PCBs in Building Materials Webinar
This webinar has already occurred.
More information will be forthcoming regarding the recorded version.
PCB containing building materials are being encountered more and more frequently as building stock reaches optimum age for renovation and/or replacement. Several PCB encounters are now documented at universities and some rather sensational cases are developing at public schools and other public settings. We need to be prepared to deal with the issues should we encounter PCB’s in building materials on our campuses.
This webinar presented the essential issues you need to consider and prepare should you encounter PCB containing building materials during repairs, renovations, or other operations that may result in discovery of these materials. Specifically, the requirements for PCB testing and remediation, the regulations and regulators involved, the risk that must be addressed, the resources typically needed to deal with some types of PCB encounters, and a roadmap to managing PCB’s in your infrastructure were addressed.
This information should help EHS and Facilities’ managers to help raise awareness with university leadership and have contingency plans in place should you have an encounter with PCBs.This webinar will focus on regulations pertaining to PCBs in building materials. Lessons learned as well as tips for understanding these regulations will be available.
Presenters
Zhanna Davidovitz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ms. Davidovitz is an environmental officer in the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Office of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has over twenty years of experience in addressing a wide spectrum of environmental compliance and regulatory issues. She is responsible for variety of projects within the Institute including Department of homeland Security (DHS) Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, training courses development, Environmental Management System (EMS) implementations, as well as preparation of regulatory plans, applications and permits.
Joseph Griffin, Harvard University
Joe Griffin is the former director of environmental health and safety at Harvard University, and is currently facilitating the transition to new EH&S leadership before his retirement from Harvard. In his 14 years as EH&S Director, Joe was active in the development of the University’s EH&S regulatory strategy, including identification of issues that dealt with new or emerging risks. He holds an M.S.C.E. in Hazardous Materials Management from Tufts University.
Susan Leite, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susan Leite is an Officer in the EHS Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among her responsibilities in the safety, environmental and emergency management programs within MIT EHS, Susan developed and oversees MIT’s TSCA program.Susan is a Chemical/Environmental Engineer with over ten years of pollution prevention and compliance assistance experience. Prior to joining MIT EHS, Susan provided engineering services for clients in the manufacturing, commercial and non-profit sectors first in an engineering design consulting firm, then in a government agency where she also became actively involved in regulatory innovation/reinvention programs. Susan’s professional interests include green chemistry, sustainability, policy development and analysis, and resilience planning.
William VanSchalkwyk, Managing Director of Environment, Health, and Safety Programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William VanSchalkwyk is the chief Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) central administrator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this capacity he is responsible for the implementation and performance of the MIT’s EHS Management System (MIT EHS-MS) and for strategy development of EHS programs. At MIT he is also responsible for such issues emerging into EHS systems such as security of hazardous materials and emergency management for laboratory settings.
William has extensive environmental management experience, is a certified safety professional and certified hazardous materials manager. He has more than 20 years experience in EHS management formerly in the corporate organization of a fortune 50 corporation and for the past 13 years at MIT. He is graduate of the University of Massachusetts Lowell where he has received a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Environmental Studies.
Registration
$119 for CSHEMA members
$155 for non-members