Chemical Facility Safety in an Era of Climate Change: Training for Worker Participation and Community Engagement

Awardee Meeting Details

The WETP Awardee Meeting was held on Wednesday, April 9th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Westin Los Angeles Airport in Los Angeles, CA. Unlike previous years, the Awardee Meeting took place after the Workshop.

Purpose of the Awardee Meeting
The semi-annual WETP Awardee Meeting brought awardees together to provide program updates, exchange information regarding training and discover new areas of interest to awardees.

UCLA-LOSH/WETP Workshop Details

The UCLA-LOSH Workshop, sponsored in conjunction with WETP, was held on Tuesday, April 8th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This workshop also took place at The Westin Los Angeles Airport.

Purpose and Scope of the Workshop
The workshop focused primarily on two recently issued Executive Orders, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security and Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change, and the role WETP awardees might play in each Executive Order. Highlighted issues included the LOHP Refinery Safety Report (656KB) to the California Governor's Interagency Task Force on Refinery Safety, the Federal Agencies report on the Chemical Facility EO and what these reports mean for emergency responders and plant workers. This one day workshop preceded the WETP Awardee Meeting and Clearinghouse Advisory Board Meeting.

Disaster Research Response Exercise Details

The Disaster Research Response Exercise was an optional activity that was held on Monday, April 7th from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. More information about the exercise can be found on the Disaster Exercise webpage.

Participant List

• Participant List (70KB)

Workshop Report

• 2014 Spring Workshop Report (1MB)

Agenda

• Awardee Meeting Agenda (242KB)
• UCLA-LOSH/WETP Workshop Agenda (491KB)

Presentations

UCLA-LOSH/WETP Workshop

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Time	Topic
8:30-9:15 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Linda Delp, UCLA-LOSH; Gwen Collman, NIEHS, Division of Extramural Research and Training, and Joseph "Chip" Hughes, NIEHS, WETP
9:15-10:15 a.m.	Disaster Case Study: Richmond-Chevron Fire Panel Discussion Moderator: Katherine McNamara, UCLA LOSH Labor Occupational Health Program (4MB), Dinorah Barton-Antonio, University of California Berkeley Greg Karras, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) Mike Smith, United Steelworkers Local 5 Case Study: The Richmond, Chevron Refinery Fire (2MB), Mike Wilson, California Department of Industrial Relations
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Q & A
10:45-11:30 a.m.	Disaster Case Study: Richmond Chevron Fire Small Group Table Discussions
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Chemical Facility Safety Panel (164KB) Moderator: Paul Penn, EnMagine, Inc. Chemical Facility Safety Panel (245KB), Cesar Diaz, State Building & Construction Trades Council of California Chemical Facility Safety Panel (621KB), Elizabeth Harman, International Association of Fire Fighters Bill Hoyle, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board and California Department of Industrial Relations Chemical Facility Safety in an Era of Climate Change (286KB), Tim Malloy, UCLA Law School and Sustainable Technology and Policy Program Chemical Facility Safety (230KB), Kim Nibarger, United Steelworkers
1:30-1:45 p.m.	Q & A
1:45-2:30 p.m.	Chemical Facility Safety Small Group Table Discussions
2:45-3:45 p.m.	Climate Change and How Training Can Increase Worker and Community Resilience Panel Discussion Moderator: Donald Elisburg, Clearinghouse NIEHS WETP Annual Conference (1MB), John Ferris, U.S. EPA Hilary Godwin, UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Institute of the Environmental and Sustainability Gary Gustafson, LIUNA Training Disaster Preparedness Training Lessons Learned and Preparing for Climate Change (2MB), John Morawetz, International Chemical Workers Union Council Building Safer & Resilient Communities in the Face of Climate Change (5MB), Beverly Wright, Dillard University Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
3:45-4:00 p.m.	Q & A
4:00-4:45 p.m.	Climate Change and How Training Can Increase Worker and Community Resilience Small Group Table Discussions
4:45-5:15 p.m.	Keynote/Wrap-up Speaker Gina Solomon, California EPA

Awardee Meeting

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Time	Topic
8:30-9:15 a.m.	Welcome and NIEHS Update (1MB) Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Jr., Sharon D. Beard, Ted Outwater (10MB), Jim Remington, Kathy Ahlmark, Pam Clark (139KB), and Donald Ellis, NIEHS
9:15-9:30 a.m.	NIEHS National Clearinghouse Update Deborah Weinstock, NIEHS Clearinghouse
9:30-10:45 a.m.	Accreditation and Credentialing for Instructors and/or Training Programs Panel and Discussion Moderator: Mitchel Rosen Overview of Accreditation and Credentialing (1MB), Mitchel Rosen, Rutgers School of Public Health Instructor Training and Certification, ANSI Accreditation of the LUNA Instructor Program (954KB), Cindy Herleikson, Laborers International Union of North America Training and Education Fund Certification Programs for OSH Professionals (152KB), Carol Rice, Midwest Consortium OSH Training Credentialing & Accreditation- Best Practices (264KB), Kenny Oldfield, Alabama Fire College Accreditation and Credentialing for Instructors and/or Training Programs, IAFF Certification Program (806KB), Elizabeth Harman, International Association of Fire Fighters
11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Business Official Meeting (134KB) Pam Clark and Donald Ellis, NIEHS Program Official Meeting, HWWT/HDPT/DOE Issues Joseph "Chip" Hughes, Ted Outwater, Kathy Ahlmark, and Jim Remington, NIEHS MWT Meeting (903KB) Sharon D. Beard, NIEHS
12:00 noon	Adjourn