EH&S Compliance Workshop

2010 EH&S Compliance Management Seminar for Ontario Manufacturers  
   
Are You Aware of All the New & Amended Regulatory Requirements?  

This EH&S Compliance Breakfast, specifically prepared for 2010, will ensure those tasked with EH&S responsibilities are up to date regarding recently announced regulatory initiatives and have a strategy in place to achieve and maintain compliance.  

Why You Should Attend

Ontario manufacturers will have to contend with:

• The Toxics Reduction Act and Regulation 455/09 which came into effect on January 1
  
  
• The phase-in of Ontario Regulation 419/05 Schedule 2 "Air Compliance Limits"

The new Act and Regulation will require companies to track toxic chemical use, production, and destruction in their manufacturing processes and to develop toxic chemical reduction plans and report to the public and government on progress made.

Additionally, The Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) continues their focus on occupational health and safety (OH&S) enforcement through the implementation of the "Safe at Work Ontario" compliance strategy.

2010 brings a number of new MOL initiatives including:

• new inspection blitzes
• updated occupational exposure limits
• a consolidation of designated substance regulations

Employers need to be aware of these initiatives so they plan now and act accordingly to improve their management system and maintain compliance.

Topics Covered:

• Toxics Reduction Act
• Ontario Regulation 419/05 Phase-In
• Air Permitting and Reporting 
• EH&S Compliance Management Programs
• Ministry of Labour Safe At Work Ontario Enforcement Strategy
• 2010 Revisions to Occupational Exposure Limits
• Managing Workplace Exposures to Chemical Agents
• New confined space standard – Z1006 Management of Work in Confined Spaces

Continental Breakfast consists of assorted muffins, Danishes and croissants, individual yogurts, fresh fruit, assorted juices, freshly brewed coffee and a selection of herbal teas.

Doors open at 8:15 am.

Presenters:

Steve Barnett, M.Eng., CIH, ROH
Vice President, Occupational Health & Safety
Pinchin Environmental Ltd.

Steve Barnett is a Vice President with Pinchin Environmental Ltd, and manages the Occupational Hygiene and Safety consulting group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Waterloo, and a Masters of Engineering degree from the University of Toronto. Steve is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a Registered Occupational Hygienist. He has twenty years experience as a consulting occupational hygienist, and has conducted or managed over 2,000 health hazard investigations. Steve is also an associate faculty member of Conestoga College, where he develops and teaches occupational hygiene courses in the Health and Safety Certificate Program.

M. Philip Girard, P.Eng.
Vice President, Air & Noise
Pinchin Environmental Ltd.

Phil is Vice President of the Air & Noise group with Pinchin Environmental Ltd., in the Mississauga office and is licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). Phil graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1984 with a Bachelor of Engineering Science (B.E.Sc.) degree in Materials Science (Metallurgy). For the thirteen years prior to his joining Pinchin, Phil worked for a large research, development and contract service firm. He has been established as an expert witness in Metallurgical Failure Analysis, and, since 1989, has focused in the Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control, and Regulatory Compliance (air & noise) areas. At Pinchin, his main areas of focus are air & noise compliance, climate change, pollution prevention and control, regulatory affairs, governmental liaison and permitting, emission testing and mapping, and dispersion modelling. Phil is designated as a Consulting Engineer with PEO and has been established as an environmental expert witness on municipal land planning hearings.

Have a Question for our Breakfast or Course Leader ?

Pinchin delivers close to a hundred seminars per year and we recognize that some people are not comfortable asking potentially sensitive questions in an open forum. We will gladly deal with these one-on-one but if you want to email the question ahead of time, we'll make sure we answer it during the seminar. Send questions to General Inquiries.