

USING CERS DATA FOR HAZMAT EMERGENCIES USING PEAC SOFTWARE & MORE W-I2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating	145 of 175 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	C. Scott Bunning, Steven Hamilton
Objective	Develop a basic understanding of the key components of CERS data that can help in HAZMAT emergency response, specifically using PEAC HAZMAT software.
Description	Emergencies involving HAZMAT are low-frequency, high-consequence events. The facility data collected by CUPA's is critical in creating situational awareness for first responders to stay safe along with the public. We'll use real-life scenarios to illustrate how the Los Angeles Fire Department, CAL-OES and countless other emergency response agencies in California use systems like PEAC software along with GIS/CAD programs for safer HAZMAT outcomes.

HMBP 101 W-M2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM A-D
Seating	72 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Minh Le, Alonso Mejia, Jason Parker
Objective	This session will provide students with basic and introductory fundamentals of the hazardous materials business plan program.
Description	This course will cover the introductory concepts of the hazardous materials business plan program. Goal of the course will cover Business Plan General Requirements, Hazardous Materials Inventory Reporting Requirements, Alternative Hazardous Materials Inventory Requirements, Hazardous Materials Inventory Submittal, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Compliance Requirements, Emergency Response Plans and Procedures, and Training.
Presentation	Hazardous Materials Business Plan - HMBP 101

CCDEH EMERGENCY RESPONSE & PREPAREDNESS POLICY COMMITTEE W-O2

Wednesday 10am to 12pm

Room	ELITE
Seating	38 of 50 seats available
Credits
Speakers	Sheryl Baldwin
Objective	CCDEH Emergency Response & Preparedness Policy Committee
Description	CCDEH Emergency Response & Preparedness Policy Committee

OCT 2017 PARADIGM SHIFT FOR CA PETROLEUM REFINERIES PSM/CALARP & MAXIMIZING HAZOP/LOPA QUALITY TH-A2

Thursday 10am to 12pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating	177 of 200 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Steve Maher
Objective	Understand key elements of new PSM/CalARP Requirements for CA Petroleum Refineries, with an emphasis on human factors and facility applicability. This presentation will focus on tuning team sessions and documentation to maximize quality, with an emphasis on optimization for MOC/PSSR and DMR.
Description	State-PSM and CalARP requirements applicable to California refineries were finalized and made effective on October 1, 2017. Cal/OSHA's requirements are driven by a separate PSM regulation focused on petroleum refineries, and CalEPA/CalOES requirements include a new program level (Program 4), initially applying primarily to petroleum refineries. The course will focus on understanding and regulating these requirements. Although PSM, requiring a good-quality PHA, was promulgated in the United States in 1992, and HAZOP Study techniques date back to the mid-1970's, the HAZOP Study technique (and companion techniques such as LOPA) can still present challenges in consistently applying PHA in a high-quality fashion. This presentation will identify ways to maximize quality, with an emphasis on optimization for MOC/PSSR and DMR.
Presentation	October 2017 Paradigm Shift for CA Petroleum Refinery PSM/CalARP - TH-A2, Part 1
	Review and Impact of the OSHA Wynnewood Decision - TH-A2, Part 2
	Maximizing HAZOP/LOPA Quality - TH-A2, Part 3

UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT TH-B2

Thursday 10am to 12pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating	48 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Andy Smith, Regan Bottomley
Objective	Students will learn how to comply with the universal waste management regulations.
Description	The universal waste regulations are streamlined and more flexible, and yet violations are quite common here. In this presentation students will identify which materials may be regulated as universal waste, how to comply with the regulations and avoid violations.
Presentation	Universal Waste

CLEANUP AND CLOSURE OF A MOFFETT FIELD UST JET FUELING FACILITY TH-F2

Thursday 10am to 11am

Room	GOLD KEY I/II
Seating	65 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Brian Taylor, Thomas Henderson, Nickolaus Knight
Objective	This session will provide the history of the closure of a bulk field constructed underground storage tank facility.
Description	Conventional environmental groundwater remediation methods usually include physical means to clean up contamination sources, such as excavation, pump, extraction, bury, and burn. Coming into 21st century, the remediation industry starts to emphasize sustainability in site cleanup, which requires consideration of lower use of resources and energy (e.g., lower emission) and resource conservation. In a design of site remediation, the factors such as energy, resources, climate change, green technology, safety and risk evaluation, cost benefit, and public acceptance may be considered. Sustainability is evaluated based on environmental, economic, and social considerations. This presentation will evaluate first cost analysis using case study in Los Angeles Region, which used 179 closed cases of active remediation since 2012. The average cost of cleanup with all methods is about $887,438 per site. Cost for individual remedial method such as soil vapor extraction is also analyzed. For example, cost for average soil vapor extraction is about $926,173 per site, which is higher than the average cost per site. The presentation also discusses the relationship between the cleanup goal and sustainability. Some individual site remedial methods, including soil excavation, groundwater pump and treat, soil vapor extraction, thermal enhancement, dual-phase extraction and air sparging, vapor barrier installation, chemical and biological in-situ treatment, monitoring natural attenuation, and phytoremediation, are also evaluated per the perspective of sustainability.
Presentation	Clean Up and Closure of a Moffett Field Underground Storage Tank Jet Fueling Facility

SATELLITE AREA ACCUMULATION: ACHIEVING & MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE TH-H2

Thursday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating	96 of 180 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Natasha McClurg
Objective	This session will provide an informative discussion on satellite accumulation regulatory requirements and recommended best management practices.
Description	This course will examine current applicable regulatory requirements surrounding satellite accumulation wastes, containers and storage areas. Participants will be given opportunities to evaluate storage areas for deficiencies and discuss appropriate recommended best management practice solutions to maintain compliance. The course will end with a review of pending GIR requirements.
Presentation	Satellite Area Accumulation: Achieving & Maintaining Compliance

CUPA ROLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT DURING OIL SPILLS TH-I2

Thursday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating	128 of 175 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Trisha Johnson, Darwin Cheng, Kathleen Jennings, Rachel Fabian
Objective	Be familiar with the importance and structure of the Public Health Assessment Unit
Description	This session will provide a history of the development of the Public Health Assessment Unit (PHAU) evolved and proposed implementation in oil spill response practice. Additionally, the session will examine the first-time activation of the PHAU in the 2021 Huntington Beach pipeline release. Furthermore, the presenters will provide basis for CUPA involvement in the PHAU as technical experts or providing critical health perspective in oil spills.
Presentation	CUPA Role in Public Health Assessment During Oil Spills

UNVEILING calcupa.org's NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TH-L2

Thursday 10am to 11am

Room	GOLD KEY III
Seating	12 of 50 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Tim Snellings
Objective	Official Launch: CalCUPA has developed a new Learning Management System (LMS) for its members to continue to receive CUPA Program education. Successful completion of course materials and quizzes will award members CEUs that can be used to maintain a variety of certifications. We will review this new system/tool together during this Session.
Description	Over the years, we at calcupa.org have created several different methods of providing training for members to learn and earn CEUs. We've hosted a video library and over 200 videos from our 2 years of virtual conferences. We have tried several methods of having users verify they have watched the videos in an effort to maintain our accreditation with the State. In order to continue to improve CUPA Program Training to our members, we are moving forward with the next step in our training evolution to provide members with a full Learning Management System (LMS) training experience. This will allow Course attendees to be provided a variety of types of information including documents and videos. Successful training will be verified with the use of quizzes which must be passed in order to earn CEUs. We believe this will offer a further validation of the training experience for our members and continue to justify the awarding of CEUs for completed training. In this Session, we will walk through the process of accessing LMS Courses at calcupa.org and demonstrating some of the features and functions of the material and most importantly, how to meet the criteria for earning CEUs.
Presentation	UNVEILING CALCUPA.ORG'S NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

HMBP - TOP 10 VIOLATIONS TH-M2

Thursday 10am to 12pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM A-D
Seating	8 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Elizabeth Brega, Frederick Chun, John Elkins, Maxwell Wagner
Objective	This session will go over commonly issued violations issued in the State. Provide some common solutions for these violations.
Description	This session will go over commonly issued violations issued in the State. Provide some common solutions for these violations.
Presentation	HMBP - TOP 10 VIOLATIONS

NAVIGATING PROP 65 AND PFAS REGULATIONS FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS TH-N2

Thursday 10am to 11am

Room	GRANDBALLROOM K
Seating	25 of 60 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Marietje Hauprich-Baggerman
Objective	Review the latest updates to Prop 65 and PFAS chemicals in consumer products and effective compliance strategies for retailers and manufacturers.
Description	This session will provide an overview of the recent changes to Prop 65 and PFAS regulations and explore effective compliance strategies for manufacturers and retailers. UL experts will discuss the latest developments in Prop 65, including changes to the warning language requirements and enforcement activities, and provide practical tips for PFAS compliance. Stay ahead of the regulatory curve and ensure your business remains compliant.
Presentation	Navigating PFAS and Prop 65 Regulations for Consumer products