PIBAlert May 2007
Inside this issue:
- Introduction
- Upcoming PIBA Events
- PIBA Raffle Alert
- Scheduled PIBA Events
- Venue Request
- Job Post Updates
- Membership Renewals
- Other Programs of Interest
1. Introduction
Thank you for your interest in the Pacific Industrial and Business Association. This monthly newsletter will contain information about upcoming PIBA events and messages from PIBA. We hope this information will be useful to you. We urge you to forward this message along to peers or coworkers that would also receive benefit from this newsletter. If you have received this newsletter and would like to be added to the mailing list, or if you are a member of PIBA and would like to add other members of your company, please contact our office: piba@piba.org
2. Upcoming PIBA Events
Here are a few of our events coming soon! Most of our programs are a minimum of three hours and would qualify you for Certification Maintenance (CM) points, which are requested from the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) for EH&S Events. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals offers Continuation of Certification (COC) points at a rate of 0.625 for every 1 ABIH CM point. If you would like more information on any of these meetings, please feel free to contact our staff with questions.
4th Annual Regulatory Conference
May 22, 2007, 8:15am – 3:45pm
Attendees will be provided with comprehensive and focused discussions from regulatory representatives and subject matter experts on pertinent issues that all of our businesses, clients, EH&S and consulting professionals face on a daily basis. Here is a basic list of topics that will be covered during the seminar:
v Occupational Health and Safety Regulatory Update –
- Presented by Elizabeth A. Treanor, J.D., The Phylmar Group
v Environmental Regulatory Update
- Presented by Gary Lucks, J.D., Beyond Compliance
v Brownfields: Different Tools and Liability Protection
- Presented by Barbara Cook, California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control
v AB32-California’s Carbon Management Law
- Presented by Shari Libicki, Ph.D., ENVIRON Corporation
v Stormwater Regulations and Stream Protection
- Presented by Shin-Roei Lee, Regional Water Quality Control Board
v Deriving Soil Cleanup Goals
- Presented by Keith Roberson, Regional Water Quality Control Board
This event will be held at Applied Materials – 3050 Bowers Ave., Building 1, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Seating is limited to 100 participants, so register early! Online registration is available now, please visit the PIBA Events section: Click Here
3. PIBA Prize Alert
Don’t forget to bring your business cards with you to PIBA events! We have started a small prize drawing at each of our 2007 events. During each meeting, we will be giving away a gift card to a winner randomly selected from the pool of business cards. Don’t miss your chance to enjoy a tasty beverage, compliments of the Pacific Industrial and Business Association!
4. Scheduled Events
Here is a list of our events scheduled for the rest of 2007. If you would like more information on any of these meetings, please feel free to contact our staff with questions. Events in the months to come will become more solidified as venues, speakers and content is finalized. Please check back frequently for the most current information, we hope to see you there:
June 5, 2007 - Vapor Intrusion: Brownfield Property - Half Day Event
July 19, 2007 - Update on Building and Fire Codes - Full Day Event
September, 2007 - United Federal Policy -Half Day Event
October, 2007 - Company EE: Working at Customer Sites - Half Day Event
November, 2007 - Hazardous Waste DOT - Half Day Event
5. Venue Request
Would your Company like to host a PIBA event? As 2007 events continue onward, we are looking for new Host Locations. If your Company has meeting space available for 30+ participants, and would be interested in offering your location, please contact our office: piba@piba.org.
6. Job Post Updates
One of the services PIBA offers is a Job Posting section where Employers can reach out to potential Employees within the industry. We currently have several new positions with Applied Biosystems and Environmental Data Solutions Group available in our reorganized Job Postings section. If your Company has a position that would be appropriate for our website, please feel free to email it to our office: piba@piba.org
Please visit the new Job Postings page Click Here
7. Membership Renewals
We appreciate the patience of our members as we transition to our new management company. They are working very hard to come up to speed just as soon as possible. If you are unsure whether or not your company is a member, or exactly what your status as a member is, please contact us at piba@piba.org and we will be happy to help.
8. Other Programs of Interest
PIBA would like to inform you of several events you may be interested in:
The Superfund Basic Research Program at UC Berkeley would like to invite you to a Science Policy Seminar and brown bag lunch, as follows:
Assessing Chemicals for Environmental and Health Effects:
Implications of REACH (the new European Chemicals Regulation) for Europe and the U.S.
Speaker: David Eastmond, Chair, Environmental Toxicology Program, UC Riverside.
Date: Friday May 4, 12:00pm to 1:30pm.
Location: 150 University Hall, UC Berkeley Campus, at the corner of University and Addison. (About a 10 minute walk from the downtown Berkeley BART station)
Abstract:
The European Union (EU) recently enacted a sweeping new chemicals policy initiative known as REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). It goes into force June 1 and will require chemical manufacturers or importers of chemicals in the European Union to obtain chemical, toxicity and exposure information on chemicals produced in volumes 1 ton per year, and to use this information to assess the health and environmental risks associated with their chemicals. The data requirements increase with the volume of chemical produced. The REACH data requirements represent a major effort to obtain data about the potential hazards for industrial chemicals and are far more comprehensive than similar US requirements. This presentation will describe the REACH legislation, its background and scope as well as its data and testing requirements. The strengths and limitations of the European approach to identify chemicals that pose environmental or health hazards will also be discussed.
David A. Eastmond served as a Jefferson Science Fellow within the US State Department during 2004-05, and followed the developments of the REACH and European chemicals policy during this period. He is a professor and chair of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program at the University of California, Riverside.
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