2008 Courses Offered

 Schedule of Courses

Dates and Times of Courses

 Energy & Sustainability Courses

ES-1: Integrated Energy Management and Carbon Reduction Strategies

Energy management and GHG emission reduction strategies are closely related initiatives in the industrial world. This session addresses energy management issues from an industrial perspective and examines their importance in developing a GHG emissions reduction strategy. Speakers will examine various energy strategies that can yield GHG emissions reductions, including:

- Renewable energy - Replacing power generation from fossil fuels with power generation from wind, solar, biomass and biogas
- Installing combined heat and power plants - Simultaneous generation of usable heat and power in a single process
- Improving generator efficiencies
- Fuel Switching - Switching to a fuel with lower carbon content
- End Use Energy Efficiency - Reducing energy consumption through lighting retrofits, decommissioning, motion sensor lighting, HVAC system improvements, anti-sweat heaters, lighting controls, etc.

Speakers will present case studies illustrating how they’ve developed baseline energy use profiles and established integrated programs to reduce energy use, manage their GHG emissions and save money.

Instructors:

Mahesh Gundappa, Blue Source
Nick, Spates, Modular Process Control LLC

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ES-2: Basic Concepts in Environmental Sustainability

Due to increasing pressures from Wall Street, shareholder groups, financial institutions, and insurance companies, many industrial organizations developing sustainability programs as they relate to environmental issues. This session investigates various perspectives on what the term “environmental sustainability” really means to an industrial facility and where some of the emerging pressures for sustainability initiatives originate.

Instructors:

Kelly Boone, UNC Kenan-Flagler Center for Sustainable Enterprise
Greg Miller, bioMerieux

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ES-3: How Does the REACH Program Affect NC Manufacturers and Exporters?

REACH is a new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006). The new law went into force on 1 June 2007, and it deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances. Manufacturers and importers will be required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances, which will allow their safe handling, and to register the information in a central database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki. How will REACH affect your business? Find out at this session .

Instructor:

Joseph E. Plamondon, Ph.D., Bergeson And Campbell

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ES-4: Homeland Security’s Chemical Anti-Terrorism Program and Security Systems

The DHS Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulations require “high-risk” chemical facilities to enhance security and establish new procedures for protecting chemical facility security information. Whether a facility is classified “high risk” is a threshold question, which DHS determines on a facility-by-facility basis. Generally, the type and amount of chemicals that a facility has determines whether – and to what extent – a facility is subject to CFATS. This session will help you navigate the new DHS requirements. In addition you will hear about security systems that companies are installing to enhance on-site security to meet CFATS and other requirements.

Instructors:

Mary Beth Koza, UNC Dept. of Environment, Health & Safety

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ES-5: EHS Management Systems

For organizations trying to cost-effectively address environmental issues along with occupational health/safety issues, an integrated management system often makes sense. This session examines how that can be accomplished, using case studies illustrating successful integration of an ISO 14001 environmental management system and OHSAS 18001 health and safety management system.

Instructors:

Andrew Miles, JM Huber Corporation
Gordon Smith, Mitsubhish Polyester Films
George Crosby, CommScope, Inc.

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Occupational Safety and Health

OSH-1: Industrial Hygiene for the Non-Industrial Hygienist

Industrial Hygiene is sometimes viewed by those outside the field as a complicated, esoteric world of pumps, PEL’s and technical jargon. Using the traditional paradigm of recognition, evaluation and control, this course will provide an overview of the basic concepts that contribute to a fundamental understanding of industrial hygiene. Topics covered will include basic toxicology, standards, TLV’s and guidelines, sampling methods and interpretation, control strategies, and special, non-traditional industrial hygiene concerns. At the conclusion of the course the student should have a practical understanding of industrial hygiene principles and practices and a familiarity with the terminology and basic concepts of health hazard recognition, evaluation, and control methods.

Instructor:

Lindsay Cook, The EI Group Inc.

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OSH-2: Benchmarking Behavioral Safety Systems in an Industrial Setting

Behavioral safety is getting plenty of attention these days and there are many off-the-shelf and custom systems that are being used. This panel discussion, followed by an open forum, will focus on seasoned behavioral systems that have achieved success in the industrial setting, including what works and what has not worked well, which should be helpful for both the experienced as well as the novice.

Instructor:

Mark Hutchings, Kapstone Paper
 

OSH-3: An Overview of OSHA General Industry & Construction Training Requirements

Compliance with OSHA standards requires that employees involved in general industry and construction activities are trained in health and safety in accordance with their specific job functions. This session will provide a cursory review of training curriculum required by OSHA for the majority of manufacturing settings. Training requirements for various OSHA standards, including HAZCOM, Electrical Safety Work Practices, Lockout/Tagout, PPE, Fire Prevention, Blood Borne Pathogens, Confined Space, Fall Protection, Trenching and Excavation, Process Safety Management, will be covered.

Instructor:

Barry Maxwell, The EI Group Inc.

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OSH-4: Effective Use of Safety Committees

The two key elements of any effective safety and health management system are management commitment and leadership, and employee involvement. Involvement can be achieved by using employees to help conduct training and education, preparing safety and health policies, participating in safety audits, and a variety of other ways. One of the best methods to get employees involved is by establishing effective safety and health committees. However, in order to be effective, the members must be trained, given proper authority, held accountable and properly led. This session discusses how to establish those committees.

Instructor:

Bill Taylor, CTJ Safety Associates

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OSH-5: How to Be an Effective Safety Manager

The effective safety manager is the in-house safety consultant to the line organization. The effective safety manager assists the organization with planning, organizing, leading and controlling safety and health issues. The effective safety manager assures that written safety and health policies have been developed and implemented, that managers and supervisors understand their safety leadership and accountability roles that every employee understands their safety responsibility and has methods to participate in the safety process, and that safety training and inspections are effective. This session provides practical advice on achieving these goals.

Instructor:

Bill Taylor, CTJ Safety Associates

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OSH-6: Ergonomics Considerations For The Aging Workforce

Aging boomers means more aches and pains at work. It is a fact of life that many safety professionals are now realizing. In this session a top industrial ergonomic expert will present a number of practical and proactive suggestions to prepare for and minimize the effect and perhaps the strain on the worker’s comp budget.

Instructor:

Brian Sherman, The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina

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 Waste Management Courses

WM-1: Hazardous Waste Fundamentals: What Generators Need To Know

This session will focus on the most common types of violations cited by Division of Waste Management (DWM) during inspections of hazardous waste generators and how to stay in compliance. Taught by DWM inspectors, you will hear first hand what the regulators expect with regard to recordkeeping, training, weekly inspections, waste identification, waste minimization, and other regulatory requirements. This session has been our number one rate course for the last six years. Don’t miss it.

Instructors:

Ted Cashion, DENR, Division of Waste Management
Labeed Kady, DENR, Division of Waste Management

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WM-2: Waste Management – Emerging Topics

Learn about a variety of emerging RCRA topics that will impact NC industry including solid, hazardous, and universal waste, recycling, and underground storage tanks. The course will present an overview of what’s new with regard to the following topics:

- EPA's 2020 Vision for RCRA Corrective Action;
- Expansion of Universal Waste regulations to address pharmaceutical waste, spent electronics, etc;
- Available recycling exemptions (composting, electronics, etc);
- The current direction of the North Carolina hazardous waste program;
- Vapor intrusion and risk assessment; and
- Underground storage tanks.

Instructor:

Liz Cannon, NCDENR, Division of Waste Management (DWM)
Linda Culpepper, NCDENR, Division of Waste Management (DWM)
Thornell Cheeks, EPA, Region 4
Bob Wyrick, ENSR

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Link to Cheeks Presentation #1 Slides (pdf format, read only)
Link to Cheeks Presentation #2 Slides (pdf format, read only)
Link to Culpepper Presentation Slides (pdf format, read only)
Link to Wyrick Presentation Slides (pdf format, read only)

WM-3: Hazardous Materials Transportation

For companies that ship Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT), a comprehensive and compliant HAZMAT Shipping Program must be adopted. This session will cover the basic requirements for shipping hazardous materials using 49 CFR (DOT) regulations. Anyone who prepares, loads, unloads, transports or otherwise handles hazardous materials shipments will benefit from this session.

Instructor:

Michael "Mac" McNulty, NCSU Industrial Extension Service
 

WQ-1: Introduction to the Basics of Water Quality Compliance: What do I need to Know?

Whether you are an experienced environmental professional or just starting, your professional development will benefit from this course through a detailed discussion of the basic requirements for wastewater dischargers. The basics of both North Carolina and federal regulations will be covered.

Instructors:

Craig Bromby, Hunton & Williams Law Firm
Dana Folley, NC DENR, Division of Water Quality

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WQ-2: New Spill Prevention, Countermeasures, and Control Plan Implementation and Designing a More Effective Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan

EPA continues to tweak the 2002 changes to SPCC plans and industry continues to follow developments. However, do these changes really have an effect on what we need to do to be in compliance? What do we need to do differently? This session will breakdown the rules, both existing and proposed, that really have an effect on how industry complies with the rules. This workshop will focus on effective elements of a compliance program, such as inspections, preventive maintenance, testing and recordkeeping. This session will also look at stormwater issues. Whether industry discharges stormwater pursuant to a general or individual permit, best management practices are critical to the success of the stormwater program. Representatives from industry and EPA will discuss stormwater pollution prevention plans for stormwater discharges. Recent EPA training programs will be the basis for this workshop..

Instructors:

Mike Walker, The EI Group Inc.
Melanie Gardner, URS Corp.

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WQ-3: Water Use/Reuse/Reclamation in North Carolina and Water Conservation Strategies

Industry representatives, DENR, and DNR officials will review drought conditions, water use/reuse policies in North Carolina, and how the drought conditions affect industrial discharge limitations. Session will also discuss water conservation, water reuse, and use of reclaimed water in an industrial facility. Case examples and success stories will be presented showing how to evaluate various water conserving strategies. The discussion will include technical and economic analyses such as on-site treatment requirements, corrosion and scaling issues, and public and occupational heath issues as well as basic financial models for choosing and managing the appropriate response to drought conditions.

Instructors:

Jon Risgaard, NC DENR, Division of Water Quality
Don Safrit, McKim & Creed

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