HISTORY - HazMat Training Activities and Meetings in Santa Clara County
Page Updated on 11/22/2011

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Location: MEETING CANCELED

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• David Strick, OmegaFlex, Inc.
  • Flexible piping for both aboveground and underground applications
• Palo Alto Fire Dept.
  • Biological hazards: CDC definition of BSL1,2,3 and 4 and field testing for suspected biological agents, etc. 

Inspector Round Table

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Palo Alto Fire Dept.

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects: Dan Firth, Cal/EPA, California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) update

Refreshments Provided by: Everybody (annual HazMat BBQ)

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speaker: Bryan Flores, Facilities Manager, CoreSite
Subject(s): Hazards associated with data centers, concerns with plan review and inspections, and future technologies.
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara (city) Fire Dept.

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Todd Spellman, Captain (retired), San Jose Fire Department
  • Home Made Explosives;
  • Clandestine Drug Labs.
• Erik Tudbury, CES Lead Technician, Linde Industrial Gases
  • Cryogenic Tank Systems.

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Milpitas Fire Dept.

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Sara Mulhauser, Bloom Energy
  • Fuel Cell Electricity Generators.
• Mike Benjamin, Santa Clara County Fire Dept.
  • Changes in the 2010 California Fire Code as related to hazardous materials.

  Fire Code Changes Slides:

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County Fire Dept.

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Captain Nathan Serena, California National Guard, 95th Civil Support Team
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction Capabilities Briefing (including 3 equipment vehicles).
• Ruben Williams, Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health
  • CalARP Awareness Training.

  CalARP Slides:

  CalARP Program Combined List of Chemicals and TQs:

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: San Jose Fire Dept.

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Sergeant Nellie Davis, Santa Clara County Sheriff Gang Investigations Unit
  • Gang Awareness Training.
• Task Force Officer Daniel Anderson, FBI/Joint Terrorism Task Force, San Francisco Division; Lieutenant Vinicio Mata, Sunnyvale Dept. of Public Safety; and Officer Mike Lutticken, Criminal Intelligence Section, San Jose Police Dept.
  • Local counterterrorism liaison update.

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, September 10, 2010

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, October 8, 2010

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, August 13, 2010

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Dan Firth, CalEPA
  • Update on Electronic Reporting - Progress at the local and State levels.
• John Paine, CalEPA
  • APSA Program Implementation.
• Rob D'Arcy, Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health
  • E-waste and producer responsibility.

Refreshments Provided by: Everybody (annual HazMat BBQ)

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, July 9, 2010

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Eddy Tabet, Technology Engineering & Construction, Inc (TEC Accutite)
  • Spill Prevention from AST's - A Proactive Approach
• Ben Hertzler, Calisolar Inc.
  • Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing - The Process and Problems from a Facilities / Environmental Perspective

  Slides:

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Sunnyvale Dept. of Public Safety

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Romeo Batres, Waterborne Specialist, and Mark Juell, Senior Regional Manager, PPG Automotive Refinish
  • New trends in automotive spray painting.
• Jeremy Kimball, Senior Air Quality Inspector, BAAQMD
  • Air emissions regulation of motor vehicle and mobile equipment refinishing operations. Slides:
  • Summary of Regulations Controlling Air Emissions:

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Mountain View Fire Dept.

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, February 12, 2010

Training Session:
Date: MEETING CANCELED

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, January 15, 2010

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, December 18, 2009

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speaker: Jacqueline Bretschneider, Fire Marshal, Gilroy Fire Dept.
Subject: Building and Fire Codes and Their Impact on CUPA Programs
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Gilroy Fire Dept.

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, October 23, 2009

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• Chuck Fuller R.E.H.S., Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health
  • Visual Identification of Lead-Based Paint Hazards. Flyer:
• Jennifer Hamilton, California Fuel Cell Partnership
  • Hydrogen safety;
  • California Hydrogen Roadmap status update.
• L. Kent Leacock, DMC Green
  • Gas Station Conversion: Biofuels; electric car charging stations; future Hydrogen systems.

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Palo Alto Fire Dept.

Managers Meeting:
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center
Speakers and Subjects:

• John Pedersen and Tina Nunes, Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office
  • Recent Cases Summary;
  • Environmental Enforcement Training - Is it Working?
  • Q & A
• Laura Fisher, State Water Resources Control Board
  • Underground Storage Tank Updates (Biodiesel Emergency Regulations)
• Geary Guy, Analgesic Services, Inc.; John Potter, Medical Gas Systems
• Hyperbaric Chamber Installation

Refreshments Provided by: Everybody (annual HazMat BBQ)

Training Session:
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Location: MEETING CANCELED
Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara (city) Fire Dept.

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building
Speakers: Jorin Mamen, Whole Energy

Subject(s): Manufacturing of Biodiesel.  Presentation included an overview of the biodiesel manufacturing process, hazardous materials associated with the manufacturing process, and hazardous wastes or by-products generated.

• Whole Energy Biodiesel Presentation Slides (PDF 1.45 MB)

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Milpitas Fire Dept.

Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Meeting Room in Creative Arts Building
Speakers: Ron Fuhrhop, Praxair; Karl Olander, Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. (ATMI)

Subject(s): Comprehensive description of a sub-atmospheric gas delivery system (SAGDS) followed by proposed Fire Code changes to be submitted regarding the use of such systems.

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County Fire Dept.

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building

Speakers:
John Paine, Cal EPA; Pete Reich, USEPA Region 9; Steve Lichten, SPCC Contractor.
Mike Randolph, San Jose Fire Dept.

Subjects:
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan Inspections and Local Aboveground Tank Program Implementation.
Single-Wall UST Continuous Statistical Leak Detection (CSLD) Monitoring Issues.

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: San Jose Fire Dept.

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building

Speakers: Chuck Fuller R.E.H.S., Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health (SCC DEH), Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program; Lani Lee and Gerald O'Regan, SCC DEH, Local Oversight Program [i.e., petroleum leaking underground storage tank (LUST) cleanup program]; Rob D'Arcy, SCC DEH, Household and Small Business Services Hazardous Waste Disposal Program

Subjects: Childhood lead poisoning prevention; Step-by-Step Overview of LOP management of LUST cases from receipt of leak report through case closure; Overview of the County's Small Business [Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG)] and HHW disposal services, management of Universal Wastes, and Producer Responsibility initiatives.

• Childhood Lead Program Presentation Slides (PDF 2.65 MB)
• Lead Hazard Referral Form (PDF 23 KB)
• Local Oversight Program Presentation Slides (PDF 265 KB)
• HHW/Small Business Program Presentation Slides (PDF 1.34 MB)

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County Dept. of Environmental Health

Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center Presidential Ballroom

Speakers: John Elkins, State Water Resources Control Board; Dan Firth, Palo Alto Fire Dept.; Jim Bohon, California Environmental Protection Agency.

Subject(s): SWRCB UST Program Update; Unidocs Online HazMat Inventory Reporting and Emergency Responder Data Availability Overview and Update; Updates on AB 2286, electronic data reporting and management, and status of transition of Unidocs Online HazMat Inventory Reporting data to State-managed system; Annual HazMat BBQ

Note: This meeting was open to local Unified Program Agency (i.e., CUPA and PA) personnel and invited guests only.

Refreshments Provided by: Everybody (annual HazMat BBQ)

Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building
Speaker: Jim Pickford, Service Station Systems; Jamie Kendall and Linda Carey, Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)

Subjects: eSites and Beaudreau UST monitoring equipment; BAAQMD program updates relevant to hazardous materials facilities.

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Mountain View Fire Dept.

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Location: Sunnyvale Community Center, Arboretum Building
Speakers: N/A

Subject(s): HazMat Inspector Roundtable

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Santa Clara County Fire Dept.

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.

• BAAQMD Presentation Slides (PDF 1.42 MB)
• Service Station Systems Presentation Slides (PDF 80 KB)
• VST Presentation Slides (PDF 3.83 MB)
• Franklin Fueling Systems Presentation Slides (PDF 1.75 MB)

Agenda & Refreshments Provided by: Palo Alto Fire Dept.

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.

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

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

Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 (HazMat BBQ Meeting postponed!)

Due to sheduling conflicts, this meeting was postponed.

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.

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)

1. Self-Introductions
2. Public Comments
3. Legislative Update
4. CUPA Forum Report
5. Unidocs Hazardous Materials Online Inventory Project (HMOIP) Chemical Database
6. Roundtable Discussion

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

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