Conference Agenda & Scheduling

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Session
BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE FLY IT - LI-ION BATTERIES IN PRACTICE    W-D3
Wednesday     1pm to 3pm
Room ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating52 of 130 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersRobert Salvesen
ObjectiveTheory and practical application of energy storage systems, application of insults and their outcomes combined with Real-world experience.
DescriptionThe news has exploded with news of battery incidents lately. No place on Earth has been experiencing more than New York City. Take a journey with the guys who are on the ground handling the incidents, how the process has evolved, what we are currently doing, and where this is going. Plenty of time will be allowed for discussion.
WHAT'S NEW AT DTSC'S SITE MITIGATION & RESTORATION PROGRAM?    W-F3
Wednesday     1pm to 3pm
Room GOLD KEY I/II
Seating62 of 100 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersMaryam Tasnif-abbasi, Peter Garcia, Rafat Abbasi, Gregory Shaffer
ObjectiveThis session will provide participants with programmatic and regulatory updates, info on brownfields and brownfield funding, and VI decision making
DescriptionAn update on DTSC's Site Mitigation and Restoration Program, including: - DTSC's new Board of Environmental Safety - Funding available for cleanup - Community oriented programs - Initiatives for EJ communities - AB 304's requirements for Local Agencies - Using multiple lines of evidence to make decisions at vapor intrusion sites
PresentationWHAT'S NEW AT DTSC'S SITE MITIGATION & RESTORATION PROGRAM?
CONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER 40 CFR 112 AND THE APSA    W-G3
Wednesday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating96 of 160 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersGeoff Knight
ObjectiveThis session will provide participants with the knowledge of how SPCC Plans and Contingency Plans relate to and differ from each other.
DescriptionThis course will provide an overview of the requirements for Spill Contingency Plans written to fulfill the APSA and 40 CFR Part 112, which may be required as part of an SPCC Plan when a facility is unable to provide adequate secondary containment. This course will describe the standard elements of a Contingency Plan; compare and contrast SPCC Plans and Contingency Plans; and discuss the relationship between federal and California requirements.
PresentationCONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER 40 CFR 112 AND THE APSA
UNIFORM HAZARDOUS WASTE MANIFEST & SHIPPING PAPER REQUIREMENTS    W-H3
Wednesday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating46 of 180 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersNatasha McClurg
ObjectiveThis session will provide a thorough evaluation of the uniform hazardous waste manifest and waste related shipping paper regulatory requirements.
DescriptionThis course will provide participants with an in depth look at the uniform hazardous waste manifest requirements. Participants will evaluate shipping paper documentation, including e-manifest's, for accuracy. The course will end with a discussion on retention and distribution requirements.
PresentationUniform Hazardous Waste Manifest & Shipping Paper Requirements
IDENTIFICATION AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR HAZMAT INCIDENTS    W-I3
Wednesday     1pm to 2pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating91 of 175 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.5  
SpeakersGrant Miner
ObjectiveParticipants will learn how to identify the materials involved in an incident, analyze the hazards present, and how they impact response options.
DescriptionIdentification and hazard assessment (IDHA) plays a crucial role in responding to hazmat incidents. This course will discuss tools for identifying materials and their properties, understanding the dynamics of an incident and ensuring a safe, effective response. Topics will include resources for IDHA (placards/labels, SDSs, WISER, etc.), awareness of multiple hazards, reassessing hazards as information changes, and analysis of actual incidents.
PresentationIdentification and Hazard Assessment For Hazmat Incidents
OVERCOMING BIAS    W-J2
Wednesday     1pm to 5pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM CENTER
Seating206 of 250 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersJohn Wilson
ObjectiveThis session provides information on understanding our diversity and how to overcome subconscious bias.
DescriptionWe are often surrounded by polarization in the very things we should be celebrating: race, religion, technology, arts, and ideologies. "Overcoming Bias" is a unique, exciting, and original look at the sources of human bias on a personal and organizational level. This presentation also covers harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and prejudice of 18 protected groups, while defining and helping the audience understand the protected groups.
HMBP SUBMITTALS - APPLIED STRATEGIES FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE    W-M3
Wednesday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM A-D
Seating25 of 160 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersElizabeth Brega, Nicholas Crain, Kathleen Estrada, Thomas Vohoska, John Paine
ObjectiveThis session will provide participants with strategies for ensuring businesses comply with HMBP submittal requirements.
DescriptionThis course will highlight requirements pertaining to HMBP submittals and will give an overview of statewide HMBP submittal trends. Sacramento County Environmental Management Department and Riverside County Department of Environmental Health will present on strategies for ensuring business comply with HMBP submittal requirements as well as processes for ongoing compliance. CalEPA will present on the future of HMBP submittals in CERS NextGen.
PresentationHMBP Submittals - Applied Strategies for Ensuring Compliance
CCDEH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING    W-O3
Wednesday     1pm to 3pm
Room ELITE
Seating31 of 35 seats available
Credits  
SpeakersJustin Malan
ObjectiveCCDEH Executive Committee Meeting
DescriptionCCDEH Executive Committee Meeting
ADOPTION OF US EPA STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS    TH-B3
Thursday     1pm to 2:30pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating126 of 250 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.5  
SpeakersKristin Fitzgerald, Liliana Cahuas, Brian Knieser
ObjectiveThe course provides information on U.S. EPAs Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule and its potential adoption in California.
DescriptionOn August 21, 2019, U.S. EPAs Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the P075 Listing for Nicotine Rule went into effect. The rule sets forth new regulations for healthcare facilities and reverse distributors managing pharmaceuticals that are hazardous waste. This session will provide background on the rule, an overview of the rules main requirements, and an update on the status of adoption in California.
PresentationADOPTION OF US EPA STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS
ABANDONED UST CLOSURE OUTREACH    TH-C2
Thursday     1pm to 2pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating203 of 350 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  ICC: 1.0
SpeakersDouglas McDevitt, Johnny Wales
ObjectiveThis session will give an overview of efforts to assist with restoring compliance to abandoned, unpermitted USTs.
DescriptionRedhorse 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.
PresentationAbandoned UST Closure Outreach
DTSC POLICY BRANCH REGULATION PRIORITIES FOR 2023    TH-D2
Thursday     1pm to 2pm
Room ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating29 of 130 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  
SpeakersJessica Twining, Ricardo Rivera, Tracy Young, Bavneet Benipal
ObjectiveThis session will provide an overview of the priority regulation packages for the Policy Branch in 2023.
DescriptionDTSCs Policy Branch will present a summary of rulemaking packages being developed in the Branch and provide an outlook on future regulations. The session will also go over opportunities for CUPA and industry participation in the rulemaking package development.
PresentationDTSC Policy Branch Regulations Priorities for 2023
MEASURING SOIL GAS TO INDOOR AIR ATTENUATION RATES USING RADON    TH-F3
Thursday     1pm to 2pm
Room GOLD KEY I/II
Seating79 of 100 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.0  
SpeakersGlenn Tofani
ObjectiveTo quantify the exposure risks associated with soil gas intrusion to indoor air using measurements of naturally-occurring radon as a tracer gas.
DescriptionThe authors have found that the concurrent measurement of the concentrations of naturally-occurring radon in the soil gas beneath buildings, and in the interior air of buildings, can provide a reliable basis for calculating building-specific soil gas to indoor air attenuation rates.
PresentationMEASURING SOIL GAS TO INDOOR AIR ATTENUATION RATES USING RADON PDF of Presentation
MEASURING SOIL GAS TO INDOOR AIR ATTENUATION RATES USING RADON - HANDOUTS
Q&A FOR THE UNIFIED PROGRAM PANEL DISCUSSION    TH-H3
Thursday     1pm to 2:30pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM F
Seating19 of 100 seats available
CreditsREHS: 1.5  
SpeakersJason Boetzer
ObjectiveQ&A for the Unified Program. Ask questions to BDO Representatives on a panel discussion. You can post questions in advance at www.calcupa.org.
DescriptionQ&A for the Unified Program. Ask questions to BDO Representatives on a panel discussion. You can post questions in advance at www.calcupa.org.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INSTRUMENTS    TH-I3
Thursday     1pm to 3pm
Room GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating112 of 175 seats available
CreditsREHS: 2.0  
SpeakersEric Bald
ObjectiveTo provide an overview of LA County Health Haz Mat Response Capabilities.
DescriptionThis class is intended to demonstrate the breadth of air monitoring equipment and instrumentation utilized by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Health Hazardous Materials Division, Emergency Operations Section. This class will discuss the limitation, safety assessment and overall capabilities of the equipment. Instruction will begin in the classroom and will include an outdoor show and tell demonstration of a response vehicle and its equ
BASICS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING FOR INDUSTRY    TH-J2
Thursday     1pm to 5pm
Room MARQUIS BALLROOM CENTER
Seating385 of 500 seats available
CreditsREHS: 4.0  
SpeakersSteve Reichow, Natasha McClurg
ObjectiveTo provide hazardous waste generators an overview of the requirements for accumulation and storage of hazardous waste. For regulated businesses.
DescriptionTraining 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.
PresentationBasics of Hazardous Waste Training for Industry
REFINERY ROUNDTABLE MEETING BY INVITATION ONLY    TH-O2
Thursday     1pm to 3pm
Room ELITE
Seating13 of 35 seats available
Credits  
SpeakersJason Boetzer
ObjectiveRefinery Roundtable Meeting by invitation only
DescriptionRefinery Roundtable Meeting by invitation only
Since we will be using our calcupa.org "My Itinerary" process for the 2024 Conference for Attendees to Earn CEUs, please create your Itinerary by going to the online agenda and clicking on the "+Add" button on the right of the page to Add Sessions you plan to attend to your "My Itinerary".  To View/Edit your Itinerary for Session Attendance, visit your My Itinerary.  We will provide further information on how to 'check in/out' of a Session to verify your attendance. If you have any questions, please email registration@calcupa.org.