Environmental Crash Course 2011

Understanding California's unique array of federal, state and local environmental regulations and how to comply – Comprehensive, Interesting and Efficient

Failure to understand compliance requirements of all federal, state, and local environmental regulations in California has cost businesses billions in fines and abatement measures. In just 2010, U.S. EPA Region 9 assessed over $6 billion in civil penalties and abatement costs, up from $5 billion in 2009 for federal environmental offenses in California. This enormous regulatory burden is on top of state and local enforcement, which routinely assess 5-, 6-, and even 7-figure fines; dramatically illustrated by Sacramento County's $2.4 million penalty for hazardous waste water tratment violations that would be RCRA-exempt elsewhere. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR PLANT!

This one-of-a-kind program is designed to train and update environmental managers, company officials, and others responsible for California environmental compliance. There is no comparable or more efficient source of information on California's unique array of federal, state, and local regulations, policies, and enforcement developments. Every important regulatory subject is covered, including basic program requirements, relevant federal background, state differences, and changes effective in 2011. Electronic internet access links to regulatory information are included on a webinar reference CD - FREE with each paid access point.

The Environmental Crash Course divides environmental compliance into the following topics:

1. Introduction to and how to find environmental laws, regulations, agencies, and enforcement procedures; design pro-active responses, including audits, and ensuring their confidentiality.
2. Community Right-to-Know, HazMat inventories, Risk Management Plans, and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reports, including recent changes in TRI coverage: New: Update on mandatory electronic reporting of HazMat Business Plans and Inventories with public access.
3. Air pollution regulation of stationary sources under federal, state, and local district rules, as well as new greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory reporting, fees, and proposed regulation of sources. New: Update on new rules for reporting GHG emissions and state cap and trade rules.
4. Proposition 65 enforcement trends, and clear and reasonable warning rule compliance.
5. Tank storage of hazardous substances, including oil spill prevention and UST requirements. New: Update on CUPA regulation of oil spill prevention
6. Process waste water discharges, community sewer use requirements, and storm water pollution prevention, including regulation of previously exempt light industrial facilities. New: Coverage of the new state Industrial General Permit.
7. Hazardous and universal waste management, including recent regulatory developments. New: Update on new green chemistry/safer consumer product regulation.

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