HISTORY -
HazMat Training Activities and Meetings in Santa Clara County
Page Updated on 3/10/2008
This section lists training sessions and meetings for the Santa Clara County Fire Chiefs Association's Hazardous Materials Subcommittee.
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Month
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Topic |
MAR 2008 |
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building
Speakers: Chris Berglund, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD); Marty Weithman, Service Station Systems; Gregg Marshel, Vapor Systems Technologies (VST); Matthew Scheuller, Franklin Fueling Systems.
Subject(s): Enhanced Vapor Recovery (EVR)/In-Station Diagnostics (ISD) Requirements and Enforcement; EVR/ISD Permit Process; VST EVR Equipment; Healy EVR and ISD Equipment.
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Palo Alto Fire Dept. |
JAN
2008 |
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building
Speakers: Doug Nakano, Owner, Fuel Oil Systems; Thomas Mohr, Hydrogeologist, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Subjects: How to Make Sure New UST Installations are AB 2481 Compliant; Assessing Potential for Perchloroethylene Groundwater Contamination from Dry Cleaners
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: City of Santa Clara Fire Dept. |
NOV 2007 |
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Location: Stanford University, Center for Integrated Systems (CIS)
Speakers: Kyle Cole, Associate Director of the Center for Probing the Nanoscale, Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials; Paul Rissman, Research Technical Manager, Stanford Nanofabrication Facility; Larry Gibbs, Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health and Safety, Stanford University.
Subject(s): Nanotechnology
The presentation consisted of a general overview of nanotechnology and the types of industries where it is prevalent. Types of processes, chemicals used, and environmental health and safety issues were discussed. A tour of a nanotechnology lab followed.
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Stanford University |
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Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Location: Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health (DEH)
Speakers: John Elkins and Scott Bacon, State Water Resources Control Board UST Program
Subject: Advanced Underground Storage Tank Inspector Training
This Advanced UST Inspector Training is an 8-hour course for UST inspectors with at least two years of experience. The course covered requirements for new UST systems, including construction and monitoring requirements, plan-checks, installation inspections, post-installation testing, system start-up, and annual inspections. The course also included a more in-depth discussion of topics from the basic inspector training course, including enforcement strategies, functional testing of line leak detectors, and applying regulations to atypical UST systems.
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health
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JUL
2007 |
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 (HazMat BBQ Meeting postponed!)
Due to sheduling conflicts, this meeting was postponed. |
MAY 2007 |
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building
Speaker: Tom Smith, Valley Associates (representing Vaporless Manufacturing, Inc.)
Subject: Line Leak Detectors - Operation and Field Testing (Part 2)
Speaker: Dr. Joe Van Gompel, BOC Edwards
Subject: Fire Hazards of the Epi Process in Semiconductor Manufacturing, What is the Epi process, how Epi processes work and what can go wrong, what are the risks.
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: San Jose Fire Dept. |
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Date: Friday, April 27, 2007 (Immediately following SCC Fire Chiefs HazMat Subcommittee meeting)
Location: Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health (DEH)
Subject: Santa Clara County Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (a meeting of the 4 Santa Clara County CUPAs)
- Self-Introductions
- Public Comments
- Legislative Update
- CUPA Forum Report
- Unidocs Hazardous Materials Online Inventory Project (HMOIP) Chemical Database
- Roundtable Discussion
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MAR 2007 |
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Location: Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health (DEH)
Speaker: Mike Amodeo - Operations Manager, Hill Brothers Chemical Co.
Subject(s): Ammonia Manufacturing Operations and Containerization
The first part of the presentation was a classroom presentation in the DEH auditorium. This was followed by a field trip (tour) of Hill Brothers Chemical Co. at 410 Charcot Av., San Jose.
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County DEH HMCD |
JAN 2007 |
Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speaker: Tom Smith, Valley Associates (representing Vaporless Manufacturing, Inc.)
Subject: Line Leak Detectors - Operation and Field Testing
Speaker: Charlie Gay, Vice President, Applied Films
Subject: Advances in the Solar Power Industry - Products and Manufacturing Processes
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Sunnyvale Dept. of Public Safety |
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