TUR Planner Continuing Education Conference
Norwood, MA (printable directions)Preliminary Agenda:
8:30 AM Registration
9:00 AM to Noon: Morning sessions
Noon to 1:15 PM Buffet Lunch and lunch speaker
1:15 PM to 4:15 PM Afternoon sessions
To Register:
Fill out the registration form and return it and with a check made out to UMass Lowell to the Toxics Use Reduction Institute by November 30, 2005. The registration will not be complete and the space will not be held until payment and the registration form are received. Seating is limited. We will confirm session selections with your conference confirmation. Attendance will be tracked to assure that planners receive a certificate of completion for sessions attended.
Fax registration to (978) 934-3050 or mail to:
Brenda Wilson
CE Conference
TURI - UMass Lowell
1 University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854-2866
Fees:
The registration fees include conference materials, a continental breakfast and lunch and breaks. The full day fee for the conference is $175.00. The fee for half a day is $100.00.
Registration Deadline:
Registration may be faxed or mailed but must be received by November 30, 2005. The registration will not be complete and the space will not be held until payment and the registration form are received.
Cancellations:
Cancellations must be received 5 business days before the event (November 30, 2005). Cancellations received 5 days before the event will receive a credit for the registration fee that may be used for a future event. There will be no credit given for cancellations less then 5 days before the event.
Mail cancellations to:
Brenda Wilson
TURI - UMass Lowell
1 University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854-2866 or FAX to (978) 934-3050
A: Chemical Safety and Physical Site Security
This session will provide an overview on physical site security, the
risk and vulnerability process, regulations associated with security,
industrial building security, WMD issues, and a picture show of the
good, the bad and the ugly of physical site security.
B: Is an EMS the Way to go in Your Company?
This session will present you with fundamental information about Environmental Management Systems (EMS). During this session, you may participate in activities to try your own hand at developing an EMS, and gain insight into how EMS implementation has worked out for your industry peers. This session is designed for TUR Planners who have little or no experience with EMS but are interested in exploring the possibilities at their companies or with their clients. As a result of participating in this workshop, you will improve your own literacy about EMS, learn the business advantages of implementing as EMS, and have the motivation and knowledge to begin the process at your facility
C: TURA Program Update
This session will cover several of the most common reporting errors associated with completing the Form-S. MassDEP will highlight eDEP enhancements that make it even easier to use electronic reporting for your company's TURA reports due July 1, 2006. You’ve heard there are changes being proposed for TURA, an update will be provided summarizing the key features of the proposed TURA legislation filed by Senator Resor.
Lunch time presentation: Pollution Prevention Planning in Canada
Speaker: Tania Del Matto, Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention
Concurrent Afternoon Sessions from 1:15 PM to 4:15 PM Choose One:
D: Six Sigma and TUR Planning
This session will be taught by two seasoned Six Sigma practitioners. The presenters will cover the basics of Six Sigma, present case studies of its implementation at two Massachusetts TURA companies, and discuss how it has been applied to TUR planning.
E: First Annual EMS Practitioners Roundtable
For years, organizations implementing Environmental Management Systems have realized substantial benefits such as reduced costs, improved compliance, enhanced reputation and increased efficiencies.
The first Annual EMS Practitioners Forum [or Roundtable], sponsored by the Toxic Use Reduction Institute and the EMS Consortium at UMass Lowell, will be an opportunity to share EMS experiences and challenges, learn about new tools and resources, and discuss the future of EMS in meeting new regulatory, business, and global challenges.
F: The Industrial Application of Green Chemistry for Safer Chemical Selection
With a special focus on Green Chemistry, this course will help demystify making sound economic decisions for the environment and worker health and safety. The toxicity of solvents in the workplace and the community is well-established. Nevertheless, their usage continues in a number of operations, including the manufacture of many of our products. They are also used in cleaning and degreasing, in commercial and residential applications, and in janitorial services affecting public building such as schools, hospitals and their occupants. Moreover, storage and transportation of hazardous chemicals have additional implications following the events of 9/11.
Developed in northern Europe, this course will not only help to explain the reasons for this toxicity, but offer practical solutions for these chemicals' replacement.
Included in the course:
The +250-page reference CD, “The Search for Safer and Greener Chemical Solvents in Surface Cleaning,” C. LeBlanc, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2001).