Conference Tracks
Select a conference track from the list below to see session, speaker, and handout/presentation information for that track.
Monday Morning Training Sessions
Monday, October 28, 2013 • 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
CUPA Case Studies
Room 311/312
Household Hazardous Waste managers are responsible for compliance of their facilities with many regulatory requirements from many different local and state agencies. This course is designed for those HHW program supervisors that oversee operations but do not actively work in the facility
handling wastes. It provides information on how to make sure your facility is in compliance with the multitude of regulatory requirements imposed on HHW programs.
Speakers
Dermot Casey,
Hazardous Materials Specialist, San Mateo County CUPA
Speaker-submitted biosketch
After working for 5 years as the Coordinator for the San Mateo County HHW Program, Dermot went over to the dark side to become a CUPA Inspector where he has been for several years.
During his tour of duty at the San Mateo HHW, he helped secure the funding, design and oversee the construction of the Permanent HHW Facility on Tower Road.
Mickey Pierce,
Hazardous Materials Specialist II, Santa Clara County, Department of Environmental Health
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Mickey Pierce has 20 years of HW experience as an inspector. He started and spent the first 14 years with the DTSC,conducting all different types of inspections from fully permitted to generator-only. Over the last 6 years Mickey has been with Santa Clara county DEH as a inspector across all CUPA programs. Within HHW, Mickey has been the point person for inspecting the door-to-door collection program.
Marjorie Terrell,
Hazardous Materials Specialist, San Mateo County Environmental Health
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Marjorie Terrell has been a Hazardous Materials Specialist with San Mateo County for 8 years and the Enforcement Specialist for the past 5 years. She has experience inspecting facilities of all sizes and varieties and assisted with the permitting of the County's Door to Door program in 2010. Prior to moving back to California she was the underground tank specialist for Minneapolis, MN. She graduated from Stanford University with an MS and BS in Earth Systems. When she's not keeping County facilities in line, she's using her negotiating skills on 3 young children.
Moderator: Elizabeth Rouan,
HHW Program Coordinator, San Mateo County
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
HHW for Managers
Room 309/310
Household Hazardous Waste managers are responsible for compliance of their facilities with many regulatory requirements from many different local and state agencies. This course is designed for those HHW program supervisors that oversee operations but do not actively work in the facility
handling wastes. It provides information on how to make sure your facility is in compliance with the multitude of regulatory requirements imposed on HHW programs.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
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Monday Afternoon Training Sessions
Monday, October 28, 2013 • 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Chemistry for Non-Chemists
Room 311/312
Build on your knowledge of what the hazards are for those HHW products that come to your HHW program. Learn how to use practical references such as labels, MSDS’s, DOT Charts, and reference books to identify the chemical ingredients and properties of these HHW products. This course provides information on basic chemistry related to HHW including the basic properties of chemicals hazardous properties, incompatibles, and classification of chemicals collected at HHW programs.
Speakers
Billy Puk,
HHW Collection Facility & Operations Manager, Recology San Francisco
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Billy Puk is the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility (HHWCF) & Operations Manager at Recology San Francisco. He has a B.S. in Chemistry concentration in Biomedical Science from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (formerly known as Polytechnic University), Brooklyn, NY and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Puk joined Recology San Francisco in 2005 to assist in the company’s loadchecking program and has been the Operations Manager of the San Francisco HHWCF since 2008. He has played a key role in implementing the Door-to-Door HHW collection program, including staff assignment, liaison with San Francisco’s Department of the Environment on operation of the HHWCF program and integration with the permanent facility operation, and develop safety training program for Door-to-Door and HHW programs staffs.
Presentations/Handouts
Emergency Response for HHW Programs
Room 309/310
Emergency responses at HHW programs are rare but staff needs to be aware of potential emergency situations. The Emergency Response for HHW Programs is a new course that focuses on the applicable emergency response requirements for HHW programs and offers practical advice to plan for
and address emergencies. The training will include how to determine an emergency situation, response measures, agency notifications, and documentation.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Sharon Simpson received her Bachelors of Science from Humboldt State University in Natural Resource Planning & Interpretation emphasizing in Environmental Health. She started her career in hazmat clean up and established her career in Household Hazardous Waste with MSE. After starting a family, she was offered a position with SRTS managing the City of Sacramento’s PHHWCF and various environmental programs. She currently works as an EP Specialist for WM with multiple HHW programs as well as compliance for various transfer stations and hauling operations. She is active in the HHWIE and holds various credentials. She currently resides in Auburn, CA with her husband & two children.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Wes Won,
Hazardous Materials Specialist, San Mateo County
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Wesley Won has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from U.C. Davis and a Masters in Science in Environmental Management from University of San Francisco. After a lengthy career in the biotech field doing Cardiovascular and Diabetes research, he became an Air Quality Inspector for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Following, he worked in the Environmental Health and Safety field for large bio-tech companies to implement many novel and required programs. He has also lead several Emergency Response Teams and has served as an editor for the Northern California American Industrial Hygienist Association. Currently, he works for the San Mateo County as part of the HHW Program.
David Wyatt,
HHW Program Supervisor , Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
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Tuesday Morning Training Sessions
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 • 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
DOT HM Transportation Refresher
Room 309/310
This course provides the required refresher for workers who package hazardous waste and these individuals signing manifests, bills of lading, and other shipping documents for hazardous and universal wastes. An update of numerous new shipping requirements will also be presented including the new Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest requirements, security plans, packaging standards, shipping names, and hazardous waste of concern requirements. This training is required every three years or when regulations change.
Speakers
Billy Puk,
HHW Collection Facility & Operations Manager, Recology San Francisco
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Billy Puk is the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility (HHWCF) & Operations Manager at Recology San Francisco. He has a B.S. in Chemistry concentration in Biomedical Science from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (formerly known as Polytechnic University), Brooklyn, NY and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Puk joined Recology San Francisco in 2005 to assist in the company’s loadchecking program and has been the Operations Manager of the San Francisco HHWCF since 2008. He has played a key role in implementing the Door-to-Door HHW collection program, including staff assignment, liaison with San Francisco’s Department of the Environment on operation of the HHWCF program and integration with the permanent facility operation, and develop safety training program for Door-to-Door and HHW programs staffs.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Sharon Simpson received her Bachelors of Science from Humboldt State University in Natural Resource Planning & Interpretation emphasizing in Environmental Health. She started her career in hazmat clean up and established her career in Household Hazardous Waste with MSE. After starting a family, she was offered a position with SRTS managing the City of Sacramento’s PHHWCF and various environmental programs. She currently works as an EP Specialist for WM with multiple HHW programs as well as compliance for various transfer stations and hauling operations. She is active in the HHWIE and holds various credentials. She currently resides in Auburn, CA with her husband & two children.
Presentations/Handouts
Green Chemistry 101 Training
Room 314
This course hosted by WSPPN and EPA offers a foundational understanding of green chemistry. Richard Williams, a recognized instructor for the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute explores the twelve principals of green chemistry covering history, roadmap, global sustainability, value proposition for industry, achieving results, metrics and decision-making tools inspiring green chemistry innovations and case studies. Participants will receive a P2 Certificate from WSPPN.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Rich Williams is President of Environmental Science & Green Chemistry Consulting . In 2010, he gave a presentation to US Congress on Pollutants of emerging concern in US waters and green chemistry opportunities. Rich has completed a diverse range of projects for the American Chemical Society, Green Chemistry Institute, and others (including EPA). Rich is the lead author of a 2012 book chapter on environmental science and green chemistry. Rich worked for17 years at the R&D Division of Pfizer, where he was the founding chair of Pfizer’s first green chemistry team; chaired a cross-company environmental science and policy team and was a member of Pfizer’s most senior policy team. Rich spent 8 years at WESTON, an environmental engineering company. He has a PhD in Ecology/Microbiology.
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
Identification of Unknowns
Room 311/312
Participants will learn some principles involved in categorizing unlabeled wastes for storage compatibility and to meet criteria for recycling, treatment, or disposal. Known and unknown HHW products will be tested using basic chemical tests such as pH, oxidizer, and water solubility. Other testing methods will also be discussed.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
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Keynote Presentation: Allen Fish
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Raptors, Rats, and Rodenticides – Is this DDT all over again?
Main Ballroom
Allen Fish, Director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) and Co-Founder of Raptors are the Solution (RATS), will trace the history of raptor population studies, including the impact of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and the current impact of anticoagulant rodenticides on the health of raptors. The US EPA recently banned second-generation rodenticides because they caused “unreasonable risks to the environment” by not only killing rodents, but also killing the wildlife and pets that feed on poisoned rodents. Allen will discuss how RATS was founded as an offshoot of the GGRO’s citizen science-based methods, as well as the progress that RATS has made toward removing these rodenticides from store shelves.
Speakers
Allen Fish,
Director/Co-Founder, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) and Raptors Are The Solution (RATS)
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Allen Fish, Director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO) and Co-Founder of Raptors are
the Solution (RATS), will trace the history of raptor population studies, including the impact of
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and the current impact of anticoagulant rodenticides on the
health of raptors. The US EPA recently banned second-generation rodenticides because they caused
“unreasonable risks to the environment” by not only killing rodents, but also killing the wildlife and
pets that feed on poisoned rodents. Allen will discuss how RATS was founded as an offshoot of the
GGRO’s citizen science-based methods, as well as the progress that RATS has made toward removing
these rodenticides from store shelves.
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Workshops Session One
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 • 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
EI.1: EPR for Batteries, Sharps, and Pharmaceuticals
Room 309/310
Local governments face several challenges in collecting household batteries, sharps and pharmaceuticals in California, but statewide efforts toward Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for each of these products could help. Learn how existing programs make the case for statewide action and discuss the pros and cons of an EPR program that balances public goals with private program efficiency.
Speakers
Rob D’Arcy,
Division manager, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Management, Santa Clara County
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Rob D’Arcy is the Hazardous Materials Program Manager for the County of Santa Clara Department of Agriculture and Environmental Management. Rob has a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies and a Master’s degree in Public Administration. For twelve years, he has been the manager for Santa Clara County’s Household Hazardous Waste Program. He was responsible for the design, construction and permitting of three household hazardous waste facilities. Rob has developed special program components, such as the Universal Waste Retail Take-it-back Partner Program to offer convenient and cost effective solutions for residents throughout the County. Rob is also a strong supporter of Producer Responsibility and believes industry take-back is the most constructive mechanism to achieve sustainability and reduce the local government burden of hazardous waste management.
Ryan Jackson,
Residential Toxics Reduction Associate, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Ryan Jackson recently joined the San Francisco Department of the Environment as a Residential Toxics Reduction Associate. He assists in administering the Safe Medicine Disposal Pilot Program and maintaining San Francisco’s universal waste collection network. Ryan previously supported the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Water Pollution Prevention Program and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board’s NPDES Enforcement Division. He studied environmental science policy at UC Berkeley and Columbia University.
Burke Lucy,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Burke Lucy is an integrated waste management specialist at the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) specializing in home-generated waste sharps, pharmaceuticals, batteries, and lamps and is managing the Form 303 household hazardous waste annual reporting process. Before joining CalRecycle, he worked for more than 17 years in the private sector primarily with government agencies. He managed a corporate website, produced a variety of marketing materials as a marketing writer, helped secure million dollar contracts as a proposal manager, and most recently managed and wrote environmental impact report sections for a variety of high-profile projects including landfills as a project manager and environmental specialist. He earned a bachelors degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.
Bill Pollock,
Program Manager, HHW Program, Alameda County
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Carl E. Smith heads Call2Recycle Inc., which operates Call2Recycle®, North America’s first and most successful battery recycling program. In this capacity, he oversees the organization’s strategy, partnerships and management of its national promotion and education efforts, serving as a model for product stewardship. Working directly with its Board of Directors, Mr. Smith leads the overall direction of the company. Additionally, Mr. Smith has extensive experience in strategic marketing, brand positioning, product / business development and environmental leadership. He previously served as the CEO of GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, a nonprofit organization that develops and promotes indoor air quality standards and programs. Before that, he was a senior marketing and general management executive with a Fortune 500 company and served in various capacities on Capitol Hill.
Presentations/Handouts
HHW.1: Practical Approaches to Making Decisions on Alternative Products
Room 313
Many products manufactured today generate large quantities of waste and wastewater and contain Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that contribute to smog. These toxic materials pose a threat to workers and community members. This panel will feature practical approaches to making decisions on alternative products: 1) Nine Ways to Avoid Household Toxins; and 2) Safer Alternative Graffiti Management Methods.
Speakers
Matt McCarron,
Senior Environmental Scientist, CA. Department of Toxics Substances Control (Hazardous Waste Management Program)
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Matt McCarron has been with the State of California for 23 years. He is Currenlty a Senior Environmental Scientist with DTSC having worked in Enforcement, Pollution Prevention, and External Affairs. Matt has previously work in the Governor's Office of Business Assistance, CIWMB/Calrecycle, and Cal/EPA.
Matt has Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, and a Master of Science in Environmental Management from the University of San Francisco.
Katy Wolf,
Ph.D., Institute for Research and Technical Assistance
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Dr. Katy Wolf is Director of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA), a nonprofit organization established in 1989. IRTA identifies, develops, tests and demonstrates safer alternatives for industrial and consumer product applications. IRTA also performs emerging and advanced technology demonstrations that reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous substances. Over the last 20 years, IRTA's projects have led to a reduction in the use of hazardous substances in California of more than 100 tons per day. Dr. Wolf spent fourteen years at the Rand Corporation, where she performed research on alternatives to ozone depleting substances and chlorinated solvents. Dr. Wolf has authored more than 200 publications. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Since 2003, Jessica Counts-Arnold has worked as a Pollution Prevention Coordinator in the Office of Pollution Prevention & Solid Waste at EPA Region 9. She has championed waste/toxics reduction work in the nail and hair salon sectors, while also addressing the environmental justice issues linked to these sectors. Jessica’s current work also involves working with Tribal Casinos to identify pollution prevention opportunities in their operations to help reduce their environmental footprint. In addition, Jessica coordinates EPA Pollution Prevention Grant for States solicitation. Jessica strives to identify emerging problems, develops strong partnerships and listens to stakeholder concerns to find and work on solutions to ensure everyone has a healthy and safe environment in which to live, learn, work and play.
Presentations/Handouts
UO.1: Outreach Strategies for Your Target Audience
Room 311/312
The audience for used oil and filter recycling messages can be large and varied. Learn how to “find” your target audiences and reach them using different outreach and event strategies. The speakers will discuss how they identified their audiences and then developed outreach programs, event organizing strategies and messages to reach their audience and achieve their program goals.
Speakers
Marianne Butler,
Environmental Education Program Manager, Solano Resource Conservation District
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Marianne Butler has thirteen years of experience as a watershed educator with a focus on multi-cultural and disadvantaged students. At the RCD, she works collaboratively with partners throughout the region to plan, implement, administer, and coordinate environmental education programs for adults and students that reflect priority environmental concerns. Marianne also convenes and chairs quarterly meetings for the Lake Berryessa Watershed Partnership and manages a summer intern program at the lake. She has successfully developed funding partnerships with local agencies to support and grow her education programs; she has also built an amazing group of committed and talented staff to help with program implementation. Marianne holds a BA in Education and an MS in Natural Resources with an emphasis in Sustainability.
Raquel Ruvalcaba,
Used Motor Oil Recycling Associate, San Francisco Department of Environment
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Raquel Ruvalcaba is the used motor oil recycling program associate for the San Francisco Department of the Environment. Since January 2010 she has implemented person-to-person and community-based outreach efforts within the DIYer community. She exhibits exemplary, cultural-specific understanding of the Spanish-speaking Do-it-Yourselfer and Shade Tree Mechanic communities. Prior to joining the San Francisco Department of the Environment in early 2010, she worked for 7 years as a store manager for Kragen Auto Parts where she developed an inside perspective on collection center operations and overcoming communication barriers with the DIYer community.
Jen Winfrey,
Recycling Specialist, County of San Diego, Department of Public Works
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Jen Winfrey has worked for the County of San Diego's Recycling Section since 2005. She manages the Used Oil Recycling Program, Tire Cleanup and Amnesty Events, Public Education Outreach activities (including social media) and the School Recycling Assistance Program. Jen's background in public relations and marketing has expanded our event outreach resulting in more event participation. She expanded the Used Oil Recycling Program to include airports, high school auto shops, ESL class presentations, curbside collection, and oil filter exchange events.
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Workshops Session Two
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 • 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
EI.2: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Café
Room 309/310
Statewide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for mercury thermostats, carpet, and paint are now in full swing in California. Some local ordinances take an EPR approach to varying degrees, and more programs are on the horizon. What makes EPR work well? What do you think is most important in an effective EPR program? How should the needs of local governments be addressed in EPR programs? How should programs be set up to better advance green design? Should costs be visible on consumer receipts or internalized? Come share your insights with others working on EPR programs and policy in this highly interactive, world café-style session. After short introductory presentations, participants will rotate through small groups where questions like these are posed, and discover the views of your peers and other professionals as EPR moves forward in California and the U.S.
Speakers
Cynthia Dunn,
Senior Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Cynthia Dunn is a senior specialist at CalRecycle with a lead role in the department’s efforts related to sustainable packaging and Extended Producer Responsibility. With almost 15 years in the environmental field in both the private and public sectors, Cynthia had worked in the areas of extended producer responsibility, household hazardous waste, universal waste, and commercial recycling. Previous to her role in packaging at CalRecycle, Cynthia co-led a team to implement CalRecycle’s responsibilities under AB 1343, California’s paint stewardship law. Other projects include work related to identifying and quantifying the economic, environmental, and other impacts of product stewardship programs. Cynthia received her BS from San José State University in Environmental Studies with a minor in Packaging Technologies.
Kathy Frevert,
Senior Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Kathy Frevert serves as a team lead for Product Stewardship at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and currently is focused on overseeing the implementation of the California Carpet Stewardship Program. In 2007 the product stewardship team was charged with implementing CalRecycle’ s strategic directive that seeks statutory authority to foster “cradle-to-cradle” producer responsibility and to develop producer-financed and producermanaged systems for product discards. The team now embarks on implementing three new recycling laws for carpet, paint, and now mattresses. Ms. Frevert has worked at CalRecycle (formerly the California Integrated Waste Management Board) for more than 20 years. During this time she facilitated activities for the State’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Task Force (2005-2007) and Sustainability Building Task Force (2000-2004), an inter-agency task force that worked on the state’s first LEED green building projects.
Burke Lucy,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Burke Lucy is an integrated waste management specialist at the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) specializing in home-generated waste sharps, pharmaceuticals, batteries, and lamps and is managing the Form 303 household hazardous waste annual reporting process. Before joining CalRecycle, he worked for more than 17 years in the private sector primarily with government agencies. He managed a corporate website, produced a variety of marketing materials as a marketing writer, helped secure million dollar contracts as a proposal manager, and most recently managed and wrote environmental impact report sections for a variety of high-profile projects including landfills as a project manager and environmental specialist. He earned a bachelors degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Matthew Mullinax is a Hazardous Substances Engineer with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) as part of their Hazardous Waste Management Program's Implementation Unit. He is the program lead for implementing the Mercury Thermostat Collection and Performance Requirements regulations. Matthew has a B.S. from C.S.U. Sacramento in Mechanical Engineering Technology with an emphasis in industrial design and project management. Prior to DTSC, he worked as a process/facilities engineer on retrofit and new construction projects for a couple of Bay Area biotech companies. He lives in Sacramento with his wife of 16 years, a gymnast/cheerleader and a football/baseball player.
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HHW.2 Who’s Liable for your HHW?
Room 313
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Programs provide a great public service but are not without some potential liability to sponsoring jurisdictions. Collected HHW passes though many hands and travels throughout the county before delivery to the final treatment or disposal facility. This session will provide an examination of various potential liabilities including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)— Superfund. Suggestions will be provided to minimize those liabilities including operational and contractual measures.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Leah Goldberg specializes in sustainable re-use and redevelopment of contaminated properties in addition to practicing general environmental, land use law and real estate law including cleanup of Underground Storage Tanks, Superfund liability, RCRA, the Clean Water Act, stormwater permits, NPDES permits, hazardous substances and wastes, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, the Endangered Species Act, Section 404 Wetlands permits, the Coastal Act, environmental insurance, and landfill regulation and closure. She is also working with several clients on the Paintcare Agreements and other household hazardous waste issues.
Malcolm Maxwell,
California Environmental Compliance Manager, NRC Environmental Services
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Malcolm Maxwell has been the California Environmental Compliance Manager for NRC Environmental Services Inc. for the past 19 + years. He oversees environmental compliance including internal environmental programs such as air programs (fleet and equipment), HMBP, SPCC Plans, and hazardous waste operations as well as client services such as HHW operations for the Butte Regional Permanent HHW Facility, Removal Action Work Plans, and Site Specific Health and Safety Plans.
Mr. Maxwell's HHW experience includes the development of a Standardized Permit for the City of Chico PHHWCF in 1994 – converted to Permit By Rule in 1995. Operation Plan development for the City of Sacramento (BLT Enterprises 1999), conversion of the City of Chico PHHWCF Operations Plan to Butte County Public Works (2002), development of Operations Plan for the Town of Paradise (Northern Recycling and Waste Services (2009), and development of Closure Plans and Closure Cost Estimates for multiple Norcal / Recology PHHWC facilities.
He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1983 with a B.S. in Chemistry and entered the hazardous waste industry in 1984 as a hazardous waste approval chemist for Casmalia Resources until 1986.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Presentations/Handouts
No presentations or handouts have been submitted for this session.
UO.2: Online Tools for HHW Management: CERS, FacIT and Used Oil Mapping
Room 311/312
Are you confused over the new required online reporting system for your facility Hazardous Materials Business Plan? Wish there was an easier way to keep track of the data and promote HHW and used oil facilities in your jurisdiction? There are! Come learn about the process Household Hazardous Waste Programs are required to follow in submitting Hazardous Materials Business Plans to their Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) via the new online system known as the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS). As part of this unified system, some jurisdictions have their own portal for submitting information. Also, CalRecycle will introduce how jurisdictions can utilize the Facility Information Toolbox (FacIT), an interactive tool in promoting the HHW and used oil facilities in California. FacIT not only allows the public to access information about California’s collection, exchange and processing sites, but also allows industry stakeholders to contribute, edit and verify that information. In addition, FacIT houses information for 35 other disposal, diversion and recycled market activities. CalRecycle will also be presenting a used oil map, developed by the GIS team, which is currently being used by staff to visualize the effectiveness of the used oil collection program.
Speakers
Dan Firth,
Electronic Reporting Project Manager (CERS), Cal/EPA Unified Program
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Dan Firth contracts with Cal/EPA as project manager for the California Environmental Reporting System, CERS. Previously he worked for Alameda County as Chief, Environmental Health, and in Hazardous Materials and Fire related programs for twenty-six years for Palo Alto, San Jose and Sunnyvale. He was an initiator and project manager for Unidocs, the first online resource for local regional standardization of hazardous materials management and reporting forms, policies and guidelines for business, from its inception in 1998 through 2008. He has a degree in Biology from Cal State University at Hayward (now East Bay).
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Nicki Ruszczycky (Ruh.zis'key) has been with CalRecycle for 9 years and has worked in several different areas of the department, including local assistance, permitting, and the beverage container recycling program. She has both a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration and is in the process of earning an associate’s in computer science. Her current position is within CalRecycle's Policy Office where she is the lead staff person over the Facility Information Toolbox project.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
Mike Tuck,
Research Analyst II (GIS), CalRecycle
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Mike Tuck has been providing CalRecycle with Geographic Information System support for 5 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in geography and currently holds a position in CalRecycle’s Policy Office.
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Keynote Presentation: Joel Greene
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 • 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Keep it Simple: Helping People Take Action Because They Want To, Not Because They Have To
Main Ballroom
Joel Greene has the unique perspective of peering on both sides of the fences when it comes to the public and understanding used oil and household hazardous waste. As host of the PBS television show “Curiosity Quest Goes Green”, his job is to explore what people are curious about and explain and demonstrate it in a way that can be understood by a 4th grader. Joel Greene’s travels around the country have allowed him to explore a vast array of episodes such as battery recycling, HHW, storm water, etc. Through the medium of television, he is able to create awareness within communities about sustainability and instill a passion for the environment that transcends science and legislation. Greene’s “keep it simple” messaging and approach to complicated topics at hand will leave you feeling, like his television audience that you’re not just doing your job…you are making a difference.
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Joel Greene has the unique perspective of peering on both sides of the fences when it comes to the public and understanding used oil and household hazardous waste. As host of the PBS television show “Curiosity Quest Goes Green”, his job is to explore what people are curious about and explain and demonstrate it in a way that can be understood by a 4th grader. Joel Greene’s travels around the country have allowed him to explore a vast array of episodes, such as battery recycling, HHW, storm water, etc. Through the medium of television, he is able to create awareness within communities about sustainability and instill a passion for the environment that transcends science and legislation. Greene’s “keep it simple” messaging and approach to complicated topics at hand will leave you feeling, like his television audience that you’re not just doing your job…you are making a difference.
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Workshops Session Three
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 • 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
EI.3: Turning Waste Into Profit through Material Exchange Networks
Room 309/310
The Earth's regenerative ability can no longer keep pace with human demand-people are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources. To restore equilibrium, businesses, government, nonprofits, trade associations, and academia are recognizing the economic and environmental value of their waste streams. Through the use of material exchange networks entities generate new revenue and savings by re-using undervalued materials. In addition, material exchange networks slow the pace of extracting virgin materials resulting in energy, water, hazardous pollutants and GHG reductions.
Speakers
Ken Pereira,
Supervising Waste Management Specialist, Sacramento County
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Mary Rose,
Co-Executive Director, NBIS (Network for Business Innovation & Sustainability)
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Since co-founding NBIS in 2003, Mary Rose has developed and delivered regional leadership and professional development programs to advance sustainability through the business sector. NBIS’ conferences, workshops and peer roundtables provide opportunities and strategies for businesses and professionals to leverage sustainable management practices for company advancement and impact. NBIS’ flagship regional programs, By-Product Synergy NW and the new online Materials Innovation Exchange, are helping companies develop closed loop approaches to waste materials. Mary serves on the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Business Practices program of Bellevue College, and is a member of the Tacoma Tideflats Industrial Stormwater Assistance Project. www.nbis.org; www.materialsinnovationexchange.com
Thomas Vinson,
Senior Program Coordinator, Zero Waste Network, University of Texas Arlington
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Thomas Vinson works out of the University of Texas Arlington where he founded the Zero Waste Network, working closely with a national network of specialists and the EPA to find ways businesses can save money by reducing waste. Thomas annually trains over 150 people, and speaks at workshops and trainings throughout the world. Thomas has led several IT projects to help businesses reduce their pollution, including a Pollution Prevention Planner that companies have used to reduce approximately half a million pounds per year and develop over 500 approaches for source reduction. Thomas has worked for the University of Texas, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Texas-Arlington and has completed ISO 14001 lead auditor training.
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HHW.3: California’s Paint Product Stewardship Program
Room 313
Product stewardship is a product-centered approach to environmental protection. It calls on those in the product lifecycle—manufacturers, retailers, consumers and recyclers—to share responsibility for reducing the environmental impacts of products. This session will provide an opportunity for various stakeholders involved in product stewardship to share successes and challenges of implementing a stewardship program. The session would also provide an update on the PaintCare Program's progress to date, and findings from the first annual report. PaintCare, a non-profit stewardship organization, was created by the American Coatings Association for the purpose of managing post-consumer paint in states with paint product stewardship legislation. California's paint product stewardship legislation went into effect October 19, 2012.
Speakers
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Since 1990, Ms. Beurmann has been responsible for development, implementation and management of all special waste programs including; HHW, CESQGs, paint and used oil recycling, material reuse, non friable asbestos, load-check, banned pesticides and pesticide container recycling programs. In addition, Ms. Beurmann is responsible for oversight of three permanent collection facilities, departmental litigation, property management, grant coordination and administration, and management of the County’s 54 closed burn dump sites and their associated remediations. Ms. Beurmann graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and has worked for the county for the past 35 years.
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Gene Brickhouse, is the General Manager of True Value Manufacturing in Cary, Illinois. As a manufacturer of paints, coatings, paint applicators and specialty cleaning products we supply True Value Hardware stores in 50 states and 28 foreign countries.
Before managing the manufacturing business he was responsible for the distribution facilities for True Value Company that serviced True Value Hardware stores west of the Mississippi River from 2001 through 2004.
Prior to joining True Value he worked with Weyerhaeuser Company and with Boise Cascade Company where he spent 28 years in engineering, manufacturing, sales and distribution of commodity building products.
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Caitlin Sanders is the California Program Manager at PaintCare, where she is expanding the public's opportunities for paint recycling in the state. Prior to joining PaintCare, Caitlin worked for the San Francisco Department of the Environment (SFE), where she focused on product stewardship initiatives, public education on toxics reduction strategies, and development and implementation of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) programs, including a network of more than 100 HHW retail drop-off sites and the nation's first industry-funded retail-based medicine collection and disposal program.
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UO.3: What’s New is Oil Again: Refreshing the Used Oil Payment Program
Room 311/312
What’s New in the Oil Program! New grant programs, new statewide outreach contracts, and the Farm and Ranch Grant Solid Waste Cleanup Grant Program. Come and hear the latest information to help you in your used oil and filter recycling programs! CalRecycle staff will provide an update overview of the Oil Payment Program (OPP) reporting system, upcoming statewide used oil contracts, and the used oil California Certified Collection Center Program. Information on CalRecycle’ s Farm and Ranch Grant Cleanup Program will also be presented for jurisdictions requiring assistance in their cleanup of illegal solid waste sites on farm or ranch properties. The session concludes with an opportunity for OPP participants to pose questions to the panel as well as meet in the smaller groups with their respective CalRecycle Program Advisors.
Speakers
Baljot Biring,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Baljot Biring attended California State University, Sacramento obtaining his Bachelor in Science in Finance and Risk Management Insurance. He started his State government career in 2006, joining the former California Integrated Waste Management Board as a student. As a student, he provided support to Grant Managers in the UO and Household Hazardous Waste Program grant programs. Baljot is on the UO Certified Collection Centers team, in addition to managing OPP for the greater Los Angeles Co. region.
Alan Ilusorio,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Alan Ilusorio has worked in CalRecycle for approximately four years, and is currently a Used Oil and HHW Program Advisor, as well as a co- lead for the most recent HHW Grant Program cycle. Previously, he worked in the Beverage Container and Tire Recycling Grants section, including a program lead for the FY 2011/12 and 2012/13 Beverage Container Recycling Grant Program.
Carla Repucci,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Carla Repucci graduated from California State University Sacramento with a B.S. in Environmental Science. Ms. Repucci began her state career in the California Integrated Waste Management Board’s Used Oil Program and worked there 10 years. In 2002 Carla moved into the Farm and Ranch Grant Program and two years ago added the Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grant Program to her duties.
Harnak Samra,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Harnak Samra attended California State University, Sacramento obtaining his Bachelor in Science in Business Management. His State government career began in 1998 with the Employment Development Department, where he served as a Grant Manager. In 2007, Harnak joined CalRecycle’s Used Oil Program. He currently serves as a Lead Program Advisor for the OPP Program, and manages payments for several cities in the Los Angeles region.
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Lunch and Award Presentation
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 • 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Award Presentation: Environmental Paint Solutions
Speakers
Steven Etzler,
Executive Director, Environmental Paint Solutions
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Workshops Session Four
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 • 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
EI.4: The Truth about Hydraulic Fracturing
Room 309/310
This session brings together environmentalists and energy professionals to discuss pros and cons of the expansion of natural gas drilling in California. How might fracking be regulated and what can be done to preserve water and other natural resources? This panel of experts explores the tremendous energy opportunity and exposes potential hazards for water contamination and waste management. It is a balanced dialog with several speakers representing different jurisdictions and viewpoints about an inevitable future.
Speakers
Don Clarke,
Geologist, Director, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
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Don Clarke has worked for nearly 40 years in the oil industry. He started at the California State Lands Commission in 1974. In 1981 Mr. Clarke moved to the City of Long Beach, Department of Oil Properties where he worked for 26 years mostly focusing on the Wilmington oil field equity and development. Mr. Clarke has also been a consultant, working in the Los Angeles Basin since 2005. His clients include Occidental Petroleum, Signal Hill Petroleum, the cities of Beverly Hills, Newport Beach and Hermosa Beach, Glamour Magazine and others. I have published over 60 papers and abstracts including several guidebooks to southern California geology. He has been active in AAPG, having served as President of Pacific Section, AAPG, Chairman of the AAPG House of Delegates, Member of the AAPG Advisory Committee, and also served on many committees. Mr. Clark has also served on two National Research Council Committees, Geoscience Data and Collections, Natural Resources in Peril and Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies. He has appeared as an expert in several television shows including National Geographic's Gallon of Gas, CBC.s Trashopolis and the movie A Crude Awaking. Mr. Clarke has also received several awards including PSAAPG Honorary Life Membership and AAPG Distinguished Service.
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Since joining Clean Water Action in 2006, Andrew has managed door-to-door field canvass operations and is currently working to protect California from hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas drilling activities. A native of San Francisco, Andrew began his career as an activist while earning his BA at Occidental College in Urban and Environmental Policy. After beginning his advocacy career in SF, Andrew worked as worked on campaigns for Clean Water Action in Washington, DC, Baltimore and Austin, TX. Since returning to his hometown in 2011, Andrew has been leading Clean Water's work on oil and gas issues in California, focusing on legislation, regulations and community organizing.
Place Holder,
, Western States Petroleum Association Manager
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Katharine Moore initially joined the Natural Resources and Water Committee in 2009, as a science and technology fellow and works primarily in the area of natural resources policy. She has an extensive research background in air quality and engineering and holds a Ph.D. in atmospheric science (atmospheric chemistry, Colorado State University) and MS and BS degrees in engineering (UC Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively).
Andrew Stone,
Executive Director, American Ground Water Trust
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Andrew Stone is a London University hydrogeology graduate. He has experience as a professor, consultant, groundwater advocate & educator. He is a recipient of the National Ground Water Association “Oliver Award” in recognition of his work in promoting groundwater education. From 1990 to 2002, he taught Ground Water Protection Policy at Antioch New England Graduate School. He is Director of the International Association of Hydrogeologists Commission on Groundwater Outreach to Decision Makers. He has made presentations on shale-gas development and water resources in Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, Texas, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina and California and in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Moderator:
Alan Hurt,
Commercial Services/Hawaii Program Manager, Sullivan International Solutions
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Alan Hurt presently works for Sullivan International Solutions, a world-class science, environmental and technology firm. Mr. Hurt’s prior experience included a position as VP for Regional Operations and Sustainability as well as his Department of Defense (DoD) civilian career which included supporting the DoD Regional Environmental Coordination Office, Navy Region SW and Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Mr. Hurt has more than 30 years of experience in strategic planning and environmental program management for Army, Navy (including Marine Corps) and Air Force programs which also include many Federal, including EPA, state and local collaborations. Mr. Hurt is very active in local, regional and national programs on sustainability best practices and initiatives with regulatory agencies, government and Industry. Alan Hurt is a member of the WSPPN Advisory Board.
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HHW.4: Beyond the Premium Item – New Strategies to Reach your Audience
Room 313
This session will look at strategies to engage your audience to create behavior change that move beyond traditional weekend oil events and handing out premium items. The speakers will cover three topics ranging from: 1) Building a brand for your program to engage hard to reach audiences; 2) Creating mobile apps that reduce barrier, provide greater service to the community and realize greater program efficiencies; and 3) Developing campaigns to reach large multi-lingual audiences through various mass media advertising and social media.
Speakers
Armin Gomez,
Communications Production Specialist, City of Palmdale
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Armin Gomez joined the City of Palmdale in March 2007 as a Communications Production Specialist. She is responsible for cable programming for the City’s local cable channel and provides technical support in the City’s public information and special event programs along with producing and directing all of the City’s award winning videos, including a documentary of local City history, installments of several different video magazines, commercials, and more. She previously served 6 years as Supervisor of Media Productions for the City of La Mirada and worked in cable production for the City of Lawndale and City of Mission Viejo. She also established her own contracting company, GoMedia Productions for several years, which provided video services to a variety of public and private clientele throughout Southern California.
Tim Grogan,
Hazardous Waste Specialist, Orange County Health Care Agency
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Tim Grogan, previously the Program Manager of Orange County’s Regional Household Hazardous Waste Program, and now a Hazardous Waste Specialist with the County of Orange Health Care Agency CUPA and Used Oil Programs. Tim's responsibilities with the County's Regional Used Oil Program (UOP) include visiting Certified Collection Centers, staffing outreach events, and contracting with advertising agencies to promote the Program. Tim will be sharing new ideas for UOP outreach campaigns, utilizing freeway billboards, bus shelters, bus and cable TV advertising, and web and social media.
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Stephen Groner is the founder and president of S. Groner Associates (SGA) a social marketing firm. Now in the firm’s 15th year, with offices in the Bay Area and Southern California, the firm previously won the Silver Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America for best public service campaign in the country for a project for USEPA. An environmental engineer by training (don't hold that against him :-), Stephen and his firm bring a unique mix of creativity and analytical skills to addressing communication issues. Stephen is very activity in the community and serves on the board of three non-profit boards, the US ZeroWaste Business Council, Friends of Ballona Wetlands and Social Venture Partners.
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Benjamin Lucha has been with Palmdale since May 2007. His responsibilities as the Senior Analyst for the Public Works Department include overseeing most of the City’s environmental programs (such as solid waste, recycling, household hazardous waste, air quality, energy, and power plant), overseeing the department’s budget, and department outreach. In addition to his Public Works related duties, he also works on projects with other departments, such as working extensively with the Communications Department, serving on the City’s Public Art Committee, and serving as chair for the City’s Hispanic Outreach Committee. Prior to arriving to the City, he worked with another jurisdiction working primarily on solid waste related issues. Ben has over fifteen years experience in the environmental field, with thirteen working in the public sector.
Moderator: Erica Mahgerefteh,
Strategy Director, S. Groner Associates, Inc.
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UO.4: Input on Used Oil Regulations and CalRecycle Used Oil Spending Plan
Room 311/312
CalRecycle intends to revise the regulations related to the California Oil Recycling Enhancement (CORE) Act. CalRecycle has also created a used oil three-year spending plan that includes a number of exciting research and service contracts such as research into high-efficiency filters and the creation of statewide outreach materials. Both the revision to the regulations and some of the contracts within the spending plan will be greatly enhanced by robust input from members of the impacted community. This session provides an opportunity for attendees to learn more about these efforts and to provide initial input.
Speakers
Robert Carlson,
Senior Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Robert Carlson is a senior integrated waste management specialist at CalRecycle working in the used oil program. Currently Robert is responsible for various technical aspects of the used oil program and in particular is leading the effort to complete the Lifecycle Assessment for used oil as required by SB 546. Robert has also worked at CalRecycle in the tire program, plastics and packaging, as well as Extended Producer Responsiblity.
Emily Wang,
Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Emily Wang is an integrated waste management specialist at the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) where she works on issues related to used oil and household hazardous waste. She has worked at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for five years, where she has served as a technical advisor on the used oil and household hazardous waste programs, helped to write regulations for the paint product stewardship program, and compiled data and collection statistics statewide through the Form 303 and other annual reports. Emily attended the California Institute of Technology in Biology, obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
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Workshops Session Five
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 • 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EI.5: Green Products: Making Decisions with Imperfect Knowledge
Room 309/310
Session purpose is to explore how the evolving fields of Alternative Assessment, Product Standards, and Product Certifications can help purchasers, consumers, and policy makers make better decisions about what make a “greener” product. Where is the state of the art now, and what challenges remain? How should these tools be wielded to avoid pitfalls and lead us toward a greener future? Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the practical application of the emerging practice of chemical alternative assessment; useful approaches for evaluating ecolabels and product certifications; and pitfalls to avoid when trying to make decisions about environmentally preferable products. We will use an engaging format to address audience questions and concerns.
Speakers
Alicia Culver,
Executive Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
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Alicia’s experience working on sustainability issues spans more than two decades. She has provided technical support to procurement agents and environmental program staff in many states and municipalities. She has helped develop model green purchasing policies and specifications for a wide-range of environmentally preferable goods and services such as low-mercury/energy-efficient fluorescent lamps, asthma-safe cleaning products, and compostable food service ware. Alicia formerly worked as the Deputy Director of the New Jersey Office of Sustainability and founded the Green Purchasing Institute. She currently chairs San Francisco’s Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group and has served as an advisor to many other organizations, including the National Healthy Schools Network, Green Guide for Health Care, GoodGuide, the Product Policy Institute, Environmental Working Group, and the European Environmental Bureau.
John Katz,
Pollution Prevention Coordinator, US Environmental Protection Agency , Region 9
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John Katz has served as a Pollution Prevention Coordinator at EPA for 17 years. He focuses on small business technical assistance, green product design, and electronics. He has a Masters Degree in Environmental and Energy Policy from the University of Minnesota.
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HHW.5: Sustaining Programs with Limited Resources
Room 313
Leveraging Partnerships to run HHW Programs—Reaching across the issues to create policies, programs and partnerships to protect the environment. One of the biggest environmental programs local governments are mandated with is managing and collecting hazardous waste. We use every trick in the book to control costs, but the simple fact remains that we must leverage resources and develop partnerships to address overlapping issues. These resources include: grants, public/private partnerships, using onsite personnel to offset costs, and treating wastes as a commodity for revenue generation. What are the real time expectations of maintaining a meaningful HHW, universal waste, and EPR Collection Programs over the coming years? Where can we find funding? What are some current program success stories? This interactive discussion welcomes aggressive thinking and the enthusiastic sharing of ideas among jurisdictions represented in the audience.
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Natalia Jimenez is the Environmental Affairs Manager with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. She has over 17 years of professional program management and communications experience including managing, developing, and implementing complex environmental programs and public education campaigns. She oversees the $10 million HHW Management Program, the largest of its kind in the nation. Natalia has led media relations, environmental outreach, social marketing and advertising campaigns with impressive and positive results. She is the spokesperson for Public Works in Spanish and English media. She is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications.
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Armine Kesablyan is the Program Manager for Los Angeles County’s countywide Household Hazardous Waste Management Program. She has managed this program for the last 8 years and has worked with all of the 88 cities in the County and other beneficial partners to foster collaboration and promote sustainability to enhance services in the County while reducing costs, leveraging limited resources, avoiding duplication of efforts, and providing unified public education. She possesses skills in grant writing, legislative analysis, and program analysis and development. She has a BA in Graphic Arts and a Masters in Business Administration.
Justin Lewis,
Environmental Management Coordinator, City of Lancaster
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Justin Lewis is an Environmental Compliance Officer with the City of Lancaster with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management. Since 2007, He has been focused on ensuring facility compliance with current and new environmental regulations, and developing reuse, recycling, and sustainable residual revenue programs from waste products. His current design and operation of the first Municipal operated 24 Hour Recycling Center for HHW has earned him the American Public Works Association Environmental Program of the Year Award and the California Resource and Recovery Association Outstanding HHW / E-Waste Recycling program award. His environmental background and focus on community collaboration has resulted in numerous environmental programs including a unique HHW multi-family recycling program and a park recycling collaboration program called Recycling for Recreation.
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Brent Whitener,
Programs Manager, Humboldt Waste Management Authority
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Brent Whitener has served for five years as HWMA's manager of HHW facility and mobile collection events, satellite collection of Universal wastes including medical sharps, household batteries, and fluorescent bulbs. He administer's OPP and Waste Tire Grant activities, diversion and the development of commodities streams to attain and exceed AB939 mandates, and active participation in EPR such as carpet CARE and PaintCare Programs. Mr. Whitener's previous careers include Humboldt County Environmental Health Field Inspector and US Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection Enforcement Officer.
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UO.5: Used Oil Lifecycle Assessment
Room 311/312
In 2009, SB 546 made a number of changes to the California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act, including requiring CalRecycle to complete a Lifecycle Assessment on the used oil management system in California. In July 2013, the contractor reports related to that project were completed. This session will present the results of those contractor reports and describe the draft findings made by CalRecycle.
Speakers
Robert Carlson,
Senior Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle
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Robert Carlson is a senior integrated waste management specialist at CalRecycle working in the used oil program. Currently Robert is responsible for various technical aspects of the used oil program and in particular is leading the effort to complete the Lifecycle Assessment for used oil as required by SB 546. Robert has also worked at CalRecycle in the tire program, plastics and packaging, as well as Extended Producer Responsiblity.
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Keynote Presentation: Dr. Eric Mussen
Thursday, October 31, 2013 • 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Health of our Honey Bees and our Beekeeping Industry
Main Ballroom
Dr. Eric Mussen will provide some historical information, bring us up to the present, and then discuss the various factors that seem to be involved with the inability of many beekeepers to keep their colonies alive and in a healthy condition. Discussion topics will include: colony malnutrition and reasons for the lack of adequate food resources; the impact of moving bees across the country repeatedly; the impacts of recently introduced and more familiar diseases, such as Nosema ceranae and the ubiquitous RNA viruses; the extremely difficult time beekeepers have trying to keep populations of the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, at sub-economic levels; and how the bees are coping with frequent exposures to pesticides in their environment. Dr. Mussen will include some hints for how members of the general public can help protect the bees.
Speakers
Eric Mussen,
Extension Apiculturist, University of California, Davis
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CURRENT BIO – Dr. Eric C. Mussen
Eric is the Extension Apiculturist for the University of California, housed in the Entomology Department at the UC Davis campus. After receiving BS, MS, and PhD degrees in entomology,
he has conducted limited basic research while mainly organizing and delivering various extension programs to beekeepers and others interested in honey bees and crop pollination for 37 years. He has published a bimonthly newsletter for 37 years, with issues since 1994 available on his webpage. He has topical articles on important beekeeping aspects, called Bee Briefs, on his webpage. He is a member of many professional academic and beekeeping associations.
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Workshops Session Six
Thursday, October 31, 2013 • 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
EI.6: Emerging Issues in Green Business Programs – Partnerships, Green Jobs and Technology
Room 309/310
Green business program experts from the City of Placentia, the State of Hawaii and the California Green Business Program will share cutting edge program information that can benefit any environmental or pollution prevention program manager. Presenters will orient attendees to how today’s Green Business Programs help businesses and their agencies achieve environmental compliance and then go beyond to increase the sustainability of their operations. Innovations that are supporting the start up, expansion, and increased effectiveness of these programs include leveraging partnerships, focusing on economic development and job training, and gathering and using metrics to measure performance and increase program support. CAlifornia Green Business Program Network (CAGBN ) also recently participated in the first national Summit of Green Business Challenges and will share some fun new ideas for your P2 and zero waste programs.
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Ms. Castro-Graham has over ten years of experience managing environmental programs for Southern California Municipalities. In 2010, she was chosen as an Emerging Leader by the American Public Works Association. She also teaches regulatory compliance and resource management at California State University Fullerton and Irvine Valley College.
Jon Chin
Jon Chin, Energy Analyst and Lead by Example Project Manager has a wide range of work experience including teaching/training, curriculum development, small business development and operations, sales, marketing, policy research, program coordination, data analysis and technical writing. Jon coordinates the Lead By Example initiative, which encourages energy efficiency and renewable energy development among state agencies. He manages the collection and analysis of state electricity consumption and cost data and authors annual report to Legislature that details state agency activities under the Lead By Example initiative. Jon also conducts trainings for state and county personnel on green purchasing, office sustainability and energy conservation and manages the Green Government Challenge.
Jonathan Chin,
Energy Analyst, State of Hawaii , DBEDT, Energy Office
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Jon Chin is an energy analyst for the Hawaii State Energy Office. He coordinates the Lead By Example program which promotes organizational sustainability through energy and resource efficiency, environmentally preferable purchasing, and fleet/transportation efficiency among State of Hawaii executive agencies. He oversees the State Energy Office’s ENERGY STAR program benchmarking state facilities and works on the Hawaii Green Business Program.
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Kirsten Liske is the Vice President of the Pollution Prevention and Zero Waste Division at Ecology Action, work which is fueled by a strong commitment to bring different segments of the community together to improve our quality of life. Kirsten leads development, fundraises and supports 7 project managers delivering 12 critical community programs with combined budgets of $2.6 million dollars annually. She directly manages the California Green Business Program engagement efforts within EA and serves on the management team contributing to strategic planning and fund development. When not working with the EA team, Kirsten enjoys taking long walks up big hills with heavy packs, diving in alpine lakes and playing with her neices and nephews anywhere they want to play.
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Gail Suzuki-Jones, Energy Analyst and LEED Accredited Professional, has worked with the Strategic Industries Division at the State of Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism since 1997. With government, non-profit, and private sector experience in the implementation of energy and resource-efficient design and construction practices, Gail is an active member of the Hawaii USGBC Chapter Education and Green Schools Committees and is on the WSPPN Advisory Board. She works closely with businesses, community groups and government to implement energy and resource efficient green building programs, projects and measures via the Hawaii Green Business Program for Hotels/Resorts, Office/Retail, Restaurants/Food Service, Schools and Events.
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HHW.6: HHW Program Compliance Issues
Room 313
Household hazardous waste programs are subject to many regulatory requirements. The Department of Toxic Substances Control will begin the session with a presentation and discussion of current regulatory requirements and topics impacting operations. The session will then move into an open forum for HHW operators (and other stakeholders) to propose specific changes they believe are necessary to more effectively and efficiently collect HHW and CESQG waste. The primary audience is local government HHW program managers and operators.
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Kevin Sanchez, Environmental Scientist, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), Industry Assistance, Training and Outreach Unit of the Hazardous Waste Management Program (HWMP). Kevin Sanchez has worked for DTSC for 5 years providing regulatory assistance to the public and regulated entities, including: lawyers; environmental consultants; local governments, including CUPAs and LEAs; and other State agencies.
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Larry Sweetser has provided guidance to Household Hazardous Waste programs throughout California for over 20 years and specializes in regulatory assistance to local government and facility operators on the design, operation, permitting, and compliance of Household Hazardous Waste programs. Larry has been assisting with the California Annual Household Hazardous Waste Conference Training Sessions since 2002 as well as providing assistance for the Rural Counties' Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority. Larry frequently participates in regulatory discussions related to HHW operations.
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Marc Winkler has a BS in Environmental Science and a minor in Geology from Sacramento State University. He has worked in the industry for 20+ years starting out as a technician working on a drill rig and was a project manager at PSC working the Northern CA DRMO contract. He then became a PM in the HHW field running several mobile and fixed facilities. Marc is now the Northern CA HHW Operations Manager for PSC, overseeing 50+ cities and jurisdictions.
Moderator: Dee Johnson,
, Novato Sanitary District
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UO.6: Why Bio? Time for an Oil Change
Room 311/312
Hiding in plain sight, on roads and parking lots are dirty spots of oil. Ever wonder where this oil comes from and where it goes as rain washes it away? CA buys 150 million gallons of motor oil each year generating 90 million of used oil. What happens to the other 60 million gallons of uncollectable used oil and how can we effectively apply Source Reduction and Pollution Prevention techniques to this massive annual “Silent Oil Spill?” Implementing extended oil drain intervals and increasing the recyling and re-use of used oil are two ways.
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Speaking of Linda S. Adams, Governor Schwarzenegger described her as, “A mover and a shaker in California’s environmental policy” and commented that the impacts of her work “have been and continue to be felt around the world.” Governor Gray Davis called her a “. . . true trailblazer, constantly pushing the State toward more progressive, sustainable policies that better serve the people of California.” Linda has served in cabinet-level positions with three governors during her distinguished career with the State of California. She held key positions in both the Executive and Legislative branches during her many years in public service. In 2006, Linda was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), where she served until August of 2011.
Ed Benelli,
Hazardous Substances Engineer, California Department of Toxic Substances Control
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Ed Benelli is a Hazardous Substances Engineer with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Research and Policy Development. His current work involves developing best management practices and regulations for the auto shredding industry. He holds a Bachelor's degree in chemistry and a Master's degree in civil and environmental engineering.
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Gregory D. Blake serves as Director of Public and Government Relations for Biosynthetic Technologies, and as the Executive Director of a public awareness campaign “Time for an Oil Change.” Responsibilities include developing and managing strategic business contacts, alliances and partnerships; government regulations and lobbying; communications and public relations.
Previously, Greg was the President of Blue River Advisors in Irvine, CA. In addition, he has built entrepreneurial ventures in the technology, media, and real estate fields. Greg received an MBA from the Marriott School of Management and he also received a Bachelor’s degree in Finance at the University of Utah.
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