Announcing the First Refinery and Chemical Industry Emissions Symposium
21st Century Technologies for Quantifying Fugitive and Accidental Releases
The California Air Resources Board (and other sponsors) in partnership with the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center is organizing an educational symposium on the use of modeling for emergency preparedness and response for California refineries. The scope of the symposium will include:
Modeling and monitoring for both routine and emergency operations;
Improvements and enhancements of air modeling, air monitoring, and coordination during significant releases from refineries; and,
Harmonization of modeling and emergency air monitoring with recent state initiatives that require enhanced routine air monitoring at and near these facilities.
Do you have an idea/topic to share? Work you want to discuss with others? Issues you would like a solution? Share your ideas and join our mailing list with Conference Organizer Sandra Hall.
Review of existing/emerging modeling strategies for fitness of purpose and proper application, best approaches for risk quantification and planning purposes, and modeling of cascading effects including offsite consequences of hydrofluoric acid releases;
Use of models for training, drills, and exercises by first responders, industry, and local agencies to prepare for real time considerations during emergency response;
Synergies with newly required air monitoring under AB 617 and AB 1647; and,
Feasibility of enhancing leak detection and repair surveys at refineries and other chemical facilities to a continuous program based on enhanced continuous air monitoring and backward trajectory modeling.
Participants will include CARB, California air districts, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. EPA, other Interagency Refinery Task Force Agencies, local first responders, industry, academia, consultants, and citizen groups.
Currently our conference topics include but are not limited to:
CARB is the lead agency for California’s fight against climate change, and oversees all air pollution control efforts in the state to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards. Learn more at www.arb.ca.gov.
Benicia videographer and educator Constance Beutel has a stellar history of advocating for sustainable clean energy in Benicia. The former chairperson of Benicia’s Community Sustainability Commission recently made five short educational presentations before our City Council during the Open Comment period. The presentations are about 5 minutes each, and were videotaped, as follows below. (Don’t miss the last one, on Valero and our Benicia air!)
Air Quality – August 21, 2018
Air Monitors – September 4, 2018
Air Quality and Health – September 18, 2018
Air Quality and Benicia’s Health – October 2, 2018
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