HRP Associates, Inc - ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PEER AUDIT PROGRAM TRAINING

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE PEER AUDIT PROGRAM TRAINING – 2ND ROUND

Presented by:
HRP Associates, Inc.
Halloran & Sage, LLP

February 17-19, 2009

Hosted by:
St. Thomas University
16401 Northwest 37th Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33054
(800) 367-9010
http://www.stu.edu/

OVERVIEW
COSTS
REGISTRATION & LODGING INFORMATION
DIRECTIONS & CAMPUS MAP
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

TRAINING SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
REGISTER ONLINE

For more information or if you have questions, please contact Tad Goetcheus, P.E. at (800) 752-3922

OVERVIEW

This training is provided to each college/university participating in the Peer Audit Program.

New Colleges:
Each school is to send two (2) personnel to the training. The trained auditors are often from different departments/areas on campus and have historically included faculty, staff and administrators from security, art departments, science departments (biology, chemistry and physics), facilities management and physical plant, risk managers, as well as safety and environmental departments. By training personnel from multiple departments, the job of environmental compliance at your campus gets divided up amongst groups instead of just becoming the responsibility of just one person.

Existing Colleges:
In late 2008, EPA Region 4 “reopened” the enrollment period for additional colleges and universities to join the 109 Region 4 colleges and universities already benefiting from the environmental peer audit program in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee.
Not only is this training open to the seven (7) newly joined colleges and universities, but also the initial 109 Region 4 colleges and universities, thirty-seven (37) Region 5 colleges and universities and fourteen (14) Region 7 colleges and universities. We believe the peer auditor training is universal enough that all regions will benefit from it. Therefore, we would like to invite any college or university who wish to send attendees to this training as a refresher or to educate new faculty and staff in the peer program. The training is also an opportunity to train new personnel whose role on campus includes environmental compliance and to train additional personnel whose roles have expanded to include environmental compliance.

College and university personnel are trained during this three-day event in the elements of environmental regulation and how to conduct an EPA Peer Audit. Training will take place from approximately 8am-5pm each day. Please see training schedule for specifics. Please note that the schedule is tentative at this time.

Topics that will be covered include:

Lectures on EPA Enforcement Programs: Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act;
Peer Audit Process and EPA violation disclosures; and
Importance of networking with peers at member institutions.

COSTS

The training is complimentary for up to two (2) representatives from each new college.
The cost of training will be $500.00 per person for each additional college attendee greater than two (2) from the new colleges and for any attendees from existing Region 4, Region 5 or Region 7 colleges.
Please pay by check when submitting your registration.
Please include the additional payment for meals ($80.00 per attendee) with your registration.

REGISTRATION & LODGING INFORMATION

Training registration must be completed ONLINE prior to February 3, 2009. Sign-in and issuance of training materials will be held at the main lecture room on Tuesday, February 17th from 7:30am to 8:20am in the Convocation Hall (located on the ground floor of the Main Library, Building # 3 on the campus map).
The total cost of meals for Tuesday through Thursday (includes breakfast, lunch and snacks) will be $80.00.
Hotel accommodations are available at Hotel Indigo in Miami Lakes (www.hotelindigo.com), conveniently located close to the campus. A block of rooms has been reserved for peer auditors at the preferred rate of $129.00/night. Please mention St. Thomas University for the preferred rate. The cost for the hotel stay is not included with your registration and will be the responsibility of the registrant.

DIRECTIONS & CAMPUS MAP

From Interstate 95

Take I-95 to SR 826 West (Palmetto Expressway).
Go westbound on SR-826 to the Northwest 37th Avenue exit and proceed to Northwest 37th Avenue .
At the Northwest 37th Avenue traffic light, make a left turn. The university entrance is 1/8 of a mile ahead on your left.

From State Road-826 (Palmetto Expressway) Northeast

Take SR-826 North/East (Palmetto Expressway).
Go eastbound on SR-826 to the Northwest 37th Avenue exit.
At the Northwest 37th Avenue traffic light, make a right turn. The university entrance is 1/8 of a mile ahead on your left.

From State Road-826 (Palmetto Expressway) West

Take SR-826 West (Palmetto Expressway).
Go westbound on SR-826 to the Northwest 37th Avenue exit and proceed to Northwest 37th Avenue .
At the Northwest 37th Avenue traffic light, make a left turn. The university entrance is 1/8 of a mile ahead on your left.

From the Florida Turnpike (South)

Take the Florida Turnpike South to 826 West (Palmetto Expressway).
Go westbound on SR-826 to the Northwest 37th Avenue exit and proceed to Northwest 37th Avenue .
At the Northwest 37th Avenue traffic light, make a left turn. The university entrance is 1/8 of a mile ahead on your left.

From Interstate-75 (South)

Take I-75 to SR-826 Northeast (Palmetto Expressway).
Go northbound on SR-826 to the Northwest 37th Avenue exit.
At the Northwest 37th Avenue traffic light, make a right. The university is 1/8 of a mile ahead on your left.

Campus Map: http://www.stu.edu/AboutSTU/CampusMap/tabid/189/Default.aspx

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Each attendee will receive a three-ring binder and reference CD as part of the training materials.
Parking for training attendees will be in the O’Mailia Parking Lot, the first parking lot on the right as you enter the main campus gate (off of Northwest 37th Avenue).
Most training sessions will be held in the Convocation Hall (located on the ground floor of the Main Library, Building #3 on the campus map).
A continental breakfast will be provided each day at the training venue.
Lunch will be provided on campus. Tuesday and Wednesday evening’s dinners will be on your own.
Please note on the registration form if you have any special dietary needs or other needs to be accommodated (i.e., wheelchair accessibility).