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APPLICATIONS OF P&ID DRAWINGS WITHIN SELECT PREVENTION PROGRAM W-A3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHWEST
Seating	152 of 200 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Eileen Woodbury, Alvin Lal
Objective	Part 2: An overview of ammonia refrigeration operational knowledge needed to conduct effective regulatory audits and inspections.
Description	Real world applications of P&ID drawings within select RMP prevention program elements for program 2 and program 3. Includes inspection tips and best practices.
Presentation	Applications of P&ID drawings within select Prevention Programs

ADVANCED HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARACTERIZATION W-B3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating	78 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Andy Smith, Regan Bottomley
Objective	Students will build on their previous hazardous waste characterization training by delving deeper into the definition of hazardous waste.
Description	Every wonder why spent solvents are regulated at 10% or more? What are hazard codes and why do I care? Is my solvent-contaminated rag an ignitable D001 when I'm done cleaning with it; what about a spill? Why are some chemicals repeated in the F001 and F002? What is this whole "sole active ingredient" in unused chemicals all about? These questions and more will be answered as we delve deeper into understanding the nuances of waste identification.
Presentation	Advanced Hazardous Waste Determination

UST COMPONENTS 101 PLUS W-C3

Wednesday 1pm to 5pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating	107 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0 ICC: 4.0
Speakers	Gerrit Kovach, Brenda Puepke
Objective	To be able to identify different parts of the UST system included in leak detection, spill containment and overfill protection and certifications.
Description	This course will be an open presentation with an array of UST Components with the objective of learning and identifying different parts and finctions for UST inspections. This will include many field photos and videos and a collection of actual UST sensors, leak detectors, piping and other components from different systems (Veeder Root, Pneumeractor, etc.). A new UST components field guide will also be included with this presentation.
Presentation	UST Components 101 Plus
	UST Monitoring System Field Guide
	Waterboard Monitoring Construction Guide
	VEEDER ROOT SENSOR GUIDE
	EBW GUIDE
	FRANKLING FUELING SENSOR GUIDE
	RONAN PDF GUIDE
	PNEUMERCATOR PDF GUIDE
	UST PIPING GUIDE 1
	UST PIPING GUIDE 2 (FLEX BRAVO)

BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE FLY IT - LI-ION BATTERIES IN PRACTICE W-D3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating	52 of 130 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Robert Salvesen
Objective	Theory and practical application of energy storage systems, application of insults and their outcomes combined with Real-world experience.
Description	The 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.

The CUPA AEO PROCESS AND MULTI-AGENCY COLLABORATION W-E3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 3/4
Seating	68 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Dennis Karidis, Heather Tanner, , David Irey
Objective	Attendees will be presented with an enforcement action process taken by the CUPA and also a look into with how various agencies collaborate to address illegal dumping in our neighborhoods.
Description	This is a two-part case study. The first session is a case study presented by Sacramento County about the enforcement action against an unregulated facility for HM and HW programs. The second session is presented by DTSC on a multijurisdictional approach to address illegal dumping into a stream running through County property.

WHAT'S NEW AT DTSC'S SITE MITIGATION & RESTORATION PROGRAM? W-F3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	GOLD KEY I/II
Seating	62 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Maryam Tasnif-abbasi, Peter Garcia, Rafat Abbasi, Gregory Shaffer
Objective	This session will provide participants with programmatic and regulatory updates, info on brownfields and brownfield funding, and VI decision making
Description	An 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

CONTINGENCY PLANS UNDER 40 CFR 112 AND THE APSA W-G3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM G/H
Seating	96 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Geoff Knight
Objective	This session will provide participants with the knowledge of how SPCC Plans and Contingency Plans relate to and differ from each other.
Description	This 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.
Presentation	CONTINGENCY 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
Seating	47 of 180 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Natasha McClurg
Objective	This session will provide a thorough evaluation of the uniform hazardous waste manifest and waste related shipping paper regulatory requirements.
Description	This 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.
Presentation	Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest & Shipping Paper Requirements

IDENTIFICATION AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR HAZMAT INCIDENTS W-I3

Wednesday 1pm to 2pm

Room	GRAND BALLROOM E
Seating	90 of 175 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Grant Miner
Objective	Participants will learn how to identify the materials involved in an incident, analyze the hazards present, and how they impact response options.
Description	Identification 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.
Presentation	Identification and Hazard Assessment For Hazmat Incidents

OVERCOMING BIAS W-J2

Wednesday 1pm to 5pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM CENTER
Seating	206 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 4.0
Speakers	John Wilson
Objective	This session provides information on understanding our diversity and how to overcome subconscious bias.
Description	We 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
Seating	26 of 160 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Elizabeth Brega, Nicholas Crain, Kathleen Estrada, Thomas Vohoska, John Paine
Objective	This session will provide participants with strategies for ensuring businesses comply with HMBP submittal requirements.
Description	This 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.
Presentation	HMBP Submittals - Applied Strategies for Ensuring Compliance

CCDEH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING W-O3

Wednesday 1pm to 3pm

Room	ELITE
Seating	30 of 35 seats available
Credits
Speakers	Justin Malan
Objective	CCDEH Executive Committee Meeting
Description	CCDEH Executive Committee Meeting

ADOPTION OF US EPA STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS TH-B3

Thursday 1pm to 2:30pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM NORTHEAST
Seating	126 of 250 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Kristin Fitzgerald, Liliana Cahuas, Brian Knieser
Objective	The course provides information on U.S. EPAs Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule and its potential adoption in California.
Description	On 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.
Presentation	ADOPTION OF US EPA STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PHARMACEUTICALS

ABANDONED UST CLOSURE OUTREACH TH-C2

Thursday 1pm to 2pm

Room	MARQUIS BALLROOM SOUTH
Seating	203 of 350 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0 ICC: 1.0
Speakers	Douglas McDevitt, 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

DTSC POLICY BRANCH REGULATION PRIORITIES FOR 2023 TH-D2

Thursday 1pm to 2pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 1/2
Seating	29 of 130 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Jessica Twining, Ricardo Rivera, Tracy Young, Bavneet Benipal
Objective	This session will provide an overview of the priority regulation packages for the Policy Branch in 2023.
Description	DTSCs 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.
Presentation	DTSC Policy Branch Regulations Priorities for 2023

CASE STUDIES HAZARDOUS WASTE ENFORCEMENT TH-E2

Thursday 1pm to 3pm

Room	ORANGE COUNTY BALLROOM 3/4
Seating	44 of 150 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Fariba Khaledan, Michael Whitehead,
Objective	This session will present two case studies of illegal hazardous waste disposal.
Description	The details of each case from the initial investigation to compliance and final Administrative Enforcement Order will be discussed and shared with regulators to provide an overview of the enforcement process. Regulators only.

MEASURING SOIL GAS TO INDOOR AIR ATTENUATION RATES USING RADON TH-F3

Thursday 1pm to 2pm

Room	GOLD KEY I/II
Seating	80 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.0
Speakers	Glenn Tofani
Objective	To quantify the exposure risks associated with soil gas intrusion to indoor air using measurements of naturally-occurring radon as a tracer gas.
Description	The 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.
Presentation	MEASURING 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
Seating	19 of 100 seats available
Credits	REHS: 1.5
Speakers	Jason Boetzer
Objective	Q&A for the Unified Program. Ask questions to BDO Representatives on a panel discussion. You can post questions in advance at www.calcupa.org.
Description	Q&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
Seating	112 of 175 seats available
Credits	REHS: 2.0
Speakers	Eric Bald
Objective	To provide an overview of LA County Health Haz Mat Response Capabilities.
Description	This 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
Seating	385 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