Trainer 1: Dr. Katy Wolf – Director of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance
Description: Dr. Wolf will be discussing Safer Alternatives for the Autobody
Industry. This presentation focuses on the interim results of an IRTA project
with the autobody industry that is sponsored by the CA Department of Toxic
Substances Control (DTSC). The purpose of the project is to evaluate low-VOC,
low toxicity thinners and cleanup materials for solvent-borne coatings, waterborne
base coats and dust control methods. IRTA is working with seven autobody facilities
in the Southern California area, and the project should be completed within
the next six months. Case studies, including a cost and performance assessment,
will be presented.
Trainer 2: Rick Leos, Managing Partner & CFO
Autocraft of Torrance.
Description: Mr. Leos is one of the shop owners in the ITRA
study and will discuss his experience with implementing waterborne paints in
his shop.
Trainer 3: Michael Morris, Air Quality Specialist for
the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
Description: Mr. Morris will discuss SCM, SCAQMD and Pollution
Prevention Opportunities in Auto Body and Paint Shops. In 2005, the California
Air Resource
Board (ARB) adopted a Suggested Control Measure (SCM) for Automotive Coatings
setting VOC content limits for coatings and clean-up solvents. Shortly
afterwards, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and
the San Joaquin
Valley Air Pollution Control District (Valley Air District) adopted essentially
identical limits. To meet the new limits, it is envisioned that auto body
shops will utilize waterborne coating technologies imported from Europe.
The presentation will review the new requirements, examine the challenges
posed to the auto body shops and explore the opportunities for pollution
prevention. In particular, waterborne coatings use, minimizing spray waste
and paint spray gun cleaning will be considered.
Trainer 4: Mark Willie, Mirka Abrasives.
Description: Mr.
Willie will be demonstrating his company’s vacuum sanding
technology.
Trainer 5: Eugene Mathis, Hazardous Substances Scientist, CA DTSC.
Description: Mr. Mathis will introduce DTSC's pollution prevention training
and outreach program for California's automotive refinishing industry. This
program promotes effective pollution prevention technologies and shop practices
by identifying innovative and cost effective pollution prevention (P2) best
management practices (BMP's). Implementation of these BMP's can serve the industry
to reduce air emissions, wastewater discharges, and hazardous waste generation.
In addition, businesses adopting these practices can reduce operational costs
and improve compliance with environmental regulations.
BIOS:
Dr. Katy Wolf: Dr. Wolf has 30 years of experience in identifying,
testing, developing and demonstrating safer alternatives and emerging technologies.
She has worked with hundreds of facilities and whole industries and has focused
heavily on solvent alternatives. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and
is Director of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA),
a nonprofit organization.
Michael Morris: Mr. Morris writes regulations and evaluates emerging
technologies for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD).
He has a BS in Astrophysics from the University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA). His previous work as an air quality inspector and as a Project Manager
at the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA) has provided
invaluable experience. At IRTA, Mike conducted pollution prevention research
and development in a variety of fields including aerospace cleaning and coating,
automobile repair cleaning, adhesive use in furniture manufacturing, furniture
stripping, garment care, ink application cleaning, and medical device cleaning.
The primary focus of his research was to develop, test and demonstrate low-
and non-solvent technologies.
Eugene Mathis: Mr. Mathis is a Hazardous Substances Scientist working
for Cal EPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Office of Pollution
Prevention and Technology Development. Mr. Mathis has a Bachelors Degree in
Chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry from California State University
Sacramento. He runs the pollution prevention training and outreach program
for California's automotive refinishing industry. This program is designed
to take the collision repair industry beyond compliance through voluntary adoption
of processes, equipment and materials that both minimize hazardous waste and
reduce the use and release of toxic contaminants.
Trainer 1: David Jaber, Project Manager, Natural Logic, Inc.
Description: Everyone knows that “What gets measured gets done.” (or
more accurately, what gets measured can get done.) But how do you select powerful
measures—and compelling goals— that help track and drive better
decisions, and better performance? And how do you actually put those measures
to work for your organization? There is growing attention to sustainability
indicators, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs), paralleling the
growing activity in sustainability reporting, in all sectors of society. This
intermediate-level workshop and clinic is designed for people and organizations
who have been working and grappling with sustainability indicator issues.
Trainer 2: Ken Grimm, Industry Outreach Manager, NW Pacific
Pollution Prevention Center
Description: The presentation will provide a brief
update on the national
P2 Measurement Results database and the aggregator tool, developed by PPRC.
The aggregator tool is being used by P2 programs throughout the nation to collect
and synthesize raw data and translate it into clear, simple results.
BIOS:
David Jaber: Mr. Jaber is a Project Manager at Natural Logic.
He assists corporations and communities to develop performance indicators (measures
or
metrics), build tracking and benchmarking systems, and conduct process efficiency
site assessments. Mr. Jaber was previously Senior Program Associate at the
Alliance to Save Energy, where he helped develop the Department of Energy's
Best Practices program, including marketing, outreach, and research, and a
Research Engineer at Rice University, where he conducted risk assessments,
computer modeling, and GIS projects. He holds an BS in chemical engineering,
cum laude, from Rice University and an MS in Environmental Engineering from
University of California, Berkeley.
Ken Grimm: Mr. Grimm joined PPRC after working extensively in the manufacturing
sector. He draws on this expertise while working with various industry sectors,
and the challenges they face while simultaneously becoming more competitive
and "green." Ken focuses on:
•Technical and Regulatory Analysis
• Business Drivers and Incentives
• P2 Barriers and Opportunities in Manufacturing
• P2 Results Measurement
• Technology Diffusion
• Environmental Management Systems
BIOS:
Dr. Katy Wolf: Dr. Wolf has 30 years of experience in identifying, testing,
developing and demonstrating safer alternatives and emerging technologies.
She has worked with hundreds of facilities and whole industries and has focused
heavily on solvent alternatives. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and is
Director of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA), a nonprofit
organization.
Dr. Julia Quint: Julia Quint is a research scientist
and recently retired as the Chief of the Hazard Evaluation System & Information Service (HESIS,
an occupational health program in the California Department of Health Services
(DHS)). Established by the Legislature in 1979, HESIS identifies, evaluates,
and provides "early warnings" about reproductive toxicants, carcinogens,
and other workplace chemical hazards. Julia has a doctorate in Biochemistry
from the University of Southern California and was a basic science researcher
at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and UC San Francisco before joining DHS as
a public health scientist in 1981. For over 30 years, Julia has worked to prevent
occupational illness and disease from toxic chemicals and other workplace hazards.
In recent years, under Julia's leadership, and supported by US EPA grants,
HESIS has worked closely with environmental agencies and other organizations
to develop integrated strategies to protect workers, communities, and the environment
from the hazards of toxic chemicals. In recognition of this collaborative work,
HESIS received Pollution Prevention Pollution Prevention awards from Cal/EPA
in 2002 and 2003.
Chris Lane is vice president of environmental affairs for Xanterra Parks & Resorts.
Lane has more than 14 years of environmental management experience in the resort
and tourism industry. Lane is responsible for developing company-wide environmental
management systems and managing all aspects of company environmental affairs
including sustainable design, resource efficiency, pollution prevention and
regulatory compliance.
Under Lane’s leadership, Xanterra has won more than 24 national environmental
awards and received 19 third-party environmental certifications including,
ISO 14001, Clean Marina and the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green
building rating system certification.
Prior to joining Xanterra, Lane was with
Aspen Skiing Company as director of environmental affairs. Previously, he was
also project director for a regional
land conservation project, a program director for the Sierra Club, and an environmental
consultant at IRT Environment Inc. Lane has also served as an elected official.
He
holds a Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering from the University
of Florida and is a LEED Accredited Professional and Certified Environmental
Systems Manager.
Moderator: Robert Ludwig, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control
Speaker 1: Dr. Katy Wolf of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance
(IRTA)
Speaker 2: Dr. Julia Quint, Research Scientist and recently
retired as the Chief of the Hazard Evaluation System & Information Service
(HESIS)
Description: Dr. Katy Wolf and Dr. Julia Quint will
present the results of a USEPA sponsored project entitled “Spotting Chemicals: Alternatives
to Perchloroethylene and Trichloroethylene in the Textile Cleaning Industry.” Perchloroethylene
(PERC) and trichloroethylene (TCE) are used in the textile cleaning industry
as Paint, Oil, and Grease (POG) spotting agents and are used before or after
cleaning in equipment to remove spots on garments. PERC and TCE are carcinogens,
and are classified as Hazardous Air Pollutants by USEPA and Toxic Air Contaminants
by the California Air Resources Board. Both chemicals are also listed are California’s
Proposition 65 and listed hazardous wastes under RCRA.
IRTA identified, tested,
developed, and demonstrated a variety of low-VOC, low-toxicity alternatives
to PERC and TCE POG spotting agents including water-based
cleaners; methyl ester and surfactants; glycol ethers, and blends of Soy gold,
acetone, and glycol ethers. IRTA tested these safer alternative spotting agents
with seven textile cleaning facilities that have adopted alternatives to PERC
dry cleaning including hydrocarbon, Green Earth, carbon dioxide, and water-cleaning
processes.
BIOS:
Dr. Katy Wolf: Dr. Wolf has 30 years
of experience in identifying, testing, developing and demonstrating safer alternatives
and emerging technologies.
She has worked with hundreds of facilities and whole industries and has focused
heavily on solvent alternatives. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and is
Director of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA), a nonprofit
organization.
Dr. Julia Quint: Julia Quint is a research scientist
and recently retired as the Chief of the Hazard Evaluation System & Information
Service (HESIS, an occupational health program in the California Department
of Health Services
(DHS)). Established by the Legislature in 1979, HESIS identifies, evaluates,
and provides "early warnings" about reproductive toxicants, carcinogens,
and other workplace chemical hazards. Julia has a doctorate in Biochemistry
from the University of Southern California and was a basic science researcher
at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and UC San Francisco before joining DHS as
a public health scientist in 1981. For over 30 years, Julia has worked to prevent
occupational illness and disease from toxic chemicals and other workplace hazards.
In recent years, under Julia's leadership, and supported by US EPA grants,
HESIS has worked closely with environmental agencies and other organizations
to develop integrated strategies to protect workers, communities, and the environment
from the hazards of toxic chemicals. In recognition of this collaborative work,
HESIS received Pollution Prevention Pollution Prevention awards from Cal/EPA
in 2002 and 2003.
Moderator: Stan Archacki, East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)
Speaker 1: Dawn Hottenroth, Environmental Specialist, City of Portland, OR
Presentation Title: Using Incentive and Certification Programs to Prevent
Stormwater Pollution
in Portland, OR
Description: Non-point source stormwater pollution is by its
nature diffuse and difficult to control. Given the problems of dilution, spread
and low concentration
levels, preventing pollution at its source is the preferred method of control.
New development controls are a standard practice, but how should cities tackle
existing development activities that are much harder to control. This presentation
will highlight the City of Portland’s successes at controlling stormwater
pollution through recognition and incentive programs rather than more regulatory-based
approaches. The presentation will highlight four major program efforts: the
Portland region Ecological Business Program (both automotive and landscape
services) where spill control and washing operations are the main site changes,
the City’s Stewardship Grant Program which offers small investments of
capital ($5,000) and yields onsite results with a 3 to 1 match; the City’s
Clean River Rewards Program which offers incentives off monthly stormwater
utility fees for onsite controls and has a list of “certified” contractors;
and the City’s Sustainable Stormwater Program which uses City capital
and EPA grant funds to retrofit sites and provide case studies. All of these
programs target onsite stormwater management and pollution controls to prevent
non-point source pollution. The presentation will highlight success, failures
and costs associated with implementing these programs.
Speaker 2: Kirsten Liske, Environmental Specialist, County of Santa Cruz Department
of Public Works
Presentation Title: Reducing Pesticide Pollution in County Road Maintenance
Description: From coast to coast, state departments of transportation,
counties and other agencies are facing increasing public pressure and new laws
that
require them to reduce pesticide and herbicide applications. Historically the
County of Santa Cruz has sprayed at least 270 miles (540 shoulder-miles) of
roads and an undetermined mileage of drainage ditches with herbicides. Over
a twenty-year period this amounted to at least 7600 gallons of pesticides (378
gal/year) that contributed to surface and ground water quality impairment and
polluted stormwater runoff. The Santa Cruz County has significantly reduced
the use of herbicides along its 600 miles of roadsides over the past three
years and has developed a new Integrated Vegetation Management Plan (IVMP)
that identifies non-native plant species and characterized habitats within
150 feet of perennial water bodies. The maps provide County crews with a baseline
tool for selective vegetation maintenance treatments most appropriate for roadside
maintenance. This program discussion will include how we mapped the roadside
vegetation and incorporated into the County GIS. The results of our new IVMP
will be posted on the County’s Web site by September 2008.
BIOS:
Dawn Hottenroth is an Environmental Specialist and has been working in the
City's Municipal Stormwater NPDES Permit program for over 15 years. She has
been the lead on developing a variety of innovative programs to partner with
other environmental groups and incent Portland's citizenry to take a role in
preventing stormwater pollution in the Portland Region. Dawn has a BS from
San Diego State University and is a registered Sanitarian in the State of Oregon.
She also holds CPESC, CPSWQ and Hazwoper certifications which help give her
a well grounded viewpoint on preventing pollution
Kirsten Liske’s inspiration for her work comes from
a strong commitment to bring different segments of the community together to
improve our quality
of life. Since graduating from the University of California at Santa Cruz Environmental
Studies (Honors) in 1991 her work has spanned the public, private and non-profit
sectors where she has gained experience in each of these approaches to doing
business. Specifically, this work has focused on implementing needed next steps
in the areas of hazardous waste and resource management, pollution prevention
and the oil recycling industry. As a result of her efforts and service, she
was awarded a legislative resolution from the California State Assembly commending
her significant and vital contribution to the state's household hazardous waste
programs. Kirsten joined Ecology Action in 1999. She currently serves on the
management team developing new programs and supporting project managers in
their delivery of excellent community service and meaningful project outcomes.
Moderator: Amy Gross, Environmental Programs Coordinator, Santa Cruz County
Department of Public Works
Speaker 1: Josephine Fleming, Principal Scientist and Owner, Environmental
Innovations
Presentation Title: Green Business Programs: Discover a Vehicle to Incentivize
Pollution Prevention and Resource Conservation for Small to Medium-sized Businesses
and Increase Collaboration Among Local and State Environmental Agencies.
Description: Ms. Josephine Fleming, on behalf of the County of Santa Cruz
and all of its partners, will be presenting the Environmental and Economic
benefits of coordinating a local Green Business Program, specifically the Monterey
Bay Area Green Business Program. She will demonstrate how the program was started
initially and how it has evolved, discussing the successes and failures along
the way. Come to this session to learn how to start a Green Business Program
in your locality or to compare notes on an existing Green Business Program.
Speaker 2: Sara Leverette, Outreach Program Director, Oregon Environmental
Council
Presentation Title: Eco-Healthy Childcare: Improving Environmental Health
in the Childcare Setting
Description: In 2005, the Oregon Environmental Council (OEC)
began its Eco-Healthy Childcare Program. The aim of this program is to work with
childcare providers
on reducing environmental health factors and to create a market demand among
parents for the Eco-Healthy brand. Two-years later over 100 facilities, representing
over 2,500 children, have qualified.
Childcare providers apply by filling out
a 25-item checklist, available in both English and Spanish, that addresses issues
like pesticide use, indoor
air quality, and lead exposure. Facilities that comply with 20 of the 25 items,
including two mandatory items, receive a colorful sticker and poster announcing
that OEC has qualified them as eco-healthy. Qualified facilities are also listed
on OEC's website and receive regular tips on how to continue improving the
environmental
health of their facility. OEC provides detailed information about how to become
and maintain an eco-healthy childcare facility on its website (www.oeconline.org/kidshealth),
as well as helpful tips for parents.The Eco-Healthy Childcare program features:
*
Outreach and tools for childcare providers on reducing toxics.
* Marketing venues for qualified providers.
* Public Service Announcements that educate on an environmental health issue,
offer an
easy to implement tip on how to reduce the health threat, and directs parents
to choose
Eco-Healthy Childcares.
* Trainings on reducing toxics in the childcare setting.
Eco-Healthy Childcare
won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2006 Children's Environmental
Health Excellence Award for outstanding commitment
to protecting children from environmental health risks. Speaker 3: Karri Winn, Consultant, Green Your Management, Inc.
Presentation Title: Anticipating the Future: Business Without Waste
Description: Businesses
today have an unprecedented opportunity to directly affect their bottom line,
increase their profit margins and reduce onerous
overhead costs. Through radical resource efficacy, design and offering products
and services that support people’s basic needs, business can live into
a new era where pollution was a thing of the past. Not only is there an ecological
incentive to move beyond waste, we are imminently approaching a time when eliminating
waste will become mandated as we have already seen European countries begin
to do. The laggards will pay the most and will have the most challenge competing.
Good business sense dictates making these changes today.
BIOS:
Jo Fleming has over 15 years experience
in the environmental industry. She has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental
Science and a Minor in Spanish Literature.
She has done graduate work in Spain and Australia. She has multi-media experience
in soil, wastewater, storm water, air, and solid waste resource management.
She began her career in research on constructed wetlands, compost, and field
application of biosolids, and then moved into environmental site assessment
and environmental remediation. From there, she began assisting individual companies
with environmental compliance and policy. She worked with Seagate Technologies,
PE Applied Biosystems, and Apple Computers. She soon wanted to help more than
one company at a time and therefore took a public position with the County
of Santa Cruz. There she started the Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program
as well as a substantive pollution prevention outreach program. Soon, several
Cities were requesting her services to coordinate the Green Business Program
in their jurisdiction. As a result, she started Environmental Innovations to
be able to serve more of the community. As of the summer of 2007, Ms. Fleming
had assisted over 50 businesses to become certified Green Businesses and held
over 10 industry-specific pollution prevention workshops. She has won several
awards including the Western Regional Pollution Prevention Network Pollution
Prevention Champion 2003, the County of Santa Cruz “Gold” Employee
of the Year Award 2004, California Water Environment Association Pretreatment,
Pollution Prevention and Stormwater Person of the Year 2003, Department of
Toxic Substances Control Office of Pollution Prevention Recognition for exemplary
work in promoting Pollution Prevention 2003 and 2006. She is a CWEA Certified
Environmental Compliance Inspector.
Sara Leverette joined OEC
in November 2006 as our Outreach Program Director. She works to maximize kids’ potentials by reducing their exposure to
environmental toxins. In this capacity, she directs the statewide Eco-Healthy
Childcare and Tiny Footprints programs, and is working to reduce sources of
diesel pollution in Portland Public Schools. Sara comes to OEC with a background
in outreach, public health, and environmental consulting. She earned a bachelor’s
degree from Claremont Mckenna College with a double major in Environment, Economics,
and Politics and Spanish.
Karri Winn is a founding team member
of Green Your Management, Inc., which offers business and organizations strategies
to think through turbulent issues
while working towards sustainability objectives. She has 19 years of combined
experience in academia, business, social profit organizations and working overseas
on issues related to sustainability and improving the health of human communities
and the living planet. Since 2002 she has served as the Program Director for
the Green Festival – the largest public sustainability event in the US.
Green Festival is also a pioneer in the tradeshow industry achieving waste
diversion rates up to 96%. Karri has an Msci in Community Development from
UC Davis and an MBA in Sustainability Management from Bainbridge Graduate Institute.
Moderator: Dina Khadavi, City of Santa Monica Industrial Waste Section
Speaker 1: Katy Wolf, Director of the Institute for Research and Technical
Assistance
Presentation Title: Alternatives to VOC and Toxic Automotive Aerosol Cleaners.
Description: For many years, auto repair shops used chlorinated VOC and toxic
solvent aerosol cleaners for carburetor and fuel injection system cleaning,
brake cleaning, general purpose degreasing and engine degreasing. IRTA conducted
three projects designed to identify, develop, test and demonstrate safer aerosol
and non-aerosol cleaning methods. The California Air Resources Board developed
a regulation that limits the VOC content of cleaners, bases on the IRTA test
results. This presentation summarizes result of the three projects, describes
the safer alternative cleaning methods and presents the regulatory deadline
in California for the industry.
Speaker 2: Julia Quint, Research
Scientist and recently retired as the Chief of the Hazard Evaluation System & Information
Service (HESIS)
Presentation Title: Health Effects of Automotive Aerosol Cleaners and Safer
Alternatives.
Description: The new CARB regulation that limits the VOC content of automotive
aerosol cleaner will help to protect the health of workers and communities
as well as the environment. However, some low-VOC alternative may not be safer.
This presentation will discuss how to identify what's in automotive aerosol
cleaners, the short-and long-term heath effects of product ingredients, and
how automotive repair shops can help to protect the health of workers and community
residents.
BIOS:
Dr. Katy Wolf: Dr. Wolf has 30 years
of experience in identifying, testing, developing and demonstrating safer alternatives
and emerging technologies.
She has worked with hundreds of facilities and whole industries and has focused
heavily on solvent alternatives. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and is
Director of the Institute for Research and Technical Assistance (IRTA), a nonprofit
organization.
Dr. Julia Quint: Julia Quint is a research scientist and
recently retired as the Chief of the Hazard Evaluation System & Information
Service (HESIS, an occupational health program in the California Department
of Health Services
(DHS)). Established by the Legislature in 1979, HESIS identifies, evaluates,
and provides "early warnings" about reproductive toxicants, carcinogens,
and other workplace chemical hazards. Julia has a doctorate in Biochemistry
from the University of Southern California and was a basic science researcher
at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and UC San Francisco before joining DHS as
a public health scientist in 1981. For over 30 years, Julia has worked to prevent
occupational illness and disease from toxic chemicals and other workplace hazards.
In recent years, under Julia's leadership, and supported by US EPA grants,
HESIS has worked closely with environmental agencies and other organizations
to develop integrated strategies to protect workers, communities, and the environment
from the hazards of toxic chemicals. In recognition of this collaborative work,
HESIS received Pollution Prevention Pollution Prevention awards from Cal/EPA
in 2002 and 2003.
Moderator: Jean Waters, Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC)
Speaker 1: Andre
Villaseñor, Southern CA Coordinator, EPA Region 9
Presentation Title: "U.S.
EPA Partnerships: The Power of Voluntary Environmental Innovation"
Description: This presentation will show you
how to partner with the U.S. EPA by reducing solid waste & hazardous substances,
and by demonstrating strong environmental performance beyond compliance. You
will learn about the
benefits and rewards of voluntarily engaging in P2 practices essential to three
of the U.S. EPA's premier partnerships.
Speaker 2: Natalie Schoonover, Environmental Safety/Specialist, Coordinating
Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR)
Description: The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR) is a not-for-profit
501(c)(3) corporation established in 1994. At that time, 38 national organizations
in the automotive trade, representing all segments of the service and repair
industry, joined together to form CCAR, and today the organization has more
than 200 affiliate organizations. CCAR's mission is to work – on an international
scope – with the automotive industry, career and technical schools, governments
and other organizations to provide best practice information and training,
and to measure improvements related to:
•Pollution Prevention (P2).
• Safety for all who repair or maintain vehicles as a profession, as well
as those who work in related businesses.
• Reduction of lost workdays due to accidents or job-related health issues.
• Decreases in costs and liability exposure.
• Reduction in costs of training in these areas.
• Topics concerning liability, risk and other compliance issues.
The current
programs of CCAR include:
1. CCAR-GreenLink, the National Environmental
Compliance Assistance Center for the automotive industry, operated by the Coordinating
Committee For Automotive
Repair in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
2. The Environmental Assistance Network, the environmental initiative of Toyota
Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. CCAR partners with Toyota to coordinate the EAN website
and newsletter, which reach more than 1,400 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers
around the U.S. with information on environmental compliance and waste stream
management.
3. CCAR offers online training in Safety and Pollution Prevention [known as
S/P2] to high schools, career/technical schools, and post-secondary schools
with programs in Automotive Service and Collision Repair, as well as to retail
and related businesses in Automotive Service and Collision Repair.
4. The I/M Coordinators Network, formed by CCAR at the request of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Transportation & Air Quality
[formerly Office of Mobile Sources], includes state, county and local government
agencies engaged in Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance [I/M] programs.
The annual "I/M Solutions Forum" provides its members with opportunity
to share and exchange information and ideas. These gatherings include representation
from participating jurisdictions, as well as industry sponsors and federal
EPA personnel.
5. CCAR-OSHA Alliance: Ensuring a safer workplace in the automotive industry
is the goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Alliance
with CCAR, which commenced in 2004. The Coordinating Committee For Automotive
Repair (CCAR) formalized an Alliance with OSHA to address worker safety and
health issues. The Alliance not only highlights workplace vehicle safety, but
also focuses on abrasive wheel machinery (including associated silica hazards),
and ergonomics.
6. Hazardous Materials Training: CCAR was chosen by the North American Automotive
HazMat Action Committee (NAAHAC) to develop and provide “HazmatU,” a
new Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Internet-based training program for automotive
dealers that transport hazardous materials and components. CCAR is working
with ShipMate™, a HazMat specialty training company, on the new program.
Speaker 3: Karen Andrade, Commercial Toxics Associate, City and County of
San Francisco
Presentation Title: Healthy Products, Healthy Children Ordinance -- Phthalates
Description: Upon review of studies that indicate that exposure to phthalates
can cause reproductive or developmental harm, the City and County of San Francisco
adopted the Healthy Products, Healthy Children Ordinance in April 2007.
This ordinance prohibits the manufacture, sale and distribution of toys, childcare
products and child feeding products made with plasticizers called phthalates.
San Francisco's actions mirror those of the European Union, which banned the
same six phthalates from children's products in 1999. This presentation will
discuss the scientific and political background of the ordinance as well as
describe the implementation strategy and the challenges and opportunities that
the city of San Francisco has encountered in this process. San Francisco has
started to establish partnerships with various stakeholder groups, such as
businesses(local toy retailers, large drug stores and grocery chains), parent
groups, environmental groups and academic groups (for development of toy testing
protocols) in order to ensure the successful implementation of this ordinance.
BIOS:
Andre Villaseñor is the U.S. EPA's Southern California coordinator
for P2 and environmental stewardship. He has 12 years experience as an environmental
professional. He served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador where he
implemented habitat conservation projects and small business enterprises in
the Amazon rainforest. He has also lived and worked in Chile as an environmental
consultant for airports and mines. His endeavors in Southern California include
four years as an Environmental Compliance Specialist for the L.A. County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority.
Natalie L. Schoonover is an Environmental Safety/Specialist for the Coordinating
Committee
for Automotive Repair (CCAR). She has been in the environmental, health and
safety field since 2001, working and consulting with major environmental firms,
manufacturing plants, attorneys, schools, and the automotive industry. Natalie
has devoted much of his time to consulting with federal and state EPA, DOT
and OSHA offices, automotive manufacturers and shops to discuss new best management
practices and training tools for the automotive industry.
Karen Andrade joined
the Commercial Toxics Reduction Team for San Francisco’s
Department of the Environment in May of 2007. The core of her work is in assisting
City businesses in developing toxic reduction strategies for their products,
processes and waste. Current projects include: actively promoting consumer
awareness of common garment cleaning technologies, addressing commercial toxics
disposal inquiries, assisting with SFE’s Green Business Program and she
is part of the team working on the implementation of the Healthy Products,
Healthy Children Ordinance.
Karen’s previous experience includes managing a laboratory in the University
of California San Francisco’s Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department where
she also conducted drug development research. She also holds lab experience
with the University of California Davis Soil Microbial Ecology Laboratory.
Back to agenda
Moderator: Chris Wiley, Director, NW Pollution Prevention Center (PPRC)
Speakers:
Nigel Moore, Vice President and COO. Washington Manufacturing Services
Michelle Gaither, Technical Research Coordinator. NW Pollution Prevention
Resource Center (PPRC)
Gerald B. Church, Director of Energy Services, California Technology Consulting
(CMTC)
Presentation Title: Lean and Green – Side by Side
Description: Nigel Moore will give a brief introduction to lean
manufacturing, and discuss how and why integrating lean and pollution prevention
and environmental
considerations offer synergistic benefits to productivity and environmental
performance. Finally, Nigel will describe a unique partnership developed by
WMS and Washington State Department of Ecology, to jointly deliver lean and
environmental services to manufacturers. (20-25 minutes)
Gerald Church (CMTC)
will present their VeSM service, in which energy analysis is used in conjunction
with value stream mapping to deploy lean and manufacturing
improvements. This service will be valuable to many California manufacturers
in light of AB 32 (Nunez) legislation governing greenhouse gas emissions. Gerald
will also introduce the new EPA Lean and Energy Toolkit. (20-25 minutes)
Michelle
Gaither will review the highlights of three pilot projects in Washington state,
where WMS and Department of Ecology worked closely with three Washington
state manufacturers to apply lean and environmental changes. The productivity
and environmental improvements, and the cultural changes within the companies
will be discussed. (~30 minutes)
Allow for Q&A
Bios:
Nigel Moore joined Washington Manufacturing Services
(WMS) in December 1999. He is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer responsible
for fiscal oversight,
day to day company management, planning and execution. Prior to joining WMS
he was an independent management consultant for 9 years assisting companies
develop, improve, diversify and expand their business and markets. He is also
a veteran of the food processing industry having spent many years in engineering,
sales and general management, working for a European food equipment company
as Engineering Manager progressing to VP & General Manager and two manufacturing
companies as VP Sales and Marketing and President. Nigel has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, studied business and economics at
Oxford University and an Executive MBA from Northwestern. During his tenure
at WMS he has developed a business model from single point delivery engagements
to an enterprise transformation model encompassing all aspects of a clients
business, more than simply assisting clients improve their business operations,
or remain viable in the marketplace, transformation is about assisting clients
and their value chains compete more successfully in the global marketplace.
Michelle Gaither,
Technical Research Coordinator, has worked for the NW Pollution Prevention Resource
Center since 1999. She specializes in toxics and waste
analysis and reduction. Since 2006, she has supported the “green” aspects
of several pilot projects that have successrully integrated lean manufacturing
and environmental improvement. In the past, she has led PPRC’s technical
projects, research, and document development, including topics such as pollution
prevention in the semiconductor and biotech industries, as well as in procurement
and supply chain management. She obtained a Masters in Environmental Science
from the Washington State University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from
the University of Washington. Prior to joining PPRC, she worked in recycling
market development, and as a manufacturing engineer.
Gerald Church is Director of Energy Services, California Manufacturing Technology
Consulting (CMTC), where he developed an innovative system approach that led
to the Value and Energy Stream Mapping (VeSMTM) Advantage Plus Program. His
initial work on VeSMTM was a pilot project for the Los Angeles Department of
Water and Power and led to the 2005 Project of the Year from the Los Angeles
Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers. VeSMTM was recently adopted
statewide by all four Investor Owned Utilities in their 2006-2008 third-party
energy efficiency programs. Mr. Church worked previously at Southern California
Edison, where he was involved with operations and maintenance service contracts
and functioned as project manager for energy efficiency installations. He holds
a BA from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of La Verne,
where he completed concentrations in Management and Supply Chain.
BIOS:
Laura Schleyer has worked for over 20 years with small-medium sized businesses
to prevent pollution; including her present work and, in her past, managing
an energy conservation department and working with farmers to protect Puget
Sound water quality. She lives for the delight of every moment in nature she
can get; and is a passionate warrior dedicated to protecting/restoring this
adored planet for all us species to survive and thrive on.
Brett Hulstrom is
currently an Environmental Specialist with the City of Portland’s
Bureau of Environmental Services. Working in the Industrial Projects Section
he deals with pollution prevention programs for various small business sectors
(automotive, photo processing, dental and pharmaceutical waste).
Brett is the
City of Portland’s lead staff person for the Dental Best
Management Practices (BMP) Program. The City’s BMP Program, developed
in cooperation with the Oregon Dental Association (ODA) and local member
dental associations, was one of the first programs to address Hg issues from
dental
facilities and has been used as a model for other communities throughout
the state and country. Brett was instrumental in the development and implementation
of a Hg Collection Event operated in conjunction with the annual ODA Conference.
To date, the collection events have collected nearly 1,500 pounds of bulk
Hg,
Hg amalgam and other Hg containing devices.
Brett has a BS in Business Administration
and has worked in the environmental protection field for over 20 years. Brett
has experience working with the pretreatment,
storm water and household hazardous waste programs as well as P2O.
Moderator: Al Hurt, Vice President, Western Region Operations, Engineering & Environment,
Inc.
Speaker 1: Marc Siegel, Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University
Presentation Title: Sustainability and Security
Description: Since the introduction of ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard
there has been recognition internationally of the utility of management systems
standards and approaches. The ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard has
been followed by consideration of an array of management standards addressing
safety, security, emergency/incident preparedness, business/operational continuity,
etc. This talk will draw parallels between the tools of environmental management
and how these relate to an integrated approach for addressing all hazards;
all-risks risk management and operational continuity.
Speaker 2: Molly
Chidsey, Pollution & Waste Prevention Specialist, Multnomah
County (OR) Sustainability Program
Presentation Title: Promoting Sustainability through Toxics
Reduction in Local
Government Operations
Description: Imagine yourself on a beach,
hiking in the forest, or sleeping in – free from cares about pollution,
toxics, or health consequences. What if we P2 Professionals could all retire
early because Pollution Prevention
was no longer a concept to be promoted, but the norm? More realistically,
what if local governments using the least-toxic products provided a tipping
point
for public and private organizations all over the West to follow suit?
In Portland,
a City-County partnership for toxics reduction is aiming to get us moving in
the right direction. This presentation would describe the process
that Multnomah County used to develop a Toxics Reduction Strategy, as well
as illustrate actions that the organization has committed to completing by
2020.
Multnomah County, in partnership with the City of Portland and the Oregon
Center for Environmental Health, set out to develop a program to reduce its
own use and release of toxic substances. A public workgroup helped guide development
of a Toxics Reduction Strategy (Strategy), which was adopted in 2006. The Strategy
establishes the goal of using the Precautionary Principle as a framework for
replacing toxic substances, materials or products of concern with viable least-toxic
alternatives by 2020.
The Strategy includes actions to reduce toxics that we
know we have, and prevent new ones from being acquired. These actions include
less-toxic purchasing,
a comprehensive chemical inventory, evaluating alternative products, and implementation
of best practices that support responsible recycling and disposal. Less-toxic
alternatives will be evaluated for their availability, effectiveness and affordability.
In addition, the Strategy will be updated on a regular basis.
As local and state
governments strive to find practical ways to support toxics reduction and chemicals
policy reform, this presentation will provide a call
to action to begin with internal government operations and a model that can
be replicated anywhere.
Speaker 3: Peter Kennedy, Chair, Federal Network for Sustainability (FNS)
Presentation Title: Federal Network for Sustainability – West:
An Update on Who
We Are and Where We Are Going
Speaker 4: Vern Novstrup, NAVFAC (Navy Facilities) Environmental Programs
Presentation Title: Innovative Technologies at DoD
BIOS:
Marc Siegel serves on the ISO Strategic Advisory Group for Security (SAG-S)
and ISO Technical Committee, ISO/TC 223: Societal Security. He is the primary
author of:
•
The Israeli National Security and Continuity Management Standard (unanimously
approved by the Expert Committee and will become the world’s first security
and continuity management standard)
•
ISO Technical Committee, ISO/TC 223: Societal Security - ISO/PAS “Societal
Security - Guidelines for Incident Preparedness and Operational Continuity
Management” fast-tracked Publicly Available Specification by summer/fall
2007.
•
ISO Technical Committee, ISO/TC 223: Societal Security, “Societal Security
Framework Standard” which is the vision document for using standards
(both management and technical) for societal security address both man-made
and natural intentional and unintentional incidents.
Molly Chidsey,
Pollution & Waste Prevention Specialist for Multnomah County,
Oregon’s Sustainability Program has been with Multnomah County since
2002. Ms. Chidsey has worked to promote sustainable practices with colleges,
hospitals, and within local government. Since joining Multnomah County, she
has raised the average recycling rate for county facilities by 10%, developed
a Toxics Reduction Strategy and a Waste Prevention & Recycling Plan for
county government operations, and has worked on sustainable purchasing efforts
including paper, paint, surplus furniture, and cleaning products. She served
as interim Sustainability Program Manager during 2006.
Peter Kennedy has a B.A. in Environmental Science from the University
of Virginia and a M.S. in Environmental Management from West Coast University.
He has been in government service since 1994, working in all areas of environmental
compliance. Most recently he was the Environmental Program Manager for Commander
Navy Region Southwest from 2002 until 2007.
In his newest position, Mr. Kennedy is Navy Region Southwest's Sustainability
Manager. He chairs the Federal Network for Sustainability - West and oversees
the Navy's involvement in other sustainability partnerships. Mr. Kennedy also
teaches environmental science for Corinthian College.
Vern Novstrup has 21 years of experience supporting various
NAVFAC Environmental Programs. Some of his previous job experiences include:
Technology Implementation
Coordinator for the Installation Restoration Programs, Regulatory Analysis
Team Lead, and Branch Head for the Environmental Compliance Branch. Mr. Novstrup
holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Geological Engineering from the South
Dakota School of Mines and Technology and is a Registered Civil Engineer in
California.
Mr. Novstrup currently involved in efforts to obtain LEED-EB Silver
Certification for the NFESC Headquarters building and is supporting the NFESC
Climate Change
Initiative. He is particularly interested in economic and social processes
which affect the development of new regulations, technology development, and
technology implementation efforts.
Moderator: Susan Blachman, Associate Director, Environmental Finance Center – Region
9
Speaker 1: Hank Ryan, Executive Director, Small Business
California
Presentation Title: Opportunities to Engage Small Businesses
in GHG Reduction
Description: AB32, the new climate change legislation,
commits California to meaningful emissions reductions. Done right, the law may
be viewed as one
of the smartest economic development policy decisions the state ever made.
Strong executive actions is now needed to turn existing policy “valves” in
the direction of spurring emission reductions while increasing the resilience
of California businesses.
Even though AB32 promises protection to small businesses
from undue economic consequences from emission reduction regulations, AB32
will only succeed if
energy users and energy suppliers work with equal levels of commitment to reduce
greenhouse gases.
As major energy users, small businesses must be pro-active by
using energy smarter and reducing energy use. To do this, small businesses need
three basic
tools:
•Energy savings that can be easily measured;
• Access to capital that allows businesses to invest in energy savings;
and
• Regulations that encourage businesses to act in ways that profit and
save energy.
Last year, the CA PUC approved “On-Bill” Financing of
energy efficiency retrofits through the Power Companies, and several major utilities
have developed
such programs. This session will explain how these programs work to achieve
much higher levels of business investments and energy savings than traditional
rebate programs and opportunities for pollution prevention programs to promote
utilization of these programs in their communities.
The session will also explore
opportunities that governmental jurisdictions have to created incentives for
small businesses to invest in energy efficiency,
and the role small businesses can play in developing technologies and services
to support transition to a lower GHG emitting economy.
Title: Opportunities to Engage Small Businesses in GHG Reduction
Speaker 2: Kristin Grenfell, Project Attorney, Energy Group, NRDC
Presentation Title: Climate Change Policy
Description: The
presentation will provide a review of climate change policy in California, Washington,
at the federal level and internationally. Ms. Grenfell
will provide the big picture perspective on policy and legislation and what
it will mean to local government, with a particular emphasis on California’s
upcoming regulations, and how they are paving the way for the other states
and the federal government. Come with your questions.
BIOS:
Hank Ryan is the principal of Efficiency
Data & Development, an energy
efficiency consulting firm based in northern California. A founder of several
successful small businesses, Mr. Ryan is a leader in developing end user energy
policy. He is currently a consulting policy advocate for the Washington DC-based
Center for Small Business and the Environment and serves on the Board of Trustees
for the National Small Business Association. He also represents Small Business
California as an Intervener in the 2006-08 CA Public Utility Commission Energy
Efficiency proceedings and was awarded CPUC intervener compensation for work
performed in during the planning phase of those proceedings.
With 26 years of
experience in end user energy efficiency Mr. Ryan served as Technical and Program
Manager for the City of San Francisco’s Energy
Star award winning “Power Savers” small business lighting program
from 2001 to its completion in 2003. He served on the energy efficiency panel
of the Energy Future Coalition in 2003, led by John Podesta and Senator Tim
Wirth. Mr. Ryan received the 2004 “Small Business Advocate of the Year” award
by the SF-based Small Business Network, a trade group representing over 18,000
small businesses.
Mr. Ryan is currently serving as the Program Manager for a
Small Business California EPA grant program dedicated towards helping small
businesses and
utilities maximize On Bill Financing opportunities and to encourage efficient
food service equipment investments.
Kristin Grenfell is a project
attorney with NRDC’s energy program. Ms.
Grenfell works on implementing California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions
Act through advocacy before relevant state agencies, as well as by bringing
together a diverse group of stakeholders. She also conducts legal research
and advocacy relating to the implementation of the Act. Ms. Grenfell has a
variety of work experience in the private and public realm, including litigating
at a private law firm, working as an energy consultant, and conducting independent
research on renewable energy and sustainable building practices in rural areas
of Latin America. Ms. Grenfell graduated with honors from the Duke University
School of Law, while concurrently earning a Masters of Environmental Management
from Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment. She also holds a B.A.
in Science, Technology and Society, with interdisciplinary honors in Environmental
Science and Technology Policy, from Stanford University. Ms. Grenfell is currently
a Climate Challenge Vice Chair for the Sustainable Development, Ecosystems,
and Climate Change Committee of the American Bar Association.
Bios:
Peter Davis: Mr. Peter Davis is a native of California.
He attended California Community Colleges receiving degrees in Music, Drama
and a FAA Airframe and
Powerplant Certificate. He has completed advanced degrees in Music Education,
a Ryan K-12 Credential and a Master's Degree in Organizational. Peter currently
directs the efforts of 10 California Community College ATTEi Centers, strategically
located throughout the state, which provide training in the areas of alternative
fuels, alternative fueled vehicles (AFV), intelligent transportation systems,
wireless communication, energy and newly emerging related technologies.
He has
recently organized a new Community College collaborative educational effort called
4Energy (Photovoltaic, Wind-Generation, Biomass and Geothermal)
the production and conservation of energy across the State. Through his leadership,
guidance and coordination of the ATTE Initiative, employers’ needs are
assessed and meaningful Energy and AFV training programs are developed and
delivered. The results are consistent, replicable curriculum, services and
programs tailored to the needs of each region and employer in California.
David Esmaila is serving as Director of the West Valley College
program for Advanced Transportation Technologies Program and in that capacity
develops
curriculum on transportation and energy as well as coordinates transportation
programs for colleges in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San
Luis Obispo, and Plumas Counties.
In addition to his professional endeavors David
currently is board member of the Silicon Valley Clean Cities Coalition and Co-chairs
the Silicon Valley
Leadership Group's Transportation Committee.
BIOS:
John Bernardo understands and believes that in business, as in nature, all
wastes are assets in disguise. Sustainable Innovations LLC was founded by
John Bernardo in November, 2006. Previous experience spans thirteen years
of hands-on assistance for over 300 businesses in the fields of resource
management, pollution prevention, energy conservation and waste minimization.
Caroline Cox leads research on toxic exposures at the Center for Environmental
Health in Oakland, CA, identifying, analyzing and substantiating the scientific
basis for work to reduce use of toxic chemicals in consumer products. Previously,
she worked for sixteen years as staff scientist at the Northwest Coalition
for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) in Oregon. She was also editor of NCAP's
Journal of Pesticide Reform and has co-authored numerous papers in scientific
journals. Caroline represents CEH on the Steering Committee of Californians
for Pesticide Reform and currently serves as a public interest representative
to the U.S. EPA's Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee. She also serves on
the Board of Directors of Beyond Pesticides. She writes and speaks regularly
as a national expert on the toxicity of and alternatives to pesticides. Caroline
has a master's degree in entomology from Oregon State University and is a graduate
of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
Moderator: Beronia Beniamine, Senior Hazardous Material Specialist, Stanislaus
County Environmental Resources
Speaker 1: Rob D’Arcy, Hazardous
Materials Program Manager, County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental
Health
Presentation Title: Local Government’s Looming Fiscal
Crisis
Description: Local government has borne the burden of
managing solid waste for the past 100 years. This responsibility has become increasingly
onerous
and expensive as more products that are advertised as “disposable” are
found to contain substances that pose threats to public health and the environment
when they are not properly managed. This growing group of products termed “household
hazardous waste” (HHW) are becoming an even larger financial burden on
local governments with new stricter mandates requiring the safe disposal of
a subset of hazardous wastes known as “Universal Wastes” ¬– common
household products such as fluorescent lamps, alkaline batteries and a vast
array of electronic products that are generated by both residential and business
sectors.
Since 1989 local government in California has provided special services for
HHW in order to divert these potentially dangerous materials from landfills.
HHW programs also divert pollutants from stormwater, wastewater, and ultimately
drinking water that citizens and wildlife rely upon. HHW programs are, however,
very expensive to operate. Disposal costs, payroll for technically trained
staff, and administration of regulatory and reporting requirements drain the
funds needed to provide adequate operating hours and outreach. As a result,
HHW programs are inconvenient to the very public that these programs are charged
to serve. This is illustrated by the fact that less than ten percent of households
in any jurisdiction use HHW programs.
The financial challenge of HHW programs was recently compounded. On February
9, 2006, Universal Waste (UW) was banned from all landfills in California.
Aside from the challenge to local governments of notifying consumers about
the new disposal restrictions, the volume of UW generated by households and
small businesses in California is projected to far exceed the programs’ current
physical and financial capabilities. Santa Clara County’s costs alone
may increase 100%– $3 million to $6 million per year– to comply
with the new regulations and still collect a fraction of the total waste being
generated. It is evident that compliance under existing infrastructure and
funding cannot be achieved. Even if HHW programs were able to collect all the
hazardous products in the waste stream, these programs remain a reactive and
incomplete solution because local government has no influence on reducing toxicity
through better product design, and thus, HHW programs are not able to affect
the source of the problem, nor work towards the ultimate goal of minimizing
hazardous materials used in the production of a product.
Speaker 2: David Assmann, Deputy Director, Department of the Environment City/County
of San Francisco
Presentation Title: California Product Stewardship Council
Description: The
CA Product Stewardship Council’s mission is to shift
California’s product waste management system from one focused on government
funded and ratepayer financed waste diversion to one that relies on producer
responsibility in order to reduce public costs and drive improvements in product
design.
FUNCTIONS
1. Build capacity and knowledge among local governments and other stakeholders
for the purpose of bringing about producer financed and managed systems for
product discards
2. Develop and recommend practical local and statewide Extended
Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy, legislation and educational tools
3. Provide
effective leadership on EPR initiatives in California
4. Educate elected and appointed
officials and other decision makers on EPR.
This session will focus on the efforts
underway at the California Product Stewardship Council.
BIOS:
Rob D’Arcy has a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Studies and a Masters
Degree in Public Administration. He has been with the County of Santa Clara
Hazardous Waste Recycling and Disposal Program since 1998 and the Hazardous
Materials Program Manager for the last seven years. In the nine years with
the Program he was responsible for the design, construction and permitting
of three household hazardous waste facilities. Resident and small business
participation in the Program has doubled since 1998 and the Program now serves
several hundred businesses and over 25,000 residents each year. Rob has developed
special program components, such as the Universal Waste Recycling Partner Program
to offer cost effective solutions for small businesses and 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. In addition,
he has managed over $5 million in grants awarded by the California Integrated
Waste Management Board. Rob is the current Chair of the California Product
Stewardship Council and the President of the California Chapter of the North
American Hazardous Materials Management Association.
David Assmann has been Deputy Director of the Department of
the Environment since August 2000. Prior to August, 2000, he was the Recycling
Program Manager
for the San Francisco Solid Waste Management Program. Prior to being appointed
Recycling Program Manager, he held the positions of Public Outreach Coordinator
and Senior Administrator for the San Francisco Recycling Program. Before joining
the City and County of San Francisco in July of 1993, Mr. Assmann was the Vice-President
and Director of Information Services for Conservatree Paper Company. Prior
to that, he was the publisher of Mother Jones Magazine. In addition to his
professional environmental experience, he has had more than 18 years of media
management experience, working in radio and print media.
Mr. Assmann is the author
of more than 100 published articles on recycling and related issues. From 1991
to 1993, he was a columnist for the Printing
Journal. Over the past seventeen years, Mr. Assmann has made more than 120
public presentations on environmental issues, including presentations at state,
national and international conferences
Mr. Assmann was the chair of the Bay Area Working Group of cities and counties
responsible for organizing and implementing the Save Money and the Environment
Too campaign in the San Francisco Bay Area for five years and has remained
involved for the entire twelve years of this regional effort. This innovative
waste prevention campaign has won ten national and state awards, including
the National Recycling Coalition’s Beth Boettner Award for Outstanding
Public Education, the National Association of Counties Environmental Protection
and Energy Achievement Award and California Resource Recovery Association’s
Award for Best Waste Prevention Program in California. He was also co-chair
of the National Recycling Coalition’s Source Reduction Forum for two
years. In 1999, Mr. Assmann was the annual conference chair for the California
Resource Recovery Association, chaired the host City organizing committee
for the 2004 National Recycling Coalition Conference in San Francisco and
was responsible for organizing the public workshops held during World Environment
Day in San Francisco in 2005.
Moderator: Ken Zarker, P2 Section Manager, WA Department of Ecology
Speaker 1: Jose Bravo, Executive Director, Just Transition Alliance (JTA)
Description: The JTA is a coalition of labor, economic and environmental justice
organizations and Indigenous Peoples. JTA has representation in local, national,
and international arenas. We have sought a process for the just transition
of communities and workers from unsafe workplaces and environments to healthy,
viable communities with a sustainable economy. The Alliance has been a critical
player in building a coalition of non-governmental organizations focused on
proposing California chemical policy reforms, Californians for a Healthy and
Green Economy (CHANGE). Mr. Bravo will describe the work of the Alliance and
CHANGE.
Speaker 2: Bruce Jennings, Senior Advisor to California Legislature
Presentation Title: Toxics Policy, Green Chemistry, and the Politics of Chemical
Policy
Description: Over the past three decades, California has devised a complex
of laws for regulating toxic substances. As with many policies, the basic premises
of California's regulatory complex have gone largely unexamined: Who pays?
Who bears what burdens? Does it work? And what are the alternatives? The session
will include a brief review of pending and proposed bills for the final portion
of the 2007/2008 legislative session and what this portends for the Governor's
Green Chemistry Initiative.
Speaker 3: Amy D. Kyle, Ph.D, MPH, Research Scientist and
Lecturer, University
of California Berkeley.
Description: States are important venues for the development and testing of
policy innovations. The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production is about to
release analyses of a series of options for chemicals policies targeted toward
states. Dr. Kyle, one of the authors, will give a sneak preview of the options
identified and focus on building state capacity.
BIOS:
Bruce Jennings currently serves as one of the senior
advisors to the California Legislature; his principal task involves analyzing
and providing recommendations
to senators on dozens of legislative proposals that are scheduled for hearing
before the Senate Environmental Quality Committee each year. Previously he
served as the chief of staff for the Assembly Environment Committee. In 1991
Bruce received a Fulbright award to conduct research in Mexico on environmental
dimensions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 1991 Bruce joined
the faculty at the University of Montana where he taught and directed the graduate
program in Environmental Studies. Following his wife’s appointment as
a member of the faculty at the Evergreen State College in Washington in 1995,
Bruce accepted the first in a series of appointments as a visiting scholar
with both the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management as
well as serving as a policy advisor to the Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health at the University of California’s Berkeley campus. He has a PhD
from the University of Hawai’i. His research and publications have frequently
focused on the intersection between science and politics and the implications
on policy.
Jose Bravo is Executive Director of the Just Transition Alliance
(JTA), a coalition of labor, economic and environmental justice organizations
and
Indigenous
Peoples. JTA has representation in local, national, and international arenas.
We have sought a process for the just transition of communities and workers
from unsafe workplaces and environments to healthy, viable communities with
a sustainable economy. The Alliance has been a critical player in building
a coalition of non-governmental organizations focused on proposing California
chemical policy reforms, Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE).
Dr. Kyle holds research and teaching appointments in the Environmental
Health Sciences Division at the School of Public Health at the University of
California,
Berkeley. Amy is working on the Science and Policy for Environment and Health,
including tracking issues related to chemicals policy reform.
Early in her career,
she spent 13 years in public service in environmental protection, natural resources
management, and public health and retains a keen
interest in improving public health practice. Her research currently focuses
on translation of scientific results for policy and stakeholder audiences;
policy approaches relevant to persistent pollutants; and children's environmental
health.
She teaches graduate students in environmental health science disciplines
about the role of science, as well as other factors, in policy and how to communicate
with non-technical audiences. She works with a variety of non-governmental
and public interest organizations and serves on the California Breast Cancer
Research Council, the board of counselors for the Environment Section of the
American Public Health Association, and the Committee on Emerging Contaminants
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Speaker: Maureen Gorsen, Director, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control
Presentation: If California could take three actions that
would advance the Green Chemistry Initiative to the greatest extent, what would
they be?
The California Green Chemistry Initiative is a collaborative approach for identifying
options to significantly reduce the impacts of toxic chemicals on public health
and the environment. The Initiative will provide recommendations for developing
a consistent means for evaluating risk, reducing exposure, encouraging less-toxic
industrial processes and identifying safer alternatives.
We need your ideas about how best to create a fundamentally new approach to
environmental protection. Our time is short and comments must be received no
later than November 15, 2007. We hope you will take the time to participate
in our facilitated discussion and share your thoughts and ideas. We also urge
you to visit the blog http://californiagreenchemistry.squarespace.com/welcome/,
read the discussions, and contribute your comments.
BIO:
Prior to her appointment as Director of the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, Ms. Gorsen served as the Deputy Secretary for Law Enforcement and
General Counsel at the California Environmental Protection Agency where she
was responsible for ensuring that the enforcement efforts of Cal/EPA's various
boards, departments and local agencies were carried out in a consistent, effective
and coordinated manner to protect public health and the environment. In addition
to her work at Cal/EPA, Ms. Gorsen was a partner with the law firm of Weston,
Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish LLP in Los Angeles for five years,
where her practice focused on environmental compliance and land use.
From 1993 to 1998, Ms. Gorsen was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson as the
General Counsel for the California Resources Agency where, among other duties,
she was responsible for reform and revisions of the 1998 CEQA Guidelines and
issues relating to the California Endangered Species Act, the Williamson Act
and the Coastal Act. Ms. Gorsen earned her law degree from Georgetown University,
received her master's degree in international energy and environmental policy
from Johns Hopkins University, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics
from the University of Pennsylvania.
Moderator: Fran Gilliland, Air Quality Specialist, Santa Barbara County APCD
Speaker 1: Robina Suwol, Executive Director, California Safe Schools
Presentation Title: Embracing
the Precautionary Principle: LAUSD’s Integrated
Pest Management Policy
Description: After their children became
ill from exposure to a pesticide at their elementary school, Robina Suwol and
a group of concerned and dedicated
parents created California Safe Schools. Their organization was joined by others,
including the PTA, United Teacher Los Angeles, to meet with school district
staff and school board members. Their work to protect student’s health
while keeping their school environments toxic-free resulted in the Los Angeles
Unified School District adoption of an Integrated Pest Management policy -
the first in the United States to embrace the Precautionary Principle, the
concept that no chemical is free from harm, unless proved so, and Parents Right
to Know.
Speaker 2: Leif Skogberg, Program Coordinator, Center for Sustainability
Presentation Title: Green Collard Jobs
Description: In
my presentation I will describe the newly evolving and expanding field of sustainability
and “green collard jobs” developing in
academia and across universities. I will use the Education for Sustainability
Living Program, a campaign of the California Student Sustainability Coalition,
as an excellent example and model for integrating sustainability and activism
into curriculum. I intend to demonstrate how student & student leader are
creating “green collard jobs” across the state. Finally, I will
be discussing the current programs and efforts at Santa Barbara City College
to infuse and incorporate sustainability into curriculum across the campus
while beginning to develop programs in the quickly developing green industry
(e.g. green event planning, green gardening, eco-tourism, solar installation,
green cleaning, organic/natural restaurants, green cars, etc…)
Speaker 3: Chip
Fox, Manager, Savings By Design – San Diego Gas & Electric
Description: Mr. Fox will discuss the California Collaborative for High Performance
Schools - a program that aids school districts in designing and constructing
healthy, energy efficient schools throughout California. The presentation will
include specific case studies of schools in the San Diego area.
BIOS:
Robina Suwol is the Executive Director
of California Safe Schools (CSS), a nationally celebrated children’s environmental health coalition founded
in 1998. Since founding CSS, Suwol has achieved national prominence as an environmental
and children’s health activist. An articulate and compelling speaker,
Suwol gives frequent presentations on school safety to parents, students, school
officials and legislators California Safe Schools is recognized for spearheading
the most stringent pesticide policy in the nation at Los Angeles Unified School
District (2nd largest in the nation) The policy called Integrated Pest Management
(IPM), uses low risk methods to eliminate pest and weeds. The policy was the
first in the United States to embrace the Precautionary Principle and Right
to Know about pesticides used on school campuses. Today it has become the model
for school districts internationally. On October 6, 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger
signed AB 405 (Montanez) sponsored by California Safe Schools. This important
law closes a loophole protecting more than 6 million California k-12 public
school students, and hundreds of thousands of teachers and school employees
from exposure to experimental pesticides whose health effects are unknown.
Leif Skogberg is
a native of Northern California. Leif moved to Santa Barbara in the summer of
2002 where he formally began studying environmental horticulture,
organic farming, permaculture, natural building, ecological design and sustainability
in general. As a student at Santa Barbara City College, Leif co-founded & chaired
the Student Sustainability Coalition while facilitating numerous green campus
initiatives. Leif is now the Program Coordinator in the Center for Sustainability
at SBCC and is working with students, faculty and staff to create various “green
collard” job programs. Leif has degrees in Environmental Horticulture
Science and Liberal Arts and also works part time with City of Santa Barbara
in Environmental Services as their Commercial Recycling Coordinator.
Chip Fox has
been with San Diego Gas & Electric for 25 years. He has a
broad range of experience holding positions in the Distribution Engineering,
Customer Service, Regulatory, and Energy Efficiency Departments at SDG&E.
Currently, he’s Manager of the Savings By Design program, an energy efficiency
program for the Commercial New Construction Industry. He’s also Board
Chairman of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), a nonprofit
organization that promotes the design of high performance schools across California.
Chip has a B.S. Degrees in Civil Engineering and Business Administration from
the University of Washington and University of Phoenix. Chip's hobbies include
road cycling, astronomy and classic cars. A few years ago he completed a 635-mile
bike ride from San Francisco to San Diego, raising funds for Arthritis Research.
Phil Berry began his career working on pollution prevention projects in 1978.
Since that time, Phil has worked around the world to create opportunities for
businesses to understand and integrate profitable sustainability practices
into their business operations – and to, hopefully, redefine their concept
of “value.”
From 1991 to 1996, Phil worked for the Oregon DEQ. First to help implement
the Nation’s first Toxics Use Reduction Program. Later as Pollution Prevention
Coordinator for DEQ’s Northwest Region.
Phil came to Nike in 1997, as Director
of Footwear Sustainability, to establish pollution prevention programs in Nike’s
46 contract footwear factories in seven Asian countries.
Most recently, Phil’s work has focused on development of more sustainable
products at Nike. In 2005, he was part of the product team that created the
Nike Considered Boot – which was awarded the “Gold International
Design Excellence Award.” This work helped Nike’s environmental
program be recognized as #1 in the U.S. in 2006 by Business Ethics Magazine.
Phil
has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Social Science from Portland State University,
where he still works intermittently on a Master’s Degree
in Economics.
Phil and his wife Joanna live with their ten year-old daughter and
three dogs in Brooks, Oregon, in the northern Willamette Valley.
They also have
a grown son and a daughter who is attending the University of Washington in Seattle.
Presentation Synopsis: It seems that every company in the world
is
looking
for ways to market “sustainable
products.” Some efforts are very real and some of these efforts are not-so-real.
Nike,
Inc. has been in thoughtful pursuit of the goal of “more sustainable
products” for more than 15 years. This presentation is a brief look at
where we started and a much deeper look at what products we’ve created
under the corporate mantra of “Nike Considered”.
We’ll pass some examples around the room and talk about what we think “real
product sustainability” means – and share some thoughts about “products
for a climate-impaired world.”
Presented by Richard V. Anthony, MA; Trustee, Board of Directors, California
Resource Management Training Institute; and President of Richard Anthony & Associates; & Stephanie
Barger, Executive Director, Earth Resource Foundation, and co-founder of Zero
In On Zero Waste.
The Zero Waste Workshop (presented by CRMTI and Zero In On Zero
Waste) will address the techniques and implementation of the new resource paradigm
changing
waste management into resource management. The workshop consists of four modules:
an introduction to resource management, diverting organics from landfill, understanding
wasting, and implementing zero waste. The first module provides an overview
of technological and socio-political aspects of resource management, from upstream
to downstream, and covering business as well as municipal activities. In the
second of four modules, participants will learn about a variety of issues and
opportunities related to organics utilization. Organic materials comprise 60%
or more of what is now referred to in the resource management vernacular as “discarded
solid resources.” In some states of the USA, organics are even banned
from landfilling. The third module provides participants with a specific understanding
of wasting. To set up programs at municipal levels or even at facility levels,
it is required that resource managers have an expert understanding of the facets
of wasting, how discards are generated, how they can be easily categorized
for resource management purposes, and how they can be marketed. In this third
of three sessions, participants will learn about profiling their wasted resources
as a supply for end uses, learn critical aspects about markets and market demand,
and be able to integrate both profiles into a cohesive marketing plan. The
final module is intended to provide participants with a basic understanding
of clean production and the triple bottom line (TBL) as principles of business
for resource management. Over 2,000 companies in California are believed to
have adopted zero waste to landfill plans and policies, and are making money
while protecting the environment.
For participants which to obtain a Certificate
of Completion in Integrated Resource Management, a short exam and a Temporary
Certificate will be issued
by CRMTI and WRPPN. Participants can earn their Permanent Certificate by committing
to do something after the conference that would positively affect resource
management including but not limited to the following:
1. Conduct a resource management
audit of their business, agency, or business sector
2. Create an resource management action plan for their municipality or business
3. Implement one or more actions identified in any of the four sessions
The action
that is done would be agreed upon by CRMTI and WRPPN with the participant. The
action must be conducted within one year of agreement. Upon successful
completion, the participant would receive an official final certificate.
BIOS:
Richard Anthony began his career in Public Administration
in 1971 as a manager of the CSULB Recycling Center. He received a MS in Public
Administration in
1974. Mr. Anthony has worked as a program manager in the Resource Management,
Conservation and Recovery field for more than 30 years. He is an advocate and
leader in the area of Zero Waste Systems approaches to wasted discards. He
is the principal consultant for Suffolk Connect, England, on a DEFRA funded
feasibility study. He is the consultant to the San Luis Obispo County Integrated
Waste Management Authority and was the Administrator of the Zero Waste Communities
of San Bernardino County Waste Reduction and Recycling program from July 2001-04.
Mr. Anthony has nearly 20 years of experience working inside County Public
Works Agencies. He has implemented waste reduction and recycling programs prescribed
by the U.S. and the CalEPA, the CIWMB and the Dept. of Conservation for private
and public clients. He is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of
the CRRA, the GRRN, the Zero Waste International Alliance, the USA National
Recycling Coalition (past board member) and Keep California Beautiful (board
member). Mr. Anthony has been published in Recycle Scene, Waste News, Bio-cycle,
Recycling Today, Recycling Times and other trade magazines. He has presented
papers at National and International Recycling Conferences and has taught classes
and lectured on resource conservation and recovery at Universities and Community
Colleges throughout the world. Recently RAA contracted with the Institute for
Local Self Reliance to meet with the community and prepare a zero waste plan
for Hong Kong, China.
Stephanie Barger is the Founder and Executive Director
of Earth Resource Foundation. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration from San Diego
State University and her past positions have included real estate agent, mortgage
banker, computer analyst, nonprofit consultant and Past CPA. She brings a wealth
of environmental charity experience from serving as a volunteer or Board of
Director for Shelter First (homeless), Copes (child abuse), Trails4All, Journey
to the Heart (indigenous peoples), Surfrider Foundation, OC Interfaith for
the Environment, and Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks.
Through her leadership,
Earth Resource Foundation has established several successful campaigns and programs
that teach environmental responsibility where
you live, work and play. The Campaign Against the Plastic Plague (CAPP) is
an international coalition to provide solutions and alternatives to petro-plastic
single use items. They have been instrumental in plastic bag bans and fees,
polystyrene bans, and developing an activist kit for communities to create
positive change. Through the ERF High School clubs and collaborating with other
youth organizations, ERF’s “Hold On To Your Butt” campaign
was successful in getting all Orange County City Beaches to go smoke-free in
one year. ERF’s newest project is “Zero In on Zero Waste – Don’t
Let Your Bottomline Go To Waste” which educates businesses, schools and
communities on the importance of changing waste into resources. Miss Barger
focuses on collaboration with a variety of organizations (health, interfaith,
spiritual and environmental) to provide the tools and opportunities for communities
to create positive change.
For Stephanie, "Only through loving, understanding
and knowing one another can we give back to our children a wonderful earth that
we have continually
taken from, sometimes unknowingly, sometimes selfishly and mostly unnecessarily.
We need not give up the conveniences of the future to keep the treasures of
the past (starfish on the beach, clean air, wild lands to run and laugh and
be humans). Through community we can obtain the seemingly unobtainable, which
is why I have dedicated my life to bring about community into the world."
Primary Trainer: Archie Beaton, Executive Director, Chlorine
Free Products Association
In the world of EPP we are all challenged to understand
what is or isn’t
a Green, Sustainable, USDA Organic, Recycled, Climate Cool, Green Energy, TCF-PCF,
Blue Angel, Free Range, product or service. The Chlorine Free Products Association
will set up the room with chairs arranged in circles with a panel of experts
at the front of the room. The attendees are provided a printed brochure: Defining
and Classifying Eco-Labels, Comparing Eco-Labels: All Labels Are Not Created
Equal i.e. Validity of the Standard, Example from US Federal Trade Commission,
Standard-Setting Process, Verification Process: Self certification {First Party},
Self certification with random audits {Used by Energy Star}, Independent Second-party
certification, Independent third-party certification with on-site audits, Rewarding
Certified Products, and the Future of Eco-Labels.
The session will be interactive and the room will have some form of arrangement
that will allow for the most interaction as possible.
Invited Panelists:
George Thompson Ph.D. President & CEO Chemical Compliance
Systems Inc
Chris O'Brien, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
Michael VanDine, P.E.
We are going to split everyone up into teams of 5, or so, based on the table
seating. Groups need to appoint a note-taker and speaker for each activity.
The team is given 10 minutes to discuss then we will bring the group back together
and have each team report. We will keep this activity to no more than 20 minutes.
Ice Breaker:
Activity 1: What do you believe is Green Cleaning or Green Washing?
Activity 2: What Logo’s do you recognize? What do they
Mean?
Activity 3: We will Provide a list of Chemicals and ask the Teams to Match
to Products?
At the end each participant will be given a Certificate that recognizes they
are Green Cleaning.